The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 98
... House of Representatives elected for five years . At the time , the nominated Upper House was regarded by the colonists with disfavour : " nominee " was a word that stank in their nostrils . With the introduction of responsible govern ...
... House of Representatives elected for five years . At the time , the nominated Upper House was regarded by the colonists with disfavour : " nominee " was a word that stank in their nostrils . With the introduction of responsible govern ...
Page 100
... House desires to see accomplished without delay both as an essential means whereby the General Government may rightly exercise a due control over the provincial governments , and as a no less indispensable means of obtaining for the ...
... House desires to see accomplished without delay both as an essential means whereby the General Government may rightly exercise a due control over the provincial governments , and as a no less indispensable means of obtaining for the ...
Page 184
... House show a good deal of confusion concerning the purposes of the Act . Its author and advocate is reported as having appealed to the House in terms that are illuminating— “ Frankly , the bill is but an experiment " , he pleaded ...
... House show a good deal of confusion concerning the purposes of the Act . Its author and advocate is reported as having appealed to the House in terms that are illuminating— “ Frankly , the bill is but an experiment " , he pleaded ...
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