The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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Page 443
... Senate , but they met with little support from the Convention . A proposal by Henry Bournes Higgins , leader of the Equity Bar in Victoria and member of the Legislative Assembly , for representation on a scale intermediate between equal ...
... Senate , but they met with little support from the Convention . A proposal by Henry Bournes Higgins , leader of the Equity Bar in Victoria and member of the Legislative Assembly , for representation on a scale intermediate between equal ...
Page 444
... Senate full power to amend taxation bills . Then followed the most critical debate of the whole Convention . There was a clear majority that favoured this extension of the Senate's powers ; but insistence would undoubtedly have wrecked ...
... Senate full power to amend taxation bills . Then followed the most critical debate of the whole Convention . There was a clear majority that favoured this extension of the Senate's powers ; but insistence would undoubtedly have wrecked ...
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... Senate and House respectively in 1901 to 77.7 and 78.3 in 1917 . A decline in the percentage in 1919 and 1922 - in the latter year the proportion of electors voting had fallen almost to the level of 1901- was followed by the ...
... Senate and House respectively in 1901 to 77.7 and 78.3 in 1917 . A decline in the percentage in 1919 and 1922 - in the latter year the proportion of electors voting had fallen almost to the level of 1901- was followed by the ...
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