In Parliament Bawra Bill Called "Burglary"
That the Bawra income Tax Bill was a "desperate effort on the part' of the Government to raise money from any and every possible source"--the…
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DISTURBANCE Outside Parliament House. Policemen Prevent Riot
Four policemen prevented what might have developed into a serious riot at Parliament House yesterday afternoon when they shut the gates in the face of a crowd of about 400…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Questions in Parliament What Members Are Asking
ANSWERING Messrs. Martin (Lab.) and Weaver (Nat). the Acting-Premier stated in the Assembly yesterday that the Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament Adjourns. Members to Consider Decisions. (From Our Special Representative.) Canberra
At the request of the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin), the Federal Parliament to-day adjourned until Wednesday next to enable members of the Federal Labour party to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →State Parliament. Eleven Years' Retrospective Bill. B.A.W.R.A. and Income Tax
"This Act shall be deemed to have commenced on the first day of July, 1920," was the unusual opening clause of a bill which occupied the Legislative Assembly yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Many Nurses Pass Exam. City and Country Candidates
The names of the candidates who were successful in passing the examination held by the Nurses' Registration Board on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clerk of Parliament. Anxious to Retire
Mr. W. L. S. Cooper, Clerk of the New South Wales Parliament, has intimated to the Government that he is desirous of retiring from the Public Service. His resignation, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Federal Elections. Labour Candidates. Lang-garden Control
The A.L.P. executive agreed on a bold scheme last night to give it the final say in all selection ballots for the next Federal elections. Following a report by the general…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Election Squabble Surprising Development in the Upper Hunter
ENVENTS in the Upper Hunter by-election took a rather surprising turn this week, when the electorate was invaded by five Country Party members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Upper Hunter. Country Party Candidate. Mr. Munro's Statement
The general secretary of the Country party (Mr. E. J. Munro) said yesterday that members of the Country party who had been assisting in the Upper Hunter campaign of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Labour Candidate. Sudden Death at Adelaide. ADELAIDE
The death occurred suddenly to-day of Mr. L. E. Fenton, selected Labour candidate for Angas at the next Federal elections at the age of 42 years. He was operated on for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Coleman's Election Scare "No Snobbery in Canberra" Fraternity As Their Long Suit!
CANBERRA, Friday.--Pride in tho absence of snobbery in Canberra was expressed to-night by the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. A. Blakeley, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia Is Sick of Silly Political Fetishes Nothing of Value from our Parliaments for Years and Years Barren Mumbo-jumbo of Parliament Why Citizens Are Weary of False Expectations VANITY & Self-interest in Legislators Public Men Will Not Repay Anything to the Public
RECEIVING great tribute from the people in power, and honor and money, the Political Josses in retun have failed to help the people in timed trouble. Young Australians are not likely to worship the Political Fetish in the manner of their fathers. Hey are growing up convinced that political…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →How United Party Won First Election 'Twas only Olney!
DOUBTLESS the telegraphic department is now rather wearied of Herbert Horace Olney, who performed the extraordinary feat of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Upper Hunter By-election Nat. Candidate Leads
The counting of the first preference votes in the Upper Hunter by-election held on Saturday to fill the vacancy caused by the death of W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For Next Federal Elections Vic. Ballots Some Probabilities Brennan Safe Melbourne
In the Labor pre-selection polling for the Senate and the House of Representatives, held on Saturday, the counting for Ball at seat had not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scullin-lyons Coalition? State A.l.p. Forecasts Big Developments 13 Labor Members May Vote "No" to Premiers' Pun "Election As Alternative" Holloway's Resignation As First Sign of "Left" Swing
A Scullin-Lyons Federal Coalition, with thirteen or more Left Wing Labor members as the official opposition, was forecast last night by State A.L.P. and industrial leaders. They claimed that members representing industrial seats would be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Political Manners. Lost Politeness of Parliament
Why should political life have degenerated into an unpleasant business of squabbling and bad manners? Politeness in Parliament has disappeared, ordinary courtesies are fast going…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal Election. Labour Candidates. Lang Group Nominees
Ballots for the selection of candidates to represent the State A.L.P. executive in the Reid, Dalley, Parramatta, and Barton electorates at the next Federal elections will be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →PARLIAMENT. Fight for Supremacy. Sir George Pearce's Speech. Melbourne
Addressing members of the Constitutional Club to-day, the leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Sir George Pearce) appealed to the people as a whole to fight for the…
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