Opening of the Imperial Parliament. LONDON, Feb. 9
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 4
Parliament was opened by Royal Commission to-day. Her Majesty's speech directs attention in a most emphatic manner to the necessity of provision being made in the estimates for the…
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Goulburn Herald · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 4
THE borough council held a special meeting on Thursday at noon for the election of mayor for the ensuing year; present the full council. Dr. Bernstein, mayor of Lismore, was present and had a…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 4
THE results of the municipal elections were made known on Friday at 4 o'clock. The following is the result of the poll:—G. Tompsitt, 95: J. Ford, 84; J. Bull, 73. The Mayor, Mr…
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The Yass Courier · Tuesday 14 February 1888 · page 2
THE polling for a candidate for O'Brien Ward took place at Mr. Eager's hotel, North Yass, on Saturday ; Mr. E. A. Iceton, Mayor and Returning Officer, presiding. North Yass, in…
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The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 3
A SPECIAL meeting of aldermen was held in the Council Chamber on Friday evening for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the ensuing year. The retiring Mayor, Alderman Forsyibe, occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Opening of the Imperial Parliament. London, February 9
The Burrowa News · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 3
Parliament was opened by Royal Commission to-day. Her Majesty's speech directs attention in a most emphatic manner to the necessity of provision being…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 3
A VERY largely-attended public meeting in connection with the selection of a candidate for Newtown in the free trade interest was held on Friday night. Upon…
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The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 2
A SPECIAL meeting of the aldermen was held in the Council Chambers on Saturday night for the election of Mayor of Yass for the current municipal year…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 4
Mr. Thomas R. Buchanan, the Liberal member for Edinburgh, who is a convert to Home Rule and who resigned his seat to take a vote of his constituency, was re-elected yesterday by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opening of the Roumanian Parliament. LONDON, Feb. 20
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 February 1888 · page 4
The Roumanian Parliament has been opened. The King of Roumania, in his opening speech to the Chamber of Deputies, advised that the military forces of the country should be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Re-election of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. LONDON, Feb. 21
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 February 1888 · page 4
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, who accepted a seat in the Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade, has boon re-elected unopposed for West Bristol…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 7
The Campbelltown councillors had a very disorderly meeting on the occasion of the election of mayor; and from the Picton Argus we cull the following extracts…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Election for Doncaster. LONDON, Feb. 24
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1888 · page 4
In consequence of the resignation of Mr. Walter S. Shirley, the Gladstonian Liberal member for Doncaster, a fresh election took place yesterday. Mr. Fitzwilliam, a Unionist,…
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Crookwell Gazette · Thursday 1 March 1888 · page 2
THE election of a member to represent Newtown in the Legislative Assembly, in the room of Mr. Foster, took place on Saturday, and resulted in the return of Mr. Mitchell,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Elections in France. LONDON, Feb. 28
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 March 1888 · page 4
M. Flourens, Minister for Foreign Affairs in the French Cabinet, has been elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies. General Boulanger received 56,000 votes at the elections, although…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Election for Hampstead. LONDON, Feb. 28
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 March 1888 · page 2
Mr. Hoare, a Unionist, has been elected unopposed for Hampstead in the House of Commons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Deptford Election. LONDON, March 1
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 6
An election to the House of Commons took place at Deptford yesterday. Mr. Larling, the Conservative candidate, was returned by 4345 votes over Mr. Wilfred Blunt, the Homo Rule…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parkes on Dibbs Sir Henry's Election Expenses
The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 4
A FEW evenings ago Mr. Dibbs was speaking at Bathurst on protection, and in the course of his remarks stated that the Bank of New South Wales paid Sir Henry Parkes' expenses…
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The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 4
THE following remarks, though written of the House of Commons, contain suggestions that we here might learn something from. The Illustrated London News says :—“ Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tyranny of Freedom of Speech in Parliament
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 4
COMMENTING on the Dibbs-Garrett episode in the Assembly, the Melbourne Telegraph observes :—“Unlimited freedom of speech in Parliament has been one of the most…
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