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Politics & elections, 1886

4 stories in Illawarra's papers

Municipal Elections. Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1886 · page 2

The annual municipal nominations took place in the Council Chamber on Tuesday at noon, there being a fair attendance of ratepayers present. Punctually to time, the Returning Officer (Mr…

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The English Parliament

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1886 · page 4

THE new Parliament is now complete. The final elections in Scotland—one for Orkney and Shetland and the other for the Universities of Edinburgh and St…

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Wollongong Borough Council. Annual Election

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1886 · page 2

The annual election of three aldermen in connection with the Wollongong Council took place on Saturday. Although there was no excitement over the evert, of crush of votes at any time, the…

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Is Illawarra Represented in Parliament? (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1886 · page 2

SIR,—The question heading this letter does not imply that this electorate has been disfranchised it disqualified from that privilege, but that the person sent there is representing…

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