Pre-sessional Party Caucus Meetings Parliament To-day Bills for the Session
THE pre-sessional meetings of the State Parliamentary parties yesterday were not of an animated nature. Owing to the absence of some of its…
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No Frills But a Few Wigs Parliament's Sad Opening Work Starts at Once
Not a sound was heard, not a pop-sun roared-- A noise of whiskers moving up and down--…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Parliament Opens Sensational Start Kay's Seat Is Claimed Meatheringham Stages a Comedy Defies Sergeant-at-arms When M's.L.A. Rocked with Mirth
PARLIAMENT opened sensationally in the Legislative Assembly at noon to-day. Mr. Harry Meatheringham, an Independent candidate for the North Shore, who polled very few votes at the last election,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Candidates for Two Cups Comparison Op Manfred with Some Opponents
Apart from three or four horses, the books will now have to lay liberal prices to do business on the Caulfield Cup Backers are not disposed to go beyond Manfred,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TO-Morrow 's Battle for World 's Heavyweight Fistic Title istic Title What the Epsom Candidates Are Doing Amounis Still Restricted to Short Dashes Boaster Comes to Life Again
Bravado is the latest Epsom Handicap candidate ; to receive attention. He won well at Rosehill, but had Glb less than his Epsom weight. Boaster, after a quiet week, sprinted smartly on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cup Candidates Win at Mentone Beedos Creates Course Record : Phonic and Olola in Form
Mr. J. Wren 's gelding, Beedos, directed marked attention to his Caul field Cup prospects by the merit of. his victory in the Mentone Handicap on Saturday. Beedos won with a brilliant finishing run, and set…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Significance of the Canadian Elections
THE results of the Canadian elections a few days ago are of more than passing interest to the rest of the British Dominions, and particularly to the people…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The TURF Prospects of Candidates for A.J.C. Spring Meeting
The A.J.C. Spring meeting of 1926 will probably not have such good fields in the Epsom Handicap and Metropolitan as in some previous years, but the Derby and weight-for-age races will provide some fine contests, while the high-priced Valais yearlings of last Easter will be given the opportunity to prove their worth in the Breeders' Plate and Cimcrack Stakes, the first two-year-old races of the season in New South Wales. IN accordance with the wishes of subscribers to the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Town Topics "Picketing" Parliament
"Do you know, Mr. Speaker," demanded Mr. Arkins in the Assembly yesterday, "that something quite unprecedented happened on Tuesday of last week--that some 80…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parliament. From the Gallery. Unspectacular Opening
Parliament is open again; that is to say, members have stretched themselves across the benches and agreed that if they could conscientiously unshoulder the task of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Opening of Parliament University Inter-Faculty Sports
Members of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council assembled in the Council Chamber yesterday for the opening of Parliament. The members of the Commission who acted in place of the Governor are seated on the dais. They are, left to right: Mr. Willis, Vice-President of the Executive Council; Mr. Flowers, President of the Legislative Council; Mr. O'Conor Chairman of Committees. University Inter-Faculty Championships.--Hay…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Unprecedented Scene Stranger in Parliament Censure Motion Soon
The State Parliament was opened by Commission yesterday. An unprecedented scene occurred over the intrusion into the Legislative Assembly of Mr. H. Meatheringham, a defeated candidate for the North…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Levy's Point Meeting of Parliament Is It Constitutional ? Supply Bill Debate
Has the fourth session of the 27th Parliament of N.S.W., which opened yesterday, been summoned according to constitutional…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →State Parliament Opened. Absence of Ceremony. Intruder Causes Stir in Assembly. No-confidence Motion Projected
The fourth session of the present State Parliament was opened without pomp or ceremony. The opening was performed by commis-sion only. Excitement was caused in the Legislative Assembly by the intrusion of a claimant to Mr. Kay's seat in the North Shore electorate,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Parliament. the Taxpayers Money "House's Control Mere Sham" —Mr. Bevin Government Fought on Supply Bill Bavin Criticises Lang's Methods
"I PROPHESY that unless the finances of the State are taken in hand, Mr. Lang will find that, at the end of his financial year, he will be faced with an expenditure of at least £3,000,000 more than the expenditure last year."…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →An Onlooker's Impressions in Parliament
In accordance with the eternal fitness of things the State Parliament was opened on Wednesday with a "circus." Ceremony was suspended. The Governor was not there. Perhaps it was just as well…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Macquarie Street Opening of Parliament Amazing Squabble
The N.S.W. Parliament opened its second session under Labor's dominance on Wednesday at noon, minus the ceremonial and pomp that hitherto…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament. From the Gallery. a Dull Day with Supply
Debates on Supply and the Estimates are usually violent, and not entirely uninteresting, for members, hungry for railways, bridges, and water supplies, swoop down upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Latest Light on Epsom Backing of Candidates for Spring Spearfelt Gallops in Good Style
Very few Spring candidates will be seen out at HawKesbury tomorrow, and Rosehill last week was really the final opportunity for backers to condense public form and apply it to Epsom and Metropolitan. Except that Bravado's success in the Camellia Stakes had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Epsom Handicap Candidates
The imported horse, Mullabawn, was withdrawn from the Rosehill Camellia Stakes, in which six horses were heavily backed, with Red Gauntlet a 3 to 1…
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