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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1898

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Political & Governmental. Meeting of Parliament

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1898 · page 2

YESTERDAY the cabinet decided that parliament. should be summoned for the despatch of business on Tuesday, April 5…

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Meeting of Parliament

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 4

AT the meeting of the Cabinet on Tuesday morning the chief matter which came under consideration was the date for the meeting of the New South Wales Parliament. It was thought in…

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Member of Parliament Pro Tem. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 3

SIR,—Some ten days or fortnight ago in one of your issues Mr. O'Sullivan dubbed me "the member for Yass pro tem." It wan net my intention to take any, notice of it, but to bide too resift and let the…

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Meeting of Parliament

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

At the meeting of the Cabinet on Tuesday morning the chief matter which came under consideration was the date of the meeting of the New South Wales Parliament. It was…

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The Elections in Japan. London, March 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 4

The general el1otions in Japan have resulted in a small majority for the Government of the Marquis Ito…

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Federation. Opposition From Members of Parliament

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 2

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says that members of the Legislative Assembly are said to be anything but pleased with the Constitution as embodied in the final draft of the bill. One of them stated…

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Members of Parliament Pro Tem. (To the Editor of the Penny Post)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

SIR,—The action of Mr. O'Sullivan, M. P., in regard to his "little joke," as he calls it, seems to have come home to him, and as he says he has done the same thing before, he may have held private…

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Meeting of Parliament. Business of the Session. a Local Government Bill

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 2

The Government have not yet finally completed their programme for tho next session of Parliament, which is to assemble on the 5th proximo. The Premier, however, on Saturday…

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Federation. Trouble at Parliament House

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1898 · page 4

MR. REID's speech on the Commonwealth Bill has created some excitement amongst members of Parliament. Though the session does not begin till next Tuesday there are a considerable number of…

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Parliament Prorogued. Sydney

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 2

PARLIAMENT was formally prorogued till 3rd May. It will not meet then for the dispatch of business, but a further…

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Political & Governmental Parliament Prorogued

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 2

A proclamation was faced yesterday further pro[?]going parliament (which was to have met on Tuesday next till May 3) with the understanding that there will be a further…

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Latest Political. Parliament Further Prorogued

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 2

The active hostility to federation which has lately developed in a large section of members of Parliament, and their evident intention to make the question a…

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Federation. Remarkable Developments. Parliament Further Prorogued Till May

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 4

EVENTS are proving that those who looked forward to an uneventful federal campaign were mistaken. The question of the adoption of the Commonwealth Constitution Bill is already overshadowing every…

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The Elections at the Cape. London, April 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1898 · page 4

In connection with the general elections at the Cape, Mr. Cecil Rhodes has secured the support of the Dutch party to his policy of equality for both races, which he is convinced will soon induce the…

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Anent Ye Coming Election

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 4

ALIQUIS of Sydney thus discourseth:—Those be parlous times for the professional politician. From all sides he hears the stern command to get down…

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Parliament to Meet Before the Dissolution

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 2

PARLIAMENT will be called together after the Federal referendum in June. Mr. Reid gave an undertaking some weeks ago that he would meet the Chamber before going to…

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Polling at the Federal Elections

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 3

IN view of the approaching referendum on the Commonwealth Bill, and the spoliation as to how the vote will go, it may be interest to repeat the chief figures connected with the voting on…

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The Coming Election. Opposition to the Present Member

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

IT was generally expected that any opposition to the present member for Young at the next general election would be the outcome of the movement which established the local Protectionist Union…

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Neutral Vessels and Contraband. Statements in Parliament

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 2

London, April 22, 6.46 a.m. -- The American Squadron at Key West has been ordered to blockade Havana, and was expected to sail at 8 o'clock last night…

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Successful Candidates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 2

THE following candidates from King's College, Goulburn, were successful in the Law Matriculation Examination held at the University in the beginning of this month:—M. Chisholm, W. Robertson, and…

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