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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1892

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Parliament. [By Telegram]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 5

THE Legislative Council on Tuesday agreed to the second reading of the Trades Disputes Arbitration and Conciliation Bill The House further amended the Infants'…

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The Prorogation of Parliament. Customs Duties Act—Review of the Session —Confidence in the Money Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1892 · page 3

AT length, after wearying work of nearly nine months, members of Parliament have been released from their duties, and for the first time in three years the Governor came…

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Natural Wages: an Electioneering Incident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 3

MR. EDITOR.—When I was a candidate for the Upper Hunter electorate last year, after I had addressed a mooting at Aberdeon, a small village not far from the Stewart's Brook goldfields, I was…

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New Acts of Parliament. Bill for Settlement of Industrial Disputes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 April 1892 · page 8

AMONG the statutes assented to at the close of the recent session of Parliament was that to provide for the establishment of Councils of Conciliation and o[?] Arbitration for the…

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South Ward Election

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1892 · page 8

THE official declaration of the poll for the South Ward took place at the South Grafton School of Arts on Saturday, when the MAYOR announced the result as follows—…

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Free [?]elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 8

THOMAS WRATTEN, Bawden Bridge, South Grafton, 50 a[?]res, county Fitzroy, parish Toothill, being measured portion 48. Deposit paid £5, survey fee £4…

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South Australian Parliament. The Programme of the Government

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 June 1892 · page 3

THE third and last session of the 13th South Australian Parliament was opened by the Governor on Thursday. In the Governor's speech he regretted that he…

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The British Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 5

LONDON, SONDAY.—Mr. P. R. James Whitehead ex-Lord Mayor of London, has been returned unopposed for Leicester, in the place of Mr. Alexander M'Arthur, who did not seek re-election…

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The British Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 8

COMMENTING on the speech delivered by Mr. Gladstone at Glasgow on Saturday night, the Times says that in his view the peace of Ireland rests on the hope of his return to power. The real effect…

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The British Parliamentary Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 5

LONDON, WEDNESDAY. — The polling for the English elections has been unusually heavy, and the majorities for the successful candidates were narrow…

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The British Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 July 1892 · page 5

LONDON, SUNDAY.—The latest returns show the position of the Conservatives to be 180; Liberal Unionists, 28; Gladstone Liberals, 156; M'Carthy. ites, 23; Parnellites, 4; Labour members, 5. Total,…

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TELEGRAPHIC. The British Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 July 1892 · page 5

LONDON, WEDNESDAY.—The latest returns of the British Elections show the liberals to have a net gain of 37 seats. The returns now show that the Conservatives and Unionists number 245, and…

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The British Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1892 · page 5

LONDON, WEDNESDAY. — The complete British election returns show that the Gladstone Liberals have a majority of 42. The position of the parties is—Gladstone Liberals…

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A Maori Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 August 1892 · page 8

A MAORI Parliament now sitting at Waipatu Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, is notable for the simple directness of its constitution and procedure. The Parliament is composed of 96…

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Municipal Elections. Nomination of Candidates at Maclean

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 August 1892 · page 5

PUNCTUALLY at noon on Saturday at Maclean the Returning-officer (Mr. J. M. Kelly, Mayor) read the nominations received by him for the two forthcoming municipal elections, as…

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The British Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 August 1892 · page 5

LONDON SATURDAY.—Sir Charles Gavan Dully declares that the Irish Home Rule Bill prepared by Mr. Gladstone in 1886 would have been unsuitable as even the youngest…

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PARLIAMENT. Opening Ceremony

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 5

THE President took the chair tin the stroke of 12 o'clock on Tuesday, and the proclamation calling Parliament together was then read. The President announced that Messrs…

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Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 5

IN the Assembly on Tuesday, there was some cross-firing between Mr. Barton and Mr. Reid, relative to the latter's procedure. The. Attorney-General urged the recognised…

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Cup Candidates

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 3

PROBABLY, those who are nibbling at Trieste know what they are about, and on her twoYear-old form I would back the Chester— Tempe filly in preference to anything in the…

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Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 5

ON Tuesday there was a crowded house in the Assembly, drawn thither, of course, by the expected entrance of the Premier. Directly the Speaker took his seat the…

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