M 



\1>TK A!.\>1.\. 



the right to vote, bat permits them to 

 1'ariiaWt.U la 



was organised by 



.aad other ladies in 



" over the 





_ and to test the srnim 

 meat m the hope of u-u.i; able < 



(the word -meS- from the electoral re- 

 bill the pending, he offered a mot 

 favor of fseaale suffrage. There ware 57 votes 

 again 



fiYiileiil from voting. In the session of 1894- 

 tovad a resolution that the 



Pr 



pnsBtml to give effect to the desire of Parlia- 

 meat in a bill to be brought forward in the next 



Maw Swath WalL The members of the 

 (^laliv* Council, of whom there are M, are 

 appoiUti! by the drown for life. The I 



the electoral law of June 

 as many 

 subject 



r. -. . ::. 





tod a year in the colony and throe 

 in his district is entitled to rote. Alien 

 can obtain naturalization after a 

 of tire Tears. The plural and non- 

 formerly possessed by owners 

 .-, ibotKsd Ktnbtn r- 



osive a salary of 300, Bach Parliament, unless 

 previously dissolved, lasts three years. The 



; f I-..', -ias -vr 



Robert William Duff, appointed May 29, 1898. 

 After his death Vboount Hampden, son of the 

 farmer Speaker of the British House of Com- 

 mons. Sir Henry Brand, was appointed. 



The Cabinet constituted Aug. 2, 1894, con- 

 sisted of the following members: Premier and 

 Treasurer. George Houston frid : ),;.f Secre- 

 lanr. James Nixon Brunker; Attorney-General, 

 John Henry Want ; Secretary f 

 Heetor Carruthrr* : Secretary for Public Works. 

 Bury Young; Minister of Public In. 

 Jacob Oarrard; Postmast 



Joseph Cook ; Secretary for Mines and Agricul 



- , - M ,--. r ,,f.i ... . 



% Albert 



e- President of the Executive 

 Govacil and Representative of the Government 

 to the Legislative Council, William ILnrv 



elections of 1804 con- 

 protective tariff, of win 

 was the author, \f--r Parlia- 

 m February. 1805. a inoti..n 



of wmot of ooosVleoce was rejected by 60 



.. 

 istaineii the Government, They influenced 



. M.illr, 



dsjeW the saUry of the (. 

 to Ojm. following the example set 

 tnrian Lagislatare. was carried bv their votes. 

 This bilUh* LagWative Council <!id not imme- 

 diatdy reieet, as was tipected. hut it was laid 

 oa the ta&e. Mr. Reid stated that the extra 

 allowanw of 8.000 would be aboli.h-, i in any 



general of the colony to London shou'l7"h "id 

 the offlce longer than five years. An act was 

 nposing penalties on both masters and 



if employees work more than eight hours a 

 day. The (Jovrnimciit. tuloptin^ the 



..II (l|l|Mlil||(Mi In III- 



juir.- into the civil Mrviot, proposing that the 



i-ontml over it >honll IK- vested in a board free 

 from all ininiMrrial inllu- :.. . I'-liiioil |>;it- 

 ronage would be entirely swept away, and re- 

 forms carried out in the depart menU thai would 

 save the treasury 250,000 a y<ai. N m ma- 

 ii'iiixnn^ to, .k place over a local p>\ ' nnm-nt 

 lull. Afi-r tln> (tovrriiinriit had inserted a pn>- 

 . taxation on iiiiiiiipruvrd land 

 values. Mr. K-id inovcil an aiiirndinrnt apply- 

 ing tlii- principle t<> newly cn-alcil innn; 

 ties only. He was bitter! v attack (>d ii\- h 



Mip|M>rtiTS, and the ainendinent was defeated Ity 



ion juiiicil the 



party to vote for extending to iniinieipal 

 election^ tM principle of on.- man one v.ie. 

 Tin 1 Premier (leinanded that this action should 

 be rescinded, and the (Jovcrninent was defeated 

 by 5 votes, lm did not resign, as the bill was 

 dropped. A liill enacted l.y the Asseinld 

 in^ drastic powers to a board to deal with* lal>or 

 disputes between masters and men was vetoed 

 by the almost unanimous vote of the CounHI. 

 The policy of the Government was revealed in 

 the exceedingly democratic budget, which al- 

 tered entirely the incidence of taxation, exempt- 

 ing the working class from almost every Imrden. 

 Sir Henry I'arkcs. though supported \<\ Sir 

 George Dibbs and the Protectionists, objected 

 in vain to making important fiscal chaiu 

 til federation was an accomplished fu< i. The 

 old leader of the Free Traders found only three 

 of his followers willing to enter into this un- 

 natural compact, and consequently his motion 

 of want of confidence was defeated i ; 

 to 34. The ad valorem and the specific duties 

 of the Dibbs tariff were repealed. To provide 

 the amount of revenue thus sacrificed, amount- 

 ing to 554,000, a land tax of \d. in the p< und 

 was imposed, which was estimated to lu-in- in 



100,000, and an income tax of Qd in the 

 |Hiund, which would yield 108,000. Properties 

 under ii?~> in value were exempted from the 

 land tax. An extra tax of 20 per cent, was 

 levied on absentee landlords, which would alT- t 

 about 8,000 of the larger landowners who live 

 in Kuroj)c on the revenues of their Australian 

 estates. Incomes under .1*300 we re exempted 

 from the income tax. The only permanent 

 tariff will be duties on spirituous drinl 



Ahich were fixed at the following 

 rates: Spirits. 14*. a gallon: sparkling wines. 

 : other win.-. . !,/. a 



gallon; tobacco for home consumption, 30. a 

 pound : unmanufactured tobacco, i 

 and cigarettes, 6*. ; opiiu- ,. <(.,( -jfic 



duties on kerosene, candles. ; ,nd other i: 

 that w. >.v the former 1-Yee-irad- 



ernment wen- retained for twelve months, after 

 which they will be gradually reduced and finally 

 abolished a! . The dir 



will be retained for two years, and then 

 ually removed by annual* reductions 



nated revenue for 1-.V. 



9.118,337 and the e-timat"d expenditure 

 9.002.153. The Premier proposed to amalga- 

 mate the two savings banks which have j ; 

 000 of deposits, into a state bank that shall be 



