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Politics & elections, 1877

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the Evening News.) Wednesday, September 19, 1877. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 September 1877 · page 14

The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock Mr. Docker indicated the policy which the Government meant to pursne. The attention of…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, September 20

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1877 · page 3

We continue the Evening News' report of the proceedings from the point reached in our last issue. THE POSITION OF THE MINISTRY…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the Evening News.) Tuesday, September 25. Legislative Assembly. the Political Crisis

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1877 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday afternoon, Sir John Robertson read a note from his Excellency the Governor, intimating that he had sent for Mr. Stuart and invited him to…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the Evening News.) Wednesday, September 26. Legislative Assembly

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1877 · page 7

Immediately upon the Speaker taking the chair this afternoon, Sir John Robertson rose and said he had Waived from his Excellency the Governor a…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the Evening News.) Friday, September 28, 1877. Legislative Assembly. the Political Situation

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1877 · page 3

Immediately after the Speaker took the chair this afternoon, Sir John Robertson said he had received from his Excellency the Governor a letter, which he…

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Wednesday. October 3. 1877. A General Election

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 3 October 1877 · page 2

THE county is about to be given the chance of [?] mother Parliamentary experiment The chei [?]…

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New South Wales Parliament. Tuesday, October 2. (From the S. M. Herald.) Legislative Assembly. Ministerial Statement

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1877 · page 4

Sir HENRY PARKES hoped that the hon. gentleman at the head of the Government would inform the House as to what course the Government intended to pursue in the present state of affairs…

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New South Wales Parliament. Wednesday, October 3, 1877. (From the S. M. Harold.) Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1877 · page 9

Mr. Docker, in rising to move that so much of the standing orders be suspended as would preclude the passing of a Temporary Supply Bill through all its stages at the present sitting,…

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New South Wales Parliament. Thursday, October 4, 1877. (From the S. M. Herald.) Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1877 · page 3

At the usual hour for commencing business, the President counted the House, and finding present only seven members, who were insufficient to form a quorum, declared the House…

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Election Preparations. (From the Echo of Saturday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1877 · page 7

A telegram from Coonabarabran states that a monster co-operative meeting was held there last night, embracing Coonabarabran, and Baradine, and a powerful committee formed to secure T…

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Polling Place at Quipolly. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 3rd October, 1877

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 13 October 1877 · page 6

SIR,—Referring to your letter of the 19th ultimo[?]m which you requested that Quipolly might be appointed as a polling place for the Electoral District of Liver…

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Prorogation of Parliament. (From Government Gazette Extraordinary, Oct. 11.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1877 · page 14

PROCLAMATION by his Excellency Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, October 10, 1877. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1877 · page 14

The President took the chair at twenty-five Minutes past 4 o'clock. The President announced his Excellency's [?]ssent to the Temporary Supply Bill No. 10…

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The General Election. Candidates Declared and Spoken Of

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 October 1877 · page 4

We give below, in a form convenient for reference, a statement of the candidates already declared in each electorate, and we also mention those who are talked of…

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Polling Place at Quipolly. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 3rd October, 1877

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 17 October 1877 · page 2

SIR,—Referring to yoUr letter of the 19th [?] in which you requested that Quipolly might be appointed as a polling place for the Electral District of Lover…

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Before-Constitutional and Parliament. Contributed. II

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 17 October 1877 · page 2

WE are now on the threshold of a general Elections Parliament expiring not by efflaxion of the time prescribed by the constitution Act, but by…

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The Singleton Argus. Sworn to no Master, of no sect am 1." "By Jury and Pear not. List all the Exds thou aim'st at be the C-Uxtry's the God's and Truth's." Wednesday, October 17, 1877. Wanted-A Parliament

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 17 October 1877 · page 2

SINCE the late Parliament was dissolved, the has been in one better off that it was during that Parliament's existence, for it has been…

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The General Election. the Writs

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 October 1877 · page 2

A supplement to the Gazette, dated Monday, October 15, contains the arrangements for the general election. We give below the places of nomination, the dates of nomination and the polling days,…

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The General Election. the Writs

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1877 · page 10

A supplement to the Gazette, dated Monday, Oct 15, contains the arrangements for the general election. We give below the places of nomination, the dates of nomination, and the polling days, with the…

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The General Election. Candidates Declared

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1877 · page 4

We give below, in a form convenient for reference, a statement of the candidates already declared in each electorate. ARGYLE—one member…

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