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... moved such an amendment to Clause 15 of the Bill which dealt with the Postmaster - General's power to make contracts for the carriage of mails . Glassey was an independent ( ex - Labor ) member . His amendment was defeated , but during ...
... moved such an amendment to Clause 15 of the Bill which dealt with the Postmaster - General's power to make contracts for the carriage of mails . Glassey was an independent ( ex - Labor ) member . His amendment was defeated , but during ...
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... moved two amendments similar to those moved by Edwards in the House . One , known popularly as the ' colour - line amendment ' , sought to confine the operation of the Bill to that part of Australia south of the Tropic of Capricorn ...
... moved two amendments similar to those moved by Edwards in the House . One , known popularly as the ' colour - line amendment ' , sought to confine the operation of the Bill to that part of Australia south of the Tropic of Capricorn ...
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... moved anywhere at will by the British Admiralty . Watson criticised the Deakin Government for having made this arrangement , arguing that Australia should have a navy of its own , independent of British control . In the elections of ...
... moved anywhere at will by the British Admiralty . Watson criticised the Deakin Government for having made this arrangement , arguing that Australia should have a navy of its own , independent of British control . In the elections of ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
THREE ELEVENS IN THE FIELD c 19041908 | 55 |
LABOR IN POWER c 19091913 | 68 |
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