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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections
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THE polling result of to-day's municipal election will probably influence to some extent the annual elections which are to take place next month. The candidate who succeeds to-day will have to go…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PURSUANT to announcement, the nomination of candidates for tho vacancy in the North Ward of the Borough of Grafton, caused by the retirement of Alderman Wunderlich,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IT has been semi-officially announced that the Government have prepared, and will prepare, a number of measures to submit to Parliament during next session. The list of these was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Tuesday last the election of an Alderman to fill the extraordinary vacancy in the North Ward, caused by the retirement of Alderman Wunderlich, took place at the Council Chambers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I HAVE good grounds for stating that unless strong prov[?]cation is given, the Sectarian cry will not be raised by the ultra Protestant party at the next general election. To a number of the Orange…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR.—I notice in the Advocate of the 31st instant, that all the ladies and gentlemen (with the exception of one or two) who signed the requisition to Mr. D. See, have endorsed their previous action by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE nomination of Aldermen for the vacant seats in the Borough of Grafton takes place to-day, at Fisher Park. For the South Ward Mr. D. Beatson, being the only candidate, will be declared elected;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Wednesday evening meetings of the ratepayers was held at Mr. Klaus', near the Racecourse, to hear the candidates for the West Ward express their views on municipal matters, Mr. R. B…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AT a meeting held last week, the Trades and Labour Council decided to run candidates in the Labour interest at the next general election. The candidates are not to have any political creed, they are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR.—As some capital seems to be made out of Mr. Alderson leaving the East Ward to represent the ward he lives in, I for one think he is quite right; and knowing him to be an independent man in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE polling for election of Alderman for the North Ward took place on Tuesday, the result being:— Mr. Lee......... 61 Votes Mr. Allan.........59…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Tuesday the election of Aldermen for the North and West Wards of the Borough of Grafton took place at the Council Chambers; the Mayor (Mr. See) acting as Returning Officer. A considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LISMORE.—The election (caused by the retirement of Aldermen Wotherspoon, Read and Smith) took place on Saturday last, and caused intense excitement. At the time of closing the poll there must…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I SHALL not be surprised if Sir HENRY PARKES tries to bring about a dissolution of Parliament as soon as possible, for the purpose of placing the Federation issue before the country. If he does…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT may be superfluous to remark that there will be no lack of candidates at the nest election, yet I will mention the fact. Amongst them will be a goodly proportion who are not blessed with much…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As already stated, the election of Mayor for the Borough of Grafton took place on Monday evening at the Council Chambers. The whole of the Aldermen were present, and about 30 ratepayers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE remark has often been made to me, that the political section of the National Club are not doing much to prepare the people for the next general election. Unfortunately the remark is true. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IF we were to judge wholly by the allegations made in respect to the conduct of Municipal elections, we should be forced to the conclusion that the nearer we approach…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, MONDAY,—In the House of Commons Mr. Morley, in the absence of Mr. W. E. Gladstone, gave notice of his intention to move an amendment to the effect that the House strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BEFORE the delivery of his lecture at Redfern last night, Mr. WISE announced that he had been invited by the local branch of the Free-trade Association to become one of the Free-trade…
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