Original Correspondence. Election of the New Synod. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1885 · page 12
SIR,—Understanding that the various Parishes in the Diocese of Newcastle will be called upon to elect representatives to Synod early in the coming year, I would ask you to be good enough to find…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The General Election. London, Nov. 24
Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 November 1885 · page 2
Lard Randolph Churchill has been defeated for the control . division in Birmingham the Right lion. John Bright having been returned by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Election. London, Nov. 24
Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 November 1885 · page 1
The general election throughout the United Kingdom began to-day. The Marquis of Salisbury regards the contest with confidence, and is hopeful of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The General Election in England. (By cablegram to the S. M. Herald.) London, Nov. 27
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1885 · page 6
Leicester and St. Paneras have returned Liberal members, and Lambeth and Stockport Conservatives. Five Conservatives were elected at Manchester…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Morpeth Borough Election. Official Declaeation of the Poll
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1885 · page 6
On Saturday, at noon, the official declaration of the poll in connexion with the extraordinary election of an aldermangwas made in accordance with the provisions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Elections. London, November 28
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 December 1885 · page 3
The latest returns from the elections give the numbers returned as follow :—xk Liberals, 129; Conservatives, 127; Parnellites, 18. Mr Gladstone has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Elections. London, November 27
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 December 1885 · page 4
Leicester and St Pancras have returned Liberal members, and Lambeth and Stockport Conservatives. Five Conversatives were elected in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Election Struggle in Great Britain
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1885 · page 3
The two chief questions on which the General Elections, which have been fixed for Nov. 17, seem likely to be fought are local government and the disestablishment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament of New South Wales. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, December 2, 1883. Legislative Council
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1885 · page 12
The sitting of the Legislative Council was a very short one, as there was very little business on the paper. After the questions had been answered Mr. Darley moved the adjournment of the House to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →British Elections. London, December 1
Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 December 1885 · page 1
The latest returns published show that the recent elections have been more favourable to the Liberal party. Up to the present time 160 Conservatives…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Elections. London, Dec. 3
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 December 1885 · page 2
The latest returns indicate that 262 Liberals, 210 Conservatives, and 52 Parnellites, have been elected members of the House of Commons. Mr Stephen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, December 10, 1885. the English General Election
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1885 · page 4
A VERY happy parodist of Macaulay wrote in anticipation of the general election, in the United Kingdom and Ireland- A rush for the new Commons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Election
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1885 · page 6
Long before the hour appointed the members began to assemble, and before proceedings could be commenced it was found necessary to adjourn outside on to the grass owing to want of space…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The South Australian Parliament Prorogued. (From the S. M. Herald.) Adelaide
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1885 · page 4
Parliament was prorogued at half-past 11 o'clock to-day, when his Excellency the Governor arrived with the usual attendance. A crowd of fully 4000 people—chiefly of the working classes—had gathered;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Victorian Parliament Prorogued. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Melbourne
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 December 1885 · page 7
His Excellency the Governor attended in the Legislative Council at noon to-day, and in the presence of an unusually large number of spectators, having assented to 30 bills, delivered the…
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