Chapter M: McPherson, Mr. J. A., leader of Labour Party in South Australia, 5

Maoris of New Zealand:
Conflicts of 1860-70 with European settlers, 84
Improvement in relations with Europeans, 84
Lands obtained by Europeans from:
Pre-emptive right of the Crown, 83
Validation Court for considering titles to, 84
Sovereignty of New Zealand ceded by, 83

Meat and Dairy Produce Encouragement Act of 1893, pastoral industries of Queensland assisted by, 71

Melbourne waterworks, 143, 145

Midland Railway, Western Australia, 162

Murtho--village settlement of South Australia, success of, 11

N

National Council of Women, New Zealand, resolution passed by, 204

Native-born Australians, increase in proportion of, 297

Nelson, Right Hon. Sir Hugh, 60, 79, 253

New South Wales:
Democratic Government established in, 48
Federal Council: Abstention of New South Wales from, 216
Female Suffrage, result of adopting, 184
Financial extravagance and political pressure in, means of
diminishing, 34
Free trade policy of, 212
Governor of, receiving commission as Governor-General of
Australia, 213
Government Architect Department--Designer of Crown Lands
Office receiving less salary than principal messenger in
1895, 44
Labour Party [see that title]
Legislative Assembly, salary of members, 48
Legislative Council, members nominated for life without salary, 121
Unemployed [see that title]

New Zealand:
Australian provinces and New Zealand, differences of condition
between, 82
Cheviot estate purchased by the Government, 93
Crown lands:
Local land boards for disposal of, 117
Sale of, 93
Elective Executive Bill introduced into, 277
Expenditure, reduction of public expenditure, 88
Fair Rent Bill, 103
Federal Council, abstention of New Zealand from, 216
Female Suffrage [see that title]
Improved-farm settlements system in, 111
Industrial disputes, Boards of Conciliation appointment of, 284
Labour Party compared with Queensland Labour Party, 74
Land for Settlements Act of 1892, authorising repurchase
or exchange of lands, 95, 97
Legislative Council [see that title]
Life insurance, annuities, &c., 104
Liquor legislation [see that title]
Maoris [see that title]
Mayor of Onehunga, inability of Mrs. Yates to fill position, 208
Pastoral Tenants' Relief Act of 1895, 118
Political patronage, charges brought against Government, 269, 271
Provincial legislatures, abolishing, 83
Public works [see that title]
Technical instruction in agriculture, &c., by experts, 104
Unemployed [see that title]
Village settlements [see that title]

Norman, Sir Henry, 61

Northern Railway, Western Australia, course of, 162

P

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

Q

Queensland--Australian Federation Enabling Bill, rejection of in, 235
Central and Northern Queensland's separation from the South:
Agitation for, 55
Arguments in favour of, 56
Boundaries adopted by Separationists, 56
Claims of Central Queensland, 56
Constitution Bill, attempt at introducing, 59
Decline of agitation, 61
Federal Convention delegates--proportion of Northern and
Central Queensland representatives proposed to be sent, 60
Financial Districts Bill, 59
Imperial Government's intervention, Lord Knutsford's reply
to Northern deputation, 57
Natural products, interchange of between the separated Provinces, 58
Public Debt Liability, 59
Revenue of the districts--Royal Commission of Inquiry into, 59
Supreme Court judges, appointment of, 60
Female Suffrage, result of adopting in, 185
Humanitarian legislation [see that title]
Labour Party [see that title]
Legislative Council, members nominated for life without salary, 121
Pastoral industries [see that title]
Railways, management of by the State, 251
Revenue and expenditure--development of industries by the State, 77
Sugar cultivation [see that title]

R

Radical result of elections after establishment of Female Suffrage in South Australia and New Zealand, 193

Railways:
New South Wales, appointment of railway Commissioners, 39
New Zealand, reservation of Crown Lands for constructing,
withdrawn by Government, 86
Queensland railways, management of by the State, 252
Tasmanian land-grant railways, encouragement of enterprise by, 181
Victoria:
Extravagant Expenditure on, 142, 246, 249
Railway Commissioners' libel action against Mr. David Syme, 143
Western Australia, 162

Referendum [sec title Plebiscite]

Reid, Right Hon. G. H., 36, 50, 51, 227

Religious bodies, Western Australia, grants to, abolition of, 159

Responsible Government:
Australasia, advantages and disadvantages of, 264
Western Australia obtaining, 156

Revenue and expenditure:
Federation of Australasian Provinces--revenue and expenditure
of Commonwealth, regulations for, 221
New Zealand, reduction of expenditure, 88
Queensland:
Central and Northern Queensland--revenue of the districts,
Royal Commission of Inquiry into, 59
Development of industries by the State, 77
Victoria:
Extravagant expenditure of, 142
Legislative Council's inability to check, 126
Western Australia, causes of improved credit, 167

Rowdiness and drunkenness, absence of among Coolgardie miners, 314

Russell, Captain, misuse of political patronage charges brought against New Zealand Government by, 269

S

Salaries:
Australasian Parliaments, effect of salaries on members, 267
Parliament of Commonwealth proposed salary of members of, 220

Salvation Army services at Coolgardie goldfields, 312

Savings Bank returns:
Individual effort of Australian labouring class demonstrated by, 259
South Australian, 33

Seddon, Right Hon. R. J., 106, 119, 120

Shops in Victoria, hours of closing, 134

Socialism:
Queensland Labour Party, socialistic tendencies of, 73
State Socialism in Australasia, origin and extent of, 245, 249
"Solidarity" vote of New South Wales Labour Party, 50

South Australia:
Democratic policy due to Constitution, 2
Dissolution of both Houses after disagreement, success of, 178
Education [see that title]
Elective Executive, substitution of, advocated, 26
Female Suffrage [see that title]
Income tax on incomes derived from property or personal exertion,
distinction between, 279
Industrial disputes, Boards of Conciliation for, 284
Labour Party [see that title]
Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council [see those titles]
Legislative measures, 24
Plebiscite [see that title]
Plural voting forbidden in, 2
Produce Export Department:
Institution of, 21
Output of the various Provinces, means of securing uniformity in, 23
Progressive Taxation first introduced in, 16
Savings Bank Returns, 33
Tariff question settled in favour of Protection, 24
Village Settlements [see that title]

South-Western Railway, Western Australia, course of, 162

State Farm in New Zealand for relief of unemployed, 113

State Socialism in Australasia, origin and extent of, 245, 249

Stout, Sir Robert, misuse of political patronage, charges brought against New Zealand Government by, 271

Succession Duties, assessment of in South Australia, 20

Sugar cultivation in Queensland:
Irregularity of employment in, 69
Kanakas [see that title]
Modifications in, 64
Sugar Works Guarantee Act, industry developed by, 65

Syme, Mr. David, 153

T

Tailoresses' Union, formation of in Victoria, 135

Tariff:
New South Wales, Labour Party's disagreement on question of, 49
South Australia, tariff question settled in favour of Protection, 24
Victoria, protective tariff in, cause of contention between
Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, 123

Tasmania:
Female Suffrage [see that title]
Graduated Death Duties, assessment of, 278
Immigration of coloured races, restriction of, 170
Income tax on incomes derived from property and personal exertion,
distinction between, 279
Legislative Council [see that title]
Produce and Export Department--inspection of exported produce, 172
Public works, taxation for obtaining funds for, 181
Railways--land-grant railways for encouragement of private
enterprise, 181

Taxation:
Additional taxation cause of conflict between Legislative
Assembly and Legislative Council, 123
Australian Provinces' form of direct taxation, 279
New South Wales Labour Party, taxation of land values obtained by, 50
New Zealand, assessment of land and income taxes in, 89
South Australia, progressive taxation first introduced into, 16
Tasmania, public works outlay, taxation for obtaining funds for, 181

Technical instruction in agriculture, &c., by experts, New Zealand, 104

Telegraphic and postal departments--Parliament of Commonwealth's exclusive control of, 221

Town and country antagonism--reflex of antagonism between Victorian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, 131

Town and country inhabitants, difference in development of, necessity of considering with regard to Australasian Federation, 299

Trade Unions, workmen's willingness to form, 281

Traditional Conservatism, absence of among Australasian politicians, 277

U

Undesirable Immigrants Exclusion Bill, forbidding introduction of consumptive persons into New Zealand, 295

Unemployed:
Indiscriminate assistance, 255
New South Wales:
Casual Labour Board and Labour Bureau, 45
Loafers, placing in Industrial Homes, proposed, 48
Money spent on works for, 46, 47
New Zealand:
Charitable Aid Expenditure of 1896, 116
Compulsory labour for loafers, 115
Improved-Farm Settlements system, 111
State Farm near Wellington, 113
South Australia:
Village Settlements, 6
Victoria:
Land Acts of 1893, 149
Leongatha Colony, 151, 268
Public subscriptions for, 150
Shiftlessness of men, 153

Union Steamship Company, New Zealand, engineers' industrial dispute, 290, 291

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