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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections
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The nomination of candidates for the vacant posts of aldermen and auditors in the municipality of East Maitland, took place on Tuesday, at the Mechanics Institute, in presence of about forty persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At three out of the five municipalities in the Hunter River Distuct, the municipal elections, this year, will be contested, and thus the two queations,--who are municipal electors? and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Belfast, where the elevation of Sir H. Cairns to be Lord Justice of Appeal left a vacancy to be immediately filled up, a second Conservative candidate, a Mr. Wm. MacMechan,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The polling for the election of three aldermen for the Singleton Municipal Council took place, at the Town Hall, on Tuesday. His Worship the Mayor (Alexander Munro, Esq), presided as returning officer. Much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The official declaration of the poll for the election of three aldermen took place at the Town Hall, at eleven o'clock a.m. on Thursday. Shortly after the appointed time the three new-elected aldermen were driven up to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE have little faith in the doctrine that Sydney elections indicate the feeling or opinion of the country. It is doubtful whether[?] at a general election, country constituencies are influenced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Imperial Parliament wos opened to-day by her Majesty in person. The Speech from the throne, of which the following is a summary, states that the present relations of Great Britain with Foreign Powers are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT was not without cause that we protested, the other day, against the exaggerated importance that Sydney men are accustomed to attach to Sydney elections. The notion that they are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The election for the county of Waterford of a representative in the room of Mr. George, who has been promoted to a seat on the Irish judicial bench, took place on Saturday, Dec 29. There were two candidates. Mr. De la…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday, at the School of Arts, the Returning Officer officially declared the result of the poll on Thursday, for the election of an alderman in the room of Alderman Mallen, resigned. About one hundred persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday, February 5, Her Majesty the Queen opened the second Session of her seventh Parliament, and the thirtieth of her now long and prosperous reign A genial sunshine in the forenoon gave hopes that " Queen a weather " would lend its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday last a meeting of the electors of the district was held at the Court-house, at noon, to nominate candidates for the offices of district councillors, in the room of Messrs. G. Cory and W. Corner, who retire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The declaration of the poll for the election of two aldermen took place at noon, on Friday, in the hall of the School of Arts. The Mayor (Mr. John Lee) opened the proceedings by stating that after a careful…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of the ratepayers of the municipality of Morpeth was held at the School of Arts on Thursday morning, for the purpose of electing an alderman, in the place of the late Mr. William…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the electors of Central Cumberland was held at noon, on Monday, at Liverpool. A. L. M'Dong[?], Esq, of Baulkham Hills, the returning-officer, commenced the proceedings by reading the writ of the Speaker…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fourth session of the fifth Parliament of New South Wales was opened on Tuesday. The Governor's speech was published that day, in a supplement to the Gazttte, as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The President took his seat precisely at 12 o'clock. Before this time, the Council Chamber was filled,—the whole of the members' seats, except room for thirteen members, being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Speaker took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past three. QUESTIONS ANSWERED.—In answer to questions from different members, Mr. Parkes said that the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Speaker took the chair at half-past three o'clock. QUESTIONS ANSWERED.—In answer to questions by hon. members, Ministers stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →QUESTIONS ANSWERED.—In answer to questions, Ministers stated—That the Government did not contemplate extending the telegraphic line from the Clarence to the Richmond; that District Court Judge Meymott had been called upon to…
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