New South Wales Political Crisis
■♦ [Per Press Association] Sydney, December 8. Sir George Dibbs has pined n proclamation proroguing Parliament till January 16th in the hands of the Speaker, and remarked that they would then see whether the country was for or against the Government Mr G. H. Reid, leader of tbe Opposition, speaking on the subject after the Premier's announcement, said that a trick had been played upon the Governor and an insult offered to the Speaker, because the Legislative Assembly had prorogued before tbe Speaker took the chair, and cont-e* quenlly the House fead no right to meet as had been done. At an Opposition caucus to.<day, general satisfaction was expressed that the Government had decided to go to the country rather than place the responsibility of forming a Government on the shoulders of the Opposition, but exception was taken to the manner m which the Government hsd acted.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 137, 9 December 1893, Page 3
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151New South Wales Political Crisis Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 137, 9 December 1893, Page 3
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