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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1888

5 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Correspondence. North Ward Election. (To the Editor of the Haw[?]sbury Chronicle)

Hawkesbury Chronicle and Farmers Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 3

SIR,—As a ra[?]epayer of North Ward I am in a bit of a quandary as to all this bubbling up in our ward; is it all gas, and will it end in a pop, or how?…

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Municipal Election. the Nominations

Hawkesbury Chronicle and Farmers Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 3

PRECISELY at noon on Tuesday his Worship the Mayor opened the proceedings at the Council Chambers before some [?]0 or 60 persons, The candidates were:—…

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Election of Mayor

Hawkesbury Chronicle and Farmers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 3

This was the finishing stroke of the elections —or rather, it may be said, the beginning of a new series of municipal amenities and courtestes—and so far as it went, the beginning…

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The Late Municipal Elections

Hawkesbury Chronicle and Farmers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 2

Now that the struggle is over we feel at liberty to have our little say. Prior to the election our road was not so clear. Fresh blood was much needed in the Council, and…

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Municipal Election

Hawkesbury Chronicle and Farmers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 2

SATURDAY was in many respects opposed to the candidates making a good score, for it was wet and miserable; and though we noticed a few vehicles flying around, the…

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