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A PARLIAMENT WITHOUT A MACE. < By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Rec. September C, 8.50 p.m.) Melbourne, September G. A noticeable feature of tho opening of tho Federal Parliament was tho disappcaranco of tho mace. Tho sergeant-at-arms. was also doprived of his lcneo breeches, which wero replaced by regulation nether garments. The clerks of Parliament wero without | wigs, and in the Senate tho Usher of tho c Black Rod carried no sword. - Tho Speaker, Mr. C. M'Donald, stated ; that tho changes had been made on his j authority. • ,
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1226, 7 September 1911, Page 5
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88NO BAUBLES Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1226, 7 September 1911, Page 5
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