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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]