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  Politics of New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Zealand is the only country in the world in which all the highest offices in the land are occupied by women - The Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand, Prime Minister Helen Clark, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives Margaret Wilson and Chief Justice and Administrator of the Government Sian Elias.
New Zealand's main legislative body is a unicameral Parliament known as the House of Representatives.
New Zealand is a unitary state rather than a federation — regions are created by the authority of the central government, rather than the central government being created by the authority of the regions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_New_Zealand   (2121 words)

  
 Dictionary of Australian Biography Sa-Sp
In January 1939 as president of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science which met at Canberra, he chose as the subject of his address, "The History of Australian Science", and in February he was appointed a trustee of the public library, museums and national gallery of Victoria.
At the general election held in 1856 he was elected a member of the legislative assembly for Geelong and advocated a public bank of issue and the encouragement of immigration.
He was president of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1913, of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Chemical Institute in 1922-3, and of the chemistry section of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science at the meeting held in Wellington in 1923.
www.gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogSa-Sp.html   (21317 words)

  
 The Maritime Heritage Project: Gold Rush Mining Company Ships
Once news of California's Gold Rush reached the East Coast, groups of men began forming mining companies to help defray the great expenses of reaching the gold fields, and with the hope of having more success by banding together.
When three weeks out from New York, a heavy blow struck the starboard quarter and careened the ship over on her side, throwing those on the weather side out of their berths and across the lower deck against the staterooms opposite.
The schooner was built in 1848 in New London, Connecticut and traded with the Sandwich Islands after leaving her passengers in San Francisco.
www.maritimeheritage.org /PassLists/mining.html   (6627 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1855   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
1852 1853 1854 - 1855 - 1856 1857 1858
January 23 - The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge.
January 23 - The region of Wairarapa, New Zealand was hit by the strongest earthquake ever recorded in New Zealand, which reached Magnitude 8.1 on the Richter Scale.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /1855   (518 words)

  
 Spiritualism
Among the members of the large crowds that gathered were those who were eager to meet the author of their favorite detective fiction and those who wished to hear words of comfort from the Doyles concerning the kind of existence that their deceased loved ones were living on the other side.
This is the dawning of a new era.
The demonstration at the New York Academy of Music only revealed how such phenomena could be faked, she swore, not how she and her sisters had actually engaged in fraudulent activity.
www.unexplainedstuff.com /Mediums-and-Mystics/Spiritualism.html   (6476 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Argentina
After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule and interference in subsequent governments was followed by a military junta that took power in 1976.
elections: Senate - last held intermittently by province during the 2nd half of 2003 (next to be held NA 2005); Chamber of Deputies - last held intermittently by province during the 2nd half of 2003 (next to be held NA 2005)
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (the nine Supreme Court judges are appointed by the president with approval by the Senate)
www.brainyatlas.com /geos/ar.html   (1243 words)

  
 Edinburgh University Library: Previously Answered Reference Questions
Yes there are, and most notably the Elections around the world site created by electionworld.org.
Then there is the Keele University site Elections and electoral systems around the world offering data by country from several different sources, and the University of California (San Diego) Lijphart Elections Archive.
The term had originally been applied as the name of an Indian tribe and has gone on to be used in naming a river and its area and is also used to denote the particular configuration of main river and tributary.
www.lib.ed.ac.uk /faqs/parqs.shtml   (12448 words)

  
 Fang's Media History Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
1673: Mail is delivered on a route between New York and Boston.
1848: Forerunner of the Associated Press is founded in New York.
1905: In New Zealand, the postage meter is introduced.
www.mediahistory.umn.edu /time/alltime.html   (4354 words)

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