Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives, Volume 7 |
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Page 8553 - Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that: You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Page 8762 - Republic during further negotiations within a period of time to be subsequently agreed upon between the Governments, and this Government will, on compliance therewith, be prepared to withdraw the armed Burghers of this Republic from the borders. (d) That her Majesty's troops which are now on the High Seas shall not be landed in any port of South Africa.
Page 8769 - August, 1881, complete self-government, subject to the suzerainty of her Majesty, her heirs and successors, will be accorded to the inhabitants of the Transvaal territory, upon the following terms and conditions, and subject to the following reservations and limitations : — Article 1.
Page 8638 - When a law of a State is inconsistent with a law of the Commonwealth, the latter shall prevail, and the former shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be invalid.
Page 8592 - Every State shall make provision for the detention in its prisons of persons accused or convicted of offences against the laws of the Commonwealth, and for the punishment of persons convicted of such offences, and the Parliament of the Commonwealth may make laws to give effect to this provision.
Page 8378 - Any person who when asked to do so by an officer fails to write out at dictation and sign in the presence of the officer a passage of fifty words in length in an European language directed by the officer...
Page 8762 - That all reinforcements of troops which have arrived in South Africa since the 1st June 1899 shall be removed from South Africa within a reasonable time to be agreed upon with this Government, and with a mutual assurance and guarantee...
Page 8785 - Brother Afrikanders, I repeat, the day is at hand on which great deeds are expected of us ! War has broken out ! What is it to be? A wasted and enslaved South Africa or a free, united South Africa ? " Come, let us stand shoulder to shoulder and do our holy duty ! The Lord of Hosts will be our Leader ! "Be of good cheer! (Signed) FW REITZ.
Page 8373 - The master and crew of any other vessel landing during the stay of the vessel in any port in the Commonwealth : Provided that the master shall upon being so required by any officer, and before being permitted to clear out from or leave the port, muster the crew in the presence of an officer ; and if it is found that any person, who according to the vessel's articles was one of the crew when she arrived at the port, and who...
Page 8735 - Punishment of Offences (No. 14). — This Act, which is to cease to have effect upon the establishment of the High Court (s. 1), enacts that "the laws of each State respecting the arrest and custody of offenders, and the procedure for their summary conviction, or for their examination and commitment for trial...