399:, he was one of two parliamentarians to wear full dress uniform to the opening of Parliament. He introduced the Parliamentary Evidence Bill on 9 August 1901, which aimed "to enable and regulate the taking of evidence by Parliament and Parliamentary Committees". The bill was withdrawn and reintroduced several times over the next decade but never passed into law. Harbouring ambitions of becoming deputy
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429:, who had long wished to dismiss Neild from the citizen army. Neild had incited a near mutiny by destroying a well-known sergeant's military career, and was suspended from duty; Neild responded by accusing Hutton of intimidation and infringing a Senator's right of freedom of expression. In April 1904 the Senate formed a committee to investigate alleged
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Neild's adventures had seen him lose respect in his political career, and he was now openly mocked in the Senate chamber, becoming something of a joke. He introduced a number of bills in his remaining five years in the Senate, all of which lapsed. He spoke in support of
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Legislative Assembly select committee, which absolved him of accusations of extravagance and using his office for personal gain. In 1895 he began to agitate for old-age pensions, but in 1899 he was investigated again after
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Neild had received a private education and was first employed at
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considered the anthology as unoriginal and adorned with dated expressions such as 'eftsoons', for 'soon afterward'. Neild's usage of this word was oft-quoted, and also mentioned in several of his death commemorations.
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labourers: "They will have difficulties enough in front of them in a country that is so rampantly strong on the white
Australia policy without our making their case worse." Neild was defeated at the
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labourers facing deportation. His continued disputes with the military, including an attempt to have the commander of the
Australian military forces found in
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workers, and continued to advocate free trade and old-age pensions. Having won the fifth position at the 1901 election, Neild faced re-election in
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on 4 January 1846 to Maria
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163:Clara Matilda Gertrude Agnew (1868–79)
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