Part 22

Chapter 223,268 wordsPublic domain

Irrigation and water supply works, Victoria: Failure of, 143 Inadequate preliminary investigations of, 145

Juvenile Depravity Suppression Bill, New Zealand, 203

Kalgoorlie, visit to, 310

Kanakas: Sugar cultivation in Queensland: Importation of Kanakas, question as to necessity of, 66 Number employed in, 64 Protection of, 63 Re-engaging after expiration of contracts, 64 Traffic in Kanakas decreasing population of Pacific Islands, 64

Kingston, Right Hon. C. C., 3, 16, 25

Knutsford, Lord, 57

Labour Bureau and Casual Labour Board for relieving unemployed in New South Wales, 45

Labour Parties: Legislative Councils attacked by, 273 New South Wales: "Caucus" meetings, 51 Electoral Reform policy, 49 Gold, right of mining on private land obtained by, 49 "Solidarity," vote of, 50 Tariff question, disagreement on, 49 Taxation of land values obtained by, 50 New Zealand, 263 Queensland: Electoral reform policy, 75 Failure of, 74 Grievances against Government, 74 New Zealand and South-Australian Labour Parties compared with, 73 Socialistic tendencies of, 73 South Australia: Development and work of, 3 Liberals working in connection with, 4, 263 Queensland Labour Party compared with, 74 Victoria, 263

Labouring classes: Building societies, labouring classes availing themselves of, 260 Condition of, on the whole satisfactory, 301 Foreign Competition: Great Britain, hostility towards in consequence of, 296 Labouring classes' opposition to, 293 Larrikinism of Melbourne and Sydney, exaggeration of, 301 Protection, labouring classes in favour of, 292 South Australian education, secular character of, effect on labouring classes, 32 Thriftiness of, 258

Land Act of 1893, Victoria, for relief of unemployed, 149

Land for Settlements Acts, New Zealand authorising repurchase or exchange of lands, 93-97

Land Grant railways, 251 Tasmania, for encouragement of private enterprise, 181 Western Australia, 162

Land tax, assessment of in: New Zealand, 88 South Australia, 17

Legislative Assembly: Australian Provinces, continuity of representation in, means of obtaining, 276 Conflicts between Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council [see that title] New South Wales, salary of members, 48 South Australia: Elected on basis of Adult Suffrage, 2 Salary of members, 2 Victoria: Committee to consider advisability of Australasian Federation, appointed by, 214 Elected on basis of Manhood Suffrage, 122 Salary of members, 122 Western Australia: Salary--members receiving no salary, 158

Legislative Council: Conflicts between Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council [see that title] Labour Parties' attacks on, 273 New South Wales and Queensland, members nominated for life without salary, 121 South Australia: Property qualification: Electors', 2 Members not subjected to, 28 Salary of members, 2 Tasmania: Property qualification not required for membership, 122 Salary of members, 122 Victoria: Property qualification of members, 122 Public expenditure, Legislative Council failing to check extravagance of, 126 Western Australia: Property qualification: Electors', 157, 158 Members not subjected to, 122 Salary--members receiving no salary, 158

Leongatha Labour Colony in Victoria, 151, 268

Liberals in South Australia working in connection with Labour Party, 4

Licensed Victuallers' Act of 1896, South Australia, proposed prohibition of employment of barmaids, 191

Life insurance, annuities, &c., in New Zealand, department of the State, 104

Liquor Legislation, New Zealand: Local Option and Licensing Committee polls placed on basis of adult suffrage, 198 National prohibition of licenses proposed, 201 Prohibition and reduction of licenses, results of voting on, 200 Temperance movement, prominence of, effect of Female Suffrage, 194

Local land boards for disposal of Crown lands, New Zealand, 117

Lotteries in Tasmania unaffected by Betting and Gaming Act, 171, 172

McPherson, Mr. J. A., leader of Labour Party in South Australia, 5

Maoris of New Zealand: Conflicts of 1860-70 with European settlers, 84 Improvement in relations with Europeans, 84 Lands obtained by Europeans from: Pre-emptive right of the Crown, 83 Validation Court for considering titles to, 84 Sovereignty of New Zealand ceded by, 83

Meat and Dairy Produce Encouragement Act of 1893, pastoral industries of Queensland assisted by, 71

Melbourne waterworks, 143, 145

Midland Railway, Western Australia, 162

Murtho--village settlement of South Australia, success of, 11

National Council of Women, New Zealand, resolution passed by, 204

Native-born Australians, increase in proportion of, 297

Nelson, Right Hon. Sir Hugh, 60, 79, 253

New South Wales: Democratic Government established in, 48 Federal Council: Abstention of New South Wales from, 216 Female Suffrage, result of adopting, 184 Financial extravagance and political pressure in, means of diminishing, 34 Free trade policy of, 212 Governor of, receiving commission as Governor-General of Australia, 213 Government Architect Department--Designer of Crown Lands Office receiving less salary than principal messenger in 1895, 44 Labour Party [see that title] Legislative Assembly, salary of members, 48 Legislative Council, members nominated for life without salary, 121 Unemployed [see that title]

New Zealand: 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

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

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]

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

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

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

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]

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

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]

Yates, Mrs., Mayor of Onehunga, inability of to fill position, 208

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