Our Elections and Candidates. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1880 · page 2
SIR,—Illawarra has returned a member to the Assembly that cannot fail to do good to the district, since he is a man who when he rises in his place in the House is not only listened to by all…
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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 July 1880 · page 3
The third session of the ninth Parliament of New South Wales was closed at noon on Tuesday with the usual ceremony by his Excellency Lord Augustus Loftus, in the presence of a large and…
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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1880 · page 4
As affording some clue to the influences which were at work in the recent elections in Victoria, we reprint the following extracts from the three Melbourne papers :…
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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 August 1880 · page 4
In concluding his remarks at the banquet given him at Ashfield, on Saturday, Sir Henry Parkes said:— The present Parliament must meet before…
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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1880 · page 4
IN the course of replying to the least of his health, proposed at a banquet given to him by his constituents at Ashfield, on Saturday, Sir Henry Parkes is reported by the…
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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 August 1880 · page 4
General R. Hawley of Connecticut is a Republican candidate for Congress, and lately obtained the services of his friend Murk Twain to introduce him to the electors. The meeting…
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Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 September 1880 · page 4
Parliament was formally prorogned on the 7th instant. The Queen's Speech, which was delivered on the occasion, states that her Majesty continues to receive…
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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1880 · page 2
THE arrangements for the election of the members of a new parliament—so far, at least as concerns the elective branch of a colonial parliament—have been made by the…
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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 November 1880 · page 2
SIR,—It is to be hoped that proper arrangements will be made for taking the poll in Wollongong at the general election, and not as at the late election have the polling under the hustings in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the New Parliament. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1880 · page 2
SIR,—Judging from his speeches, Dr. Tarrant gives great promise of becoming a useful and sound politician. In reference to the New Publicans' Act,…
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Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 December 1880 · page 2
The Sydney correspondent of the Melbourne 'Argus' thus descants on the above event:—"So far as the elections have gone hitherto (he says) the Government cannot be said to have met with…
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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1880 · page 2
Also in Illawarra Mercury
THE tenth parliament under what is technically called responsible government, in the absurdly named colony of New South Wales, has commenced its sittings, and…
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