Contested Elections
THE following, from the Sydney Morning Herald, is apposite to Mr. Smith’s protest against the validity of the election which has just been made in this district:—“No irregularity in a matter…
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Politics & elections, 1870
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Election Addresses
THE following, from the gentlemen whose names are attached thereto, were issued after the late election. They are worth reading now, but we place them on file chiefly with…
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[?]trouble and disappoint; would be avoided if people who exercise the right of petitioning the Legislature were more observant of Parliamentary rules…
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MONDAY’S Herald, in giving an account of a public meeting held on Saturday night, contains the following:— Mr. Dean, M.L.A-, supported the motion…
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WE extract the following from tho 8 M. Herald’s report of the proceedings in the Legislative Assembly on Friday. We reserve our comments until Mr. Dean’s return…
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THE Committee of Elections and Qualifications having declared the election of HORACE DEAN, Esq., to be void, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly has issued a writ for a new election…
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WHILE every map in this electorate, who takes any interest at all in political affairs., speaks in public of nothing else but the approaching election, it would appear strange on our part to…
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YOU are-aware our first attempt to visit the northern part of the electorate proved a failure, owing to the flooded state of the Lansdowne river. On the occasion of our next essay,…
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A NEW election for this electorate is the result of the report from the Committee appointed to investigate what the petition against Mr. Dean’s return alleged We are not singular in the…
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SIR :— I am directed by the Colonial Secretary, to inform you that, in compliance with the application contained in your letter of the 17th instant, Ellenborough has been appointed a…
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I HOPE your readers are under no fears as to the safety of Mr. Dean during his adventurous journey north, as he is not yet [?] away After [?] letter to you had been penned, we…
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WE believe there has never been an election in this district which evoked so much personal feeling as the present. The partisans of Mr. Robert Smith are however accountable for this…
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AN Irish paper save that Mr. John Francis Meagher vouches for the authenticity of the following unique and amusing document, which appears in the Waterford Mail :…
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SIR,— Beading in one of the Sydney papers (no less a one than the Protestant Standard) that the Deanites refused to give Mr. Smith a hearing at Kempsey, that a re-action had…
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PARLIAMENT was. opened; on Thursday last at noon with great [?]. There were present The Countess of Belmore, Lady Stephen, Lady Murray, The [?] of New Caledonia and…
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THE Committee of Elections and Qualifications, appointed by the Speaker a few days ago (and including, as we believe, no member who sat upon that committee last session) has to deal…
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Mr. G. W. ALLEN brought up the report of the Elections and Qualifications Committee upon the petition of Mr. B. B. Smith against the return of Mr. Hornee Dean for the electorate of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliamentary. the Hastings Election. (From the Sydney Morning Herald, Sept. 29.)
Mr. COWPER MOVED,—“That the Committee of Elections and Qualification had exceeded its jurisdiction by declaring Robert .Burdett Smith sitting member for the Hastings, and…
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The following is also in course of signature on all the Northern Rivers:— TO THE HONORABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NEW COUTH WALES IN PARLIAMENT…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of the Suez Mail. Latest News, October 31. French War Steamer Amt German Vessels. — Provisions Failing in Paris.—bombarlment Not Yet Begun. Armistice Spoken of Again.—french Loan Subscribed. — Metz Starved Intocapitulation. -150,000 Prisoners Taken, with 3Marshals, 60 GENERALS, 3000 CANNON. — (Ecumenical Council Dissolved.—parliament Prorogued. —At Wool Sales Previous Rates Realised.—mail Steamer Wrecked —Fearful Loss.—orleans Stormed. — Insurrection in Algeria. —Another Prussian War Loan.—650,000 German Soldiers in France, Half Round Paris. (The Mercury’s Telegram.)
The Alexandra arrived at Glenelg at half-past nine on Monday last. The French ironclad Bellegenre left the Sound on the 13th, in search of German vessels, and…
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