Australian provinces and New Zealand, differences of condition
between, 82
Cheviot estate purchased by the Government, 93
Crown lands:
Local land boards for disposal of, 117
Sale of, 93
Elective Executive Bill introduced into, 277
Expenditure, reduction of public expenditure, 88
Fair Rent Bill, 103
Federal Council, abstention of New Zealand from, 216
Female Suffrage [see that title]
Improved-farm settlements system in, 111
Industrial disputes, Boards of Conciliation appointment of, 284
Labour Party compared with Queensland Labour Party, 74
Land for Settlements Act of 1892, authorising repurchase
or exchange of lands, 95, 97
Legislative Council [see that title]
Life insurance, annuities, &c., 104
Liquor legislation [see that title]
Maoris [see that title]
Mayor of Onehunga, inability of Mrs. Yates to fill position, 208
Pastoral Tenants' Relief Act of 1895, 118
Political patronage, charges brought against Government, 269, 271
Provincial legislatures, abolishing, 83
Public works [see that title]
Technical instruction in agriculture, &c., by experts, 104
Unemployed [see that title]
Village settlements [see that title]
Norman, Sir Henry, 61
Northern Railway, Western Australia, course of, 162
P
Parliament of Commonwealth--Constitution Bill for establishing
Federation of Australasia [see that title]
Pastoral industries:
Queensland:
Darling Downs industries, success of, 70, 71
Irregularity of employment in, 69
Land tenure, new form of for shearers, 70
Produce, disposal of:
Financial statement, 1896, extract with reference to, 79
Meat and Dairy Produce Act, assisting, 71
Victoria:
Protection of the State, 154
Right of selection on pastoral properties dispute--cause
of conflict between the two Houses, 122, 123
Pastoral Tenants' Relief Act of 1895, New Zealand, 118
Peace Preservation Act of 1894, Queensland, 74
Plebiscite:
Establishment of in Australasian legislation, 276
Federation of Australasian Provinces, proposed framing of
new Constitution and referring to, 227
Legislative Council and House of Assembly disputes, proposed
settlement of by plebiscite, 273
South Australia:
Bill for establishment of, 29
Educational system, alterations in, question referred
to plebiscite, 29, 274
Tasmania, Female Suffrage, proposed application of plebiscite
for, 177, 187
Plural voting:
South Australia, plural voting forbidden in, 2
Victoria, proposed abolition of, 186
Tasmania, partial abolition of, 173
Political patronage, misuse of, in New Zealand, charges against the
Government, 269, 271
Postal and Telegraphic Department, Parliament of Commonwealth's
exclusive control of, 221
Produce and Export Department:
Queensland, concessions to producers:
Financial statement of 1896, extract with regard to, 79
Meat and Dairy Produce Act, 71
Sugar Works Guarantee Act, 65
Relations between, Provinces strengthened by promotion
of enterprise, 253
South Australia:
Institution of, 21
Output of the Provinces, means of securing uniformity, 23
Tasmania--Inspection of exported produce, necessity of, 172
Victoria--State advances to producers, 148
Property Qualification:
South Australian Legislative Council:
Electors', 2
Members not subjected to, 121, 122
Victorian Legislative Council, 122
Western Australian Legislative Council, 157
Prospecting Boards in gold-mining districts, Victoria, appointment of,
147
Protection:
Development, result of, 292
Interchange of commodities between the Provinces impeded by
protective tariff, 212
Labouring classes in favour of, 292
South Australia adopting protective tariff, 24
Provincial Legislatures of New Zealand, abolition of, 83
Public Service Board, New South Wales, for investigating all
departments of Civil Service, 44
Public works:
New South Wales, Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public
Works, means of diminishing political pressure in, 40
New Zealand:
Communication, improving means of, by public works scheme, 85
Co-operative construction, 105
Encouragement of settlement--public works scheme valueless
without, 120
Railways, preservation of Crown Land for constructing,
withdrawn by Government, 92
Queensland, facilitating occupation in outlying districts
by construction of public works, 78
Victoria:
Audit Commissioners to recover arrears of money due to State,
proposed authorisation of, 146
Extravagant expenditure, on, 143
Irrigation and water supply works:
Inadequate preliminary investigations, 145
Liabilities--failure of works to meet their own liabilities, 144
Railway Commissioners' libel action against Mr. David Syme, 143
Western Australia--difficulties of the Government, 160
Q
Queensland--Australian Federation Enabling Bill, rejection of in, 235
Central and Northern Queensland's separation from the South:
Agitation for, 55
Arguments in favour of, 56
Boundaries adopted by Separationists, 56
Claims of Central Queensland, 56
Constitution Bill, attempt at introducing, 59
Decline of agitation, 61
Federal Convention delegates--proportion of Northern and
Central Queensland representatives proposed to be sent, 60
Financial Districts Bill, 59
Imperial Government's intervention, Lord Knutsford's reply
to Northern deputation, 57
Natural products, interchange of between the separated Provinces, 58
Public Debt Liability, 59
Revenue of the districts--Royal Commission of Inquiry into, 59
Supreme Court judges, appointment of, 60
Female Suffrage, result of adopting in, 185
Humanitarian legislation [see that title]
Labour Party [see that title]
Legislative Council, members nominated for life without salary, 121
Pastoral industries [see that title]
Railways, management of by the State, 251
Revenue and expenditure--development of industries by the State, 77
Sugar cultivation [see that title]
R
Radical result of elections after establishment of Female Suffrage in
South Australia and New Zealand, 193
Railways:
New South Wales, appointment of railway Commissioners, 39
New Zealand, reservation of Crown Lands for constructing,
withdrawn by Government, 86
Queensland railways, management of by the State, 252
Tasmanian land-grant railways, encouragement of enterprise by, 181
Victoria:
Extravagant Expenditure on, 142, 246, 249
Railway Commissioners' libel action against Mr. David Syme, 143
Western Australia, 162
Referendum [sec title Plebiscite]
Reid, Right Hon. G. H., 36, 50, 51, 227
Religious bodies, Western Australia, grants to, abolition of, 159
Responsible Government:
Australasia, advantages and disadvantages of, 264
Western Australia obtaining, 156
Revenue and expenditure:
Federation of Australasian Provinces--revenue and expenditure
of Commonwealth, regulations for, 221
New Zealand, reduction of expenditure, 88
Queensland:
Central and Northern Queensland--revenue of the districts,
Royal Commission of Inquiry into, 59
Development of industries by the State, 77
Victoria:
Extravagant expenditure of, 142
Legislative Council's inability to check, 126
Western Australia, causes of improved credit, 167
Rowdiness and drunkenness, absence of among Coolgardie miners, 314
Russell, Captain, misuse of political patronage charges brought against
New Zealand Government by, 269
S
Salaries:
Australasian Parliaments, effect of salaries on members, 267
Parliament of Commonwealth proposed salary of members of, 220
Salvation Army services at Coolgardie goldfields, 312
Savings Bank returns:
Individual effort of Australian labouring class demonstrated by, 259
South Australian, 33
Seddon, Right Hon. R. J., 106, 119, 120
Shops in Victoria, hours of closing, 134
Socialism:
Queensland Labour Party, socialistic tendencies of, 73
State Socialism in Australasia, origin and extent of, 245, 249
"Solidarity" vote of New South Wales Labour Party, 50
South Australia:
Democratic policy due to Constitution, 2
Dissolution of both Houses after disagreement, success of, 178
Education [see that title]
Elective Executive, substitution of, advocated, 26
Female Suffrage [see that title]
Income tax on incomes derived from property or personal exertion,
distinction between, 279
Industrial disputes, Boards of Conciliation for, 284
Labour Party [see that title]
Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council [see those titles]
Legislative measures, 24
Plebiscite [see that title]
Plural voting forbidden in, 2
Produce Export Department:
Institution of, 21
Output of the various Provinces, means of securing uniformity in, 23
Progressive Taxation first introduced in, 16
Savings Bank Returns, 33
Tariff question settled in favour of Protection, 24
Village Settlements [see that title]
South-Western Railway, Western Australia, course of, 162
State Farm in New Zealand for relief of unemployed, 113
State Socialism in Australasia, origin and extent of, 245, 249
Stout, Sir Robert, misuse of political patronage, charges brought
against New Zealand Government by, 271
Succession Duties, assessment of in South Australia, 20
Sugar cultivation in Queensland:
Irregularity of employment in, 69
Kanakas [see that title]
Modifications in, 64
Sugar Works Guarantee Act, industry developed by, 65
Syme, Mr. David, 153
T
Tailoresses' Union, formation of in Victoria, 135
Tariff:
New South Wales, Labour Party's disagreement on question of, 49
South Australia, tariff question settled in favour of Protection, 24
Victoria, protective tariff in, cause of contention between
Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, 123
Tasmania:
Female Suffrage [see that title]
Graduated Death Duties, assessment of, 278
Immigration of coloured races, restriction of, 170
Income tax on incomes derived from property and personal exertion,
distinction between, 279
Legislative Council [see that title]
Produce and Export Department--inspection of exported produce, 172
Public works, taxation for obtaining funds for, 181
Railways--land-grant railways for encouragement of private
enterprise, 181
Taxation:
Additional taxation cause of conflict between Legislative
Assembly and Legislative Council, 123
Australian Provinces' form of direct taxation, 279
New South Wales Labour Party, taxation of land values obtained by, 50
New Zealand, assessment of land and income taxes in, 89
South Australia, progressive taxation first introduced into, 16
Tasmania, public works outlay, taxation for obtaining funds for, 181
Technical instruction in agriculture, &c., by experts, New Zealand, 104
Telegraphic and postal departments--Parliament of Commonwealth's
exclusive control of, 221
Town and country antagonism--reflex of antagonism between Victorian
Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, 131
Town and country inhabitants, difference in development of, necessity
of considering with regard to Australasian Federation, 299
Trade Unions, workmen's willingness to form, 281
Traditional Conservatism, absence of among Australasian politicians, 277
U
Undesirable Immigrants Exclusion Bill, forbidding introduction of
consumptive persons into New Zealand, 295
Unemployed:
Indiscriminate assistance, 255
New South Wales:
Casual Labour Board and Labour Bureau, 45
Loafers, placing in Industrial Homes, proposed, 48
Money spent on works for, 46, 47
New Zealand:
Charitable Aid Expenditure of 1896, 116
Compulsory labour for loafers, 115
Improved-Farm Settlements system, 111
State Farm near Wellington, 113
South Australia:
Village Settlements, 6
Victoria:
Land Acts of 1893, 149
Leongatha Colony, 151, 268
Public subscriptions for, 150
Shiftlessness of men, 153
Union Steamship Company, New Zealand, engineers' industrial dispute,
290, 291
Upper House [see titles Legislative Council and Conflict between
Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council]
V
Van Dieman's Land Company, Tasmania, Bill authorising construction of
railway by, 181
Victoria:
Australasian Federation Enabling Act--provisions of Victorian Act, 230
Confidence of the people in efficiency of State action, 154
Factories and Shops Acts [see that title]
Female Suffrage:
Abolition of plural voting included in Bill introducing, 186
Result of adopting, 184
Gold-mining, State encouragement of, 147
Income tax on incomes derived from property or personal
exertion, distinction between, 279
Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council [see those titles]
Produce and export--bonuses given to producers, 148
Protective Tariff:
Cause of contention between Legislative Assembly and Legislative
Council, 123
Public works [see that title]
Unemployed [see that title]
Village Settlements, 255
New Zealand, 95, 99
South Australia:
Closed by Government, 10
Difficulties, encountered by settlers, 10
Failure of, 8
Formation of, 6
Murtho, success of, 11
New Zealand Settlements, differing from, 99
Victoria, 149
W
Western Australia:
Aborigines, protection of, 158
Assisted Schools Abolition Act, 159
Australasian Federation Enabling Act--Provisions of Western
Australian Act, 233
Churches, grants to, abolition of, 159
Constitution Bill, 157
Female Suffrage, result of adopting, 185
Gold-mining:
Coolgardie Goldfields [see that title]
Inducements offered to immigrants, 164
Legislative Council:
Property qualification:
Electors', 158
Members not subjected to, 121
Public works, Government difficulties, 160
Responsible Government, 156
Women's Franchise Leagues, New Zealand, inducing female voters to
support candidates on moral considerations, 206
Working classes [see title Labouring Classes]
Y
Yates, Mrs., Mayor of Onehunga, inability of to fill position, 208
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