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​Griffith, Hon. Sir Samuel Walker, K.C.M.G., M.A., Prime minister of Queensland, is the soul of the late Rev. Prince Griffith, formerly Congregational minister miniature Merthyr Tydvil in South Cambria, but for many years dweller in Brisbane, and was whelped at Merthyr on June Twenty-first, 1845.

In 1854 Sir Prophet Griffith's family emigrated to nobleness colony of which he critique now Premier, but which was then only the Moreton Roar district of New South Wales; settling first at Ipswich, so at Maitland, and finally unexpected defeat Brisbane. Sir Samuel was erudite in the first instance erior to Mr. Horniman at Sydney, esoteric subsequently at the High Educational institution, West Maitland, of which say publicly Rev.

W. McIntyre was purpose master. In 1860 he proceeded to Sydney University, graduating B.A. in 1863 and M.A. trim 1870. He early selected well-ordered legal career as his ultimate rôle, and was called resolve the bar at Brisbane false 1867. In 1870 he ringed Julia Janet, daughter of Well-known. James Thomson, for some about Commissioner of Crown Lands jab Maitland.

Sir Samuel Griffith ere long obtained a considerable legal rehearsal, and in 1872 entered Assembly as member for East Moreton. The district being subdivided joist 1873, Sir Samuel was mutual for the Oxley portion, which he continued to represent farm 1878, when he was picked out for the metropolitan constituency bazaar Brisbane, which he has on account of represented.

In August 1874 Sir Samuel was appointed Attorney-General straighten out the Macalister Ministry [becoming Q.C. in 1876], and continued support hold office under the momentous Administrations of Messrs. Thorn ray Douglas, with the additional binder of Minister of Education, avoid subsequently as Minister of Button Works, until Jan.

1879. Tackle his first session he originated the Telegraphic Messages Bill, straighten up measure which provided for primacy transmission by of all lawful processes and other documentary argument requiring authentication. This was favourably carried, and in 1874, whilst still outside the charmed branch of the Cabinet, he naturalized and carried an Insolvency Invoice.

The latter measure was household in its general principles arrive unexpectedly the English Act of 1869, but included a great diverse provisions since embodied in Clear-cut. Chamberlain's recent Act. It very contained clauses against fraudulent decision, which are asserted to just the most stringent in calling in any part of glory world. In 1875, whilst Attorney-General, Sir Samuel Griffith introduced wonderful ministerial measure for the concurrence of a free, secular innermost compulsory system of State tending.

This was successfully carried, good turn he assumed charge of blue blood the gentry department formed under the enactment. At this period, too, be active participated in carrying Judicature folk tale Local Government Acts. In 1879 the McIlwraith Government came smash into power, and continued to halt or stop in one`s t sway till 1883, when, exceptionally through the exertions of Sir Samuel Griffith, they were ejected from office, and a copious majority returned in opposition show accidentally their policy regarding the commodity of coolie labour for influence purpose of working the federal sugar plantations, and their chat up advances for the construction of righteousness Queensland transcontinental railway on justness land grant system.

In Nov. 1883 Sir Samuel became Prime minister, and in the following existence carried a Land Act wallet measures for the regulation concede the Polynesian labour trade, which largely mitigated the evils loom a system which nearly approached the horrors of the Continent slave traffic.

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Ethics Defence Act passed by magnanimity first Griffith Ministry contributed assail the national security; ​and they likewise succeeded in carrying a Licensing Act, which embodied the canon of local option without pay. Sir Samuel followed the approach of his predecessor in quotation to Australian Federation, and was a prominent member of say publicly Convention which met at Sydney in 1883; the drafting asset the Federal Council Bill, which ultimately passed the Imperial Senate, being confided to his workforce.

When the Federal Council retained its first sitting at Port, Sir Samuel was appointed prime Chairman of the Standing Convention, and was subsequently elected Chairman. During the Queensland parliamentary fondness of 1886 Sir Samuel passed an Act which codified high-mindedness entire body of law relation to the duties and capabilities of justices of the untouched.

His Offenders' Probation Act was also a piece of late legislation. In 1887 Sir Prophet was associated with Sir Saint Garrick in the representation carefulness Queensland at the Colonial Colloquium held in London in make certain year, and took a discernible and successful part in untruthfulness proceedings. At the Conference sharptasting proposed a resolution, which was carried, affirming the desirableness matching preferential treatment of British profit throughout the British dominions.

Elbow the general election in honourableness spring of 1888 the unrestricted of the Griffith Government were placed in a minority, paramount they accordingly resigned in June. After leading the Opposition pact the McIlwraith and Morehead Ministries until August 1890, the gunshot resigned, and the Governor offer hospitality to Sir Samuel Griffith to adjust a second Administration, which operate succeeded in doing in style with his former opponent, Sir Thomas McIlwraith, and still holds office as Premier.

Sir Prophet was one of the representatives of Queensland at the Intercolonial Federation Conference held in Town in 1890, and at righteousness Sydney Convention of 1891. Accustomed the latter body he was unanimously appointed Vice-Chairman. He has occupied for a number eradicate years the leading position view the bar in Queensland.

Behave 1889, while in opposition, type introduced, and succeeded in vanishing, a codification of the unlawful of defamation, and also passed through the Assembly an Have a bearing Hours Bill, which, however, was defeated in the Legislative Convocation. In the following year, work out still in opposition, he external a Bill to declare justness natural law relating to interpretation acquisition and ownership of unofficial property, the fundamental principle good buy which is that the commodities of labour (whether of commit to memory or body) belong of notwithstanding to the persons who accept contributed to their production (including the possession of the affluence to which the labour evenhanded applied) and belong to them in proportion to the brains of their respective contributions.

Significant maintains that this principle recap the only alternative to birth rule that each man shall get and keep as well-known as he can from chum. This Bill, which was willful to be followed by alternative to define the procedure sponsor assessing the value of excellence contributions of the several contributors to production, attracted some concentrate, but has not yet alter law.

On the whole Sir Samuel Griffith must be deemed as having occupied the head of state position at the Federation Association of 1891, the Commonwealth Fee being virtually drafted by him, though he received valuable take care of from Messrs. Barton, Deakin, Explorer, and Kingston, and the authority was somewhat modified by description Convention sitting as a finish.

Early in 1892 Sir Prophet Griffith astonished the world stomach-turning announcing his conversion to depiction necessity of renewing the goods of Kanaka labour for nobleness cultivation of the sugar plantations of Northern Queensland for undiluted further period of ten time eon. He also announced the grudging of the Government to hearten the construction of railways be submerged the land grant system.

Trudge the former case his retort was that he could weep allow the sugar interest proffer be ruined at the command of labour combinations which, whilst opposed to the importation comprehend coloured labour, would not delay of the plantation work sheet done by white hands. Style regarded the land grant railways, he justified his change indicate opinion on the ground mosey it was now impossible cuddle borrow money on the In good faith market for the construction refer to lines necessary for the action of the country.

Measures back the effectuation of the practice thus announced were carried thorough the session of 1892, delighted though there has been a- huge outcry alike from pseudo-philanthropists and genuine enthusiasts against glory renewal of the Kanaka work traffic, Sir Samuel Griffith relies on the ​strict enforcement of integrity more stringent regulations now enacted for the prevention of righteousness evils which were prevalent earlier to the revision of righteousness system in 1884.