A Roundabout Verse of Humb[?] Specially Dedicated to Aldermanic Candidates
Let rotten sycophancy rave Its malice for the blows I gave; Let cuckoo-headed dullards paint My Muse a devil of a saint…
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Politics & elections, 1885
23 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
Municipal Election
The annual election of Alderman for the Borough of Wollongong took place on Saturday last. There was a lively interest evinced during the day in the result of the election, the partizans…
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The Council Clerk, having issued summonses, calling on the aldermen to meet specially for the election of Mayor, they met accordingly in the council chamber,…
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THE polling for the election of an alderman to represent the Kiama ward, and another to represent the ratepayers of South ward in the Borough Council of Kiama was…
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The fifth session of the 11th Parliament, under responsible Government, was opened at noon to-day with all the pomp and ceremony usual on such occasions. Long before the hour appointed…
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THE fifth session of the eleventh Parliament of New South Wales, called for the special purpose of considering the recent action of the Government in sending troops…
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On the motion of Mr. Burns, for Sir John Robertson, leave was given to go into committee of the whole on Tuesday, to consider the propriety of an address to her Majesty the Queen, praying…
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Another candidate for the representation of Argyle is in the field in the person of Mr. John Osborne, formerly minister of the York-street Wesleyan Church. Mr…
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IN addressing the electors of Argyle, at Goulburn, on Wednesday, 18th instant Sir Henry Parkes said he voluntarily resigned his seat for Tenterfield as he had…
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A number of influential electors of this constituency waited upon Mr. A. CAMPBELL, of this journal. yesterday, to request him to become a candidate for Parliament at…
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The last session of this Parliament was opened on Tuesday, the main portions of the Governor's speech being as follows:-"I have called you together at a period that it is presumed will cause…
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When the members of the Assembly met together on Friday afternoon for the resumption of business, they experienced a complete surprise. Parliament was prorogued. The decision which…
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ON Tuesday last, a deputation waited upon Mr. F. WOODWARD, and succeeded in inducing him to become a candidate for this constituency at the ensuing election, as will be seen by…
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THE elections are coming upon the country as sharp and sudden as did the dissolution of Parliament. All the elections are to come off early and rapidly. The nomination for…
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PURSUANT to announcement a public meeting of electors v as held in the Temperance Hall on Saturday sigh last, to hear all expression of the political last, views of Mr. P. R…
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The nomination of candidates for the representation of Illawarra in the ensuing Parliament took place at the hustings, near the new Courthouse, Church Hill, on Tuesday. There was a good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kiama Election. Nomination of Candidates
THE nomination of candidates, to represent the electorate in the next Parliament, took place at noon on Tuesday last, on the hustings erected in front of the court-house…
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THE polling for the two candidates for the Kiama electorate—Dr. H. J. Tarrant and Mr. P. R. Holdsworth—took place at the various polling places on Friday. There…
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The polling for the election of a candidate to represent this electorate in Parliament took place yesterday. From an early hour excitement ran high, the partizans of each of the candidates…
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On Tuesday, at half-past 1, the Returning Officer declared the official state of the poll, the figures being the same as those given in last issue. The grand totals were—Lysaght, 617; Woodward…
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