Parliament of Nationalism
THE Annual Convention of the National Association is a Parliament in miniature of no small portion of the population of the State…
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Questions in Parliament What Members Are Asking
ANSWERING Mr. Kelly (Lab.) in the Assembly yesterday, the Premier said that the Government, many months ago took steps under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Parliament. Budget and Transport Monopoly. Rushing Legislation
It was quite a lively morning. There was something in the air. The Ministerial benches did not empty after the half-hour of questions. Caucus members were obviously…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Parliament Day of Unpleasant Surprises Rush Legislation: More Taxes Foreshadowed
WITH the fiat that they expected to rush through the Budget and Transport discussions by Thursday, Ministerialists sprang an unpleasant surprise on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand. General Election in September. Wellington (N.z.)
The Prime Minister (Mr. Forbes) announced to-day that a general election would be held towards the end of September or early in October. This is about two months earlier…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Post-bag Unity And Senate Elections
The Editor, Sir. -- Apropos of the need for unity of action between the various political organisations supporting the United Australia Movement, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Parliament. Legislative Council. Transport Monopoly
Having continued through the night until breakfast time yesterday morning, the Legislative Assembly took the day off, leaving the Transport Bill and the two financial bills based…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No Caucus Pledge Nationalists Want Free Parliament
The highlight of yesterday's session of the National Party Convention was a resolution that no person be permitted to hold…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Chaffey, M.l.a. Injury at Parliament House
Following the all-night sitting of the Legislative Assembly. Mr. F. Chaffey, who was Chief Secretary in the last Government, was overcome with dizziness in the Opposition room…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lang Says He Must Get Money From People Blames Banks New Tax Bill in Parliament Will Hit Companies
Explaining his proposal for a new wage tax rising to 5s in the £1 on income exceeding £10 a week, Mr. Lang, in introducing the bill in the Legislative Assembly to-day, said that as he could not get the money from the banks, he must get it from the people. The proposed new taxation which rises to [?] in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Elections. Anomalous Position. Ratepayers and Tenants
An anomalous position with regard to municipal elections was pointed out at the last meeting of the Granville Council. Alderman J. Fielding said that the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Garden's Bilious Election Dope
The very bottom of the slops bucket has been reached by Jock Garden in his efforts to get into the Federal Parliament. In the current Issue of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smart Sprints at Randwick Rosehill Candidates Work Nicely
RANDWICK trainers probably got a shock when they arrived at headquarters yesterday morning, to find the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From Page Five. Parliament
"We are faced with a deficit of almost £9,000,000, and I must repeat that 60 per cent. of that deficit is created by our railways…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Parliament. the New Taxation. Excitement in the Assembly
Taxation, and still more taxation—a most enthralling subject in the life of a politician. The Legislative Assembly had a fairly large attendance of members when it met…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In Parliament No Time to Joke But Tax Called "Panto"
When a member of the Legislative Assembly asks a question in Parliament he sometimes does not get an answer, and there are times when he does not expect…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labour Ballots. Lang Candidates
Ballots for the selection of Lang candidates to contest the Cook, South Sydney, and Lang electorates at the next Federal elections, will be held to-day. About four thousand members…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →State Outlook If Tax Bill is Rejected. Chaos or an Election
The Premier (Mr. Lang), when interviewed last night declined to be drawn into any discussion concerning problematical Happenings of the future in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Inner Group" Candidate Is Successful Lamaro Has Hard Fight Stewart for S. Sydney
Labor pre- selection ballots held yesterday to choose candidates to run for the Federal seats on the Lang ticket, resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spain's Crime Wave Election Eve Primal Passions Blaze London
A strange and widespread reappearance of primitive ferocity has marked the approach of the Spanish elections, to be held to- morrow, says the Madrid correspondent of "The Times."…
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