As foreshadowed in "The Age," there was some plain speaking at the meeting of the Ministerial party held at Federal Parliament House yesterday morning. The ...
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Article : 234 wordsThe name of Captain F. E. Guest, Parliamentary Secretary to the British Treasury, is again being mentioned in connection with the appointment of the next ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Aliens Naturalisation Bill, which is being introduced in the House of Lords by Earl Stanhope, has been published. Inter alia the measure provides that no alien ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 14 May 1920, Page 7
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