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  2. AUSTRALIAN UNION.

    The good a man does lives after him may be fittingly said of Sir Henry Parkes. The destiny of the Australian colonies to become one homogeneous whole for the progress of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 308 words
  3. COMMONWEALTH CELEBRATION GUESTS.

    Among the more prominent guests who accepted invitations from the Government to be present at the swearing-in ceremony were the following: -- ...

    Article : 2,864 words
  4. SOME OF THE CHIEF ORGANISERS.

    Immediately it was determined to fittingly celebrate the inauguration of the Commonwealth the Premier placed in the hands of a number of Government officials, such as Mr. Vernon, Mr. ...

    Article : 154 words
  5. MR. ALFRED DEAKIN.

    The most brilliant of Victorian politicians is undoubtedly Mr. Alfred Deakin. He is a native of Victoria, was born in 1856, and called to the bar at the age of 21. Journalism, however, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 242 words
  6. MR. JOHN PORTUS.

    The responsible and onerous duties of general secretary of the celebrations on behalf of the Government have been carried out by Mr. John Portus, and he has acquitted himself as to the ...

    Article : 154 words
  7. SIR JOHN FORREST.

    Sir John Forrest, P.C., is absolutely the most prominent of West Australia's public men, and has been materially instrumental in bringing the colony into the position ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 253 words
  8. MR. CRITCHETT WALKER.

    Mr. Richard Cornelius Critchett Walker is one of the best-known men in the New South Wales civil service, having been Principal Under-Secretary since 1879. He is the son of the Rev. ...

    Article : 108 words
  9. MR. C. C. KINGSTON.

    Mr. Charles, Cameron Kingston, Q.C., will, in all likelihood, be one of the chief figures in the political arena of the Commonwealth. He is a native of South Australia, and is the son ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 214 words
  10. MR. W. L. VERNON.

    Mr. Walter Liberty Vernon was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in 1846, and practised as an architect for some time at Westminster and Hastings, coming to the colony in 1883. ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. MR. G. H. REID.

    Mr. George Houstoun Reid, Q.C., P.C., needs no introduction to the Australian public, nor, indeed, to the people of the United Kingdom, where, as the Premier of the mother-colony, he ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 337 words
  12. SIR EDWARD BRADDON.

    Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon, P.C., is the author of that much-debated clause in the Federal Constitution known as "Braddon's Blot," of which members of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 259 words
  13. MR. E. DU FAUR.

    Mr. E[?]leston Du Faur is a colonist of 53 years' standing, and has always taken a keen interest in public matters connected with art. He was educated at Harrow, and has been fortunate in his ...

    Article : 180 words
  14. MR. BARTON.

    Mr. Edmund Barton, Q.C., the chief figure in the Federation from a popular point of view, is a native of Sydney. He was born on January 18th, 1848, and bad a most successful career at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 248 words
  15. MR. EDMUND FOSBERY.

    Mr. Edmund Walcott Fosbery, Inspector-General of Police, was born in Gloucestershire, England, in 1833. At the ago of 19 he came to Victoria, where he received an appointment in the ...

    Article : 122 words
  16. SIR JOSEPH ABBOTT.

    Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott, who was born at Muswellbrook (N.S.W.) in 1842, was a member of the 1891 Federal Convention and also of the Convention that framed the bill as ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 181 words
  17. MR. R. E. O'CONNOR.

    Mr. Richard Edward O'Connor, Q.C., enjoys a widespread popularity in legal and political circles. He was educated in Sydney, and had a brilliant scholastic career. Being admitted ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 157 words
  18. MR. J. D. HENNESSEY.

    Mr. John David Hennessey, on whom the choice of the citizens fell to act as general secretary of their Commonwealth Committee, is a man of striking individuality. He is one of Australia's ...

    Article : 220 words
  19. MR. J. H. CARRUTHERS.

    Mr. Joseph Hector McNeill Carruthers was born at Kiama, New South Wales, 43 years ago. He is a solicitor by profession, and prior to the subdivision of the colony into single electorates was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 146 words
  20. SIR GEORGE TURNER.

    Sir George Turner, P.C., is one of the best-known of Victoria's public men, having been a hard fighter on behalf of his colony all through the Constitution-making proceedings. He was born ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 167 words
  21. MR. H. N. SOUTHWELL.

    The work of general assistant to Mr. Portus has been performed by Mr. H. N. Southwell, who is well known through his connection with a number of successful public functions. For four years ...

    Article : 146 words
  22. A WEDDING THAT COST £20,000.

    The latest in American "big things" is a hundred thousand dollar wedding. Miss Pierpont Morgan was married the other day to Colonel Satterlee in New York. Altogether the ...

    Article : 404 words
  23. SIR SAMUEL GRIFFITH.

    The name of Sir Samuel Griffith, the present Chief Justice of Queensland, has been freely mentioned of late as the most likely to fill the like position of eminence in the Commonwealth. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 197 words
  24. MR. J. N. BRUNKER.

    Mr. James Nixon Brunker represented this colony at the last Federal Convention, and has filled the position of Minister for Lands on several occasions with ability. He has represented East ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 85 words
  25. MR. W. M'MILLAN.

    Mr. William M'Millan is regarded by his friends as one of those higher types of politicians whose presence should be a prime necessity in the first Federal Parliament. He is a freetrader of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 195 words
  26. MR. B. R. WISE.

    Mr. Bernhard Ringrose Wise, Q.C., is the son of Mr. Justice Wise, who was for many years before his death, in 1865, on the New South Wales Bench. He was educated in England, and was called to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 217 words
  27. SIR WILLIAM LYNE.

    Sir William Lyne, Premier of New South Wales, is the senior of the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Reid) by one year, having been born in Tasmania in 1844. He has followed squatting ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 238 words
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