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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections
14 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
ACCORDING to announcement a meeting of the rate payers of the Borough of Grafton was held in the Court house at noon on Tuesday, the 6th instant,for the purpose of hearing the nominations read by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Imperial Parliament was opened to-day by the Queen in person. The Speech stated that the object throughout of the Conference on the Eastern question was to maintain the peace of Europe, and to obtain a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEETING of the Municipal Council was held on Thursday, evening at half-past 4, for the purpose of electing Mayor fur the ensuing year. Present:— Aldermen Chapman in the chair), Murray, Page,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Tuesday a poll took place to decide the election of an alderman for the East Ward, at the CourtHouse, Grafton. The Mayor acted as Returning-Officer, and the proceedings throughout were of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A SPECIAL meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the chambers, School of Arts, yesterday at 4 o'clock, Present— Mr T.G. Hewitt, in the chair; Aldermen Bawden, Kinnear, Murray, Dixon, Jordan, M'Donald,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Official nomination of candidates for the vacaney in the Council, caused by the resignation of Mr. Chapman, took place in the School of Arts on Tuesday, the Mayor presiding. There was a very large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I beg to disclaim what thu editor of the Argus calls my nomination speech. The ratepayers know that I talk no such arrant nonsense as is there attributed to me…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WRITS have been issued, addressed to the returning officers of the several electoral districts throughout the colony, for a general election of members to serve in the Legislative Assembly.The following are the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Henry Parkes.1841 Mr. John Lucas.1645 It is generally thought Sir Henry Parkes will not take his seat in Parliment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE elections which took place yesterday and those which were concluded last week and of which the results only reached as yesterday, have more than local interest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE official declaration of the poll was made by the Returing-officer (Mr A. Lardner, J.P.), in the Grafton Court-house, on Tuesday last, at 1 p.m. Some two hundred electors were present, including several who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The course of New South Wales elections (observes the Australasian) foreibly illustrates one advantage the electoral arrangements of that colony possess over our own. By…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The nomination of a gentleman to represent the Lower Hunter electorate in Parliamentthe seat having become, vacant by reason of Mr. Jacob's acceptance of the office of Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The unfounded assertions of Mr. James Stocks, and the post-prandial in-ults to myself from excited partizans at the dinner to Mr. Fawcett, at Lismore, reported in your issue of November 24th, would…
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