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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1898

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The Municipal Elections

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 6

SINCE the front page of the GAZETTE of this week was put into type, nominations for the annual vacancies in the Windsor and Richmond Borough Councils have been received, and it is seen that…

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The Impending Election

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 5

WE are again approaching the season when "the public" is employed chiefly in packing itself into meeting-halls and being addressed by politicians on the incurable…

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The Aldermanic Election

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 9

To the Editor. Sir,—I find that only one seat [?] the Windsor Council is to be contested, and [?] is North Ward, where Mr D Mayne will en[?] to bring about the defeat of Ald A…

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Windsor and Richmond Gazette. Saturday, February 5, 1898. Windsor Borough Council. Election of Mayor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 4

SPECIAL meeting to elect Mayor for current municipal year. Present—the full Council. It was resolved, on the motion of Ald Dean and Berckelman, that the voting be by show of hands…

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Election of Mayor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 7

A special meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the ensuing year. Present: The full Council…

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Municipal Election. RICHMOND

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 7

THE Municipal election on Satarday last was very quietly conducted, and was as unlike previous similar contests, in this respect, as chalk is unlike cheese. Mr…

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Selecting a Protectionist Candidate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 12

A MEETING of delegates representing the protectionists in the various parts of [?] electorate was held at the Royal Hotel (Windsor) on Wednesday to select a protectionist candidate to…

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An Open Letter to Our Protectionist Candidates. (Per Favour of the "Gazette.")

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 9

DEAR SIRS,—There are uncharitable persons who say:—"You have an axe to grindr—and a very blunt axe, too—and your wish is to get the electors to turn the stone for you; that, while the…

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The Federal Election. 1058 Against the Bill—a Majority of 731

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 6

THE eventful 3rd of June has come and gone, and so far as the Hawkesbury electorate is concerned, the ill-conceived and frantic attempts of a section of the people…

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In Parliament

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 4

IN the Assembly last week, the following questions were asked by Mr J. C L Fitzpatrick:—Proposed Institution for Confirmed Inebriates:…

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In Parliament

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 6

IN the Assembly last week, during the course of the Censure debate, Mr J C L Fitzpatrick said: In view of the fact that so much abuse has been heaped upon those…

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The Election. Mr. J. J. Paine's Candidature

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 12

MR J J PAINE, who has been selected by the National Federal Party as the candidate for the Hawkesbury in the interests of Federation, addressed a large meeting of the electors at the…

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The Election

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 9

A PRELIMINARY meeting of protectionists (all pledged to secure the return of Mr Brinsley Hall, the selected candidate of the Windsor Branch of the National Protection Association) was held at…

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The Election. Mr. Morgan's Candidature

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 7

ON Saturday morning last Mr W Morgan arrived by the 11 a.m. train from Sydney, and as the train came into the station he was loudly cheered by a large crowd of bis supporters, who assembled to…

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The Election. Mr. B. Hall's Candidature

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 6

ON Saturday night last, Mr Brinsley Hall addressed a gathering of some 400 persons from the verandah of the Royal Hotel, Mr D Mayne being in the chair…

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The Candidates. Mr. William Morgan

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 4

"AN old dog for a hard road" is a saw which might be applied without the set blance of disrespect to the man who will the 1st of Augast next have completed his…

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The Election. Mr. Dean's Candidature

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 12

A VERY large crowd (numbering between 400 and 500 persons) assembled in front of the Fitzroy Hotel on Monday evening to hear an election speech from Mr W H Dean, who is out as an…

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Mr. Fitzpatrick's Votes in Parliament

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 5

DURING the 1895 session of Parliament, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick voted in 150 divisions, being 24th on the list out of 125 Members; and during the session of…

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The Election. Nomination of Candidates

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 4

ON Monday last, the Returning Officer (Mr. J. B. Johnston) announced at this office that four candidates had been nominated for the Hawkesbury Electoral District,…

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The Election. Mr. Morgan's Candidature. RICHMOND

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 7

MR W MORGAN addressed about 300 electors from the balcony of Mr G Cobcroft's Hotel on Thursday week last. The Mayor (Mr E Stevenson) occupied the chair. Amongst those on the balcony…

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