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Advertising : 212 wordsThe annual meeting of the N.S.W. Rugby Football Union was held last night at Aaron's Exchange: Hotel Mr. J. J. Calvert (president) occupied the chair, and about eighty gentlemen ...
Article : 1,313 wordsHe admitted that, as the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, it seams strictly consonant to the republican theory to refer constitutional questions to that authority; and that there is force ...
Article : 344 words"The result of the deliberations of all collective bodies," wrote Hamilton of the American Constitution, must necessarily be a compound es well of the errors and prejudices as of the good sense and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 801 wordsTake, for instance, the squabble—fancy a convention squabbling!—about closed doors during the sittings of the three committees. Was it error and prejudice to insist on closing them, or to contend that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 467 wordsIt does not appear that this most sagacious critic had any suspicion that the Senate would seek to enlarge its power at the expenses of the representative House; the only apprehension he had was that the ...
Article : 237 wordsThe doors were locked when the delegates of the thirteen states met in the convention of 1787 to frame, a constitution; and from that time to this no one has had any knowledge of what ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 239 wordsHis views on the subject of a single House were expressed in a very few worus, evidently written with a sense of the absurdity of such a scheme. He thought it would be inconsistent with all the ...
Article : 157 wordsThe practice thus established in the earliest days of democratic government soon pot into rogue, and kept its gronnd to such an extent that it now prevails in every branch of the legislative business. The rules ...
Article : 206 wordsOn another point of interest at the present moment, his opinions were equally strong. When pointing out the defects in the confederation which existed up to the time of the union, he dealt with the question ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 88 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday.—The Australian Eleven selected by Mr. Geo. Giffen to play a aeries of matches in West Australia, left Adelaide by the R.M.S. Parramatta for Albany yeateiday. The team ...
Article : 258 wordsThe precedent set by the American Conventions was followed by the thirty-three delegates who met in Quebec in 1864 to form a constitution for the united provinces of Canada. Before they ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 410 wordsBliss and Magician were first to gallop, and ran six furlongs on the course proper in 1 min 24sec, finishing together. Reka and Tom ran a fall mile and three-quarters, tue first round being done in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 530 wordsBOURKE, Thursday.—A tour or inspection of the artesian bores in this district was completed yesterday by Colonel Home, irrigation engineer, accompanied by Mr. Boultbee, superintendent of ...
Article : 123 wordsIt must be admitted that, so far at least as despatch of business is concerned, the practice followed in America and in Canada contrasts favorably with bur own. The Convention of 1891 was distinguished by the ...
Article : 138 wordsTake the referendum as a specimen. It is hardly possible to conceive any proposal of the kind being seriously entertained here in connection with, a federal constitution, for very obvions reasons, one of ...
Article : 242 wordsColonel Rowe presided at the weekly meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board held yesterday. From a report submitted it transpired that the revenue from July 1, 1896, to April 3, 1897 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 wordsThe hon, treasurer of the N.S.W.R.F.U. has received from Mr. A. E. Naah, the representative in Melbourne of Messrs. Walker and Hall a handsome silver cup valued at 40 guineas for competition. The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 107 wordsA harbor excursion will be held this evening by the Bedfern Bicycle Club. Steamers will leave the Manly Co-operative Company's Wharf at 7.15 and 8 p.m. for Fern.Bay, returning at 10.45 p.m. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 wordsIn the face of these facts, fresh in erery one's memory, the convention was nevertheless urged to adopt this proposal as a means of restoring harmony between the two Mouses, in the event of a deadlock ...
Article : 200 wordsThe Royal Commission on the Marine Road met yesterday afternoon at the office of the Public Service Board. Captain Hixson, R.N. President of the Marine Board gave further ...
Article : 51 wordsAt the last meeting of the Johnstone's Bay Sailing Club, held at Jacobson's Hotel, Balmain, Mr. F. J. Donovan (commodore of the club) presided. The special business of the evening was arranging for ...
Article : 140 wordsThe council of the Rifle Association held a meeting last night under the presidency of Lieut-Colonel Longfield. A letter was read from the Principal Under-Secretary requesting information as to what ...
Article : 151 wordsKIAMA, Thursday.—A bazaar and sale of work was held in the Exhibition Building on Tuesday and Wednesday in aid of the School of Arts building fund. The affair resulted in a nett ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Toxteth Literary and Debating Soc[?] held the usual weekly meeting last evening; V. Treen presided. Mr. F. L. Artlett was elec[?] a member of the society. Mr. Treen recit[?] ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Thu 8 Apr 1897, Page 2
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