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Politics & elections, 1893

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Opening of Parliament

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 4

THe third and last session of the present Parliament was opened on Tuesday last by the Governor, Sir R. Duff. The following speech shows the proposals…

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The Opening of Parliament

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1893 · page 4

THE opening of Parliament on Tuesday week, to fulfil its last portion of the work to be done, showed signs of more hopefulness than were anticipated a few months ago. The…

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The New Candidate

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 October 1893 · page 4

THE MACLEAY ARGUS is solid freetrade, and therefore is no friend politically to Mr. Henry Stuart, the democratic-protectionist candidate for the…

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The Coming Election. the Hastings and Macleay and Raleigh. Some of the Candidates. Interview with Mr. John McLAUGHLIN

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 5

ALTHOUGH a couple of months must elapse before the General Election takes place jet the probabilities of the contests for the Hastings and Macleay and Raleigh are…

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The Election of a Bishop

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 5

THE Daily Telegraph says:--There appears to be a good deal of uneasiness in Anglican circles in the diocese of Grafton and Armidale over the delay which has arisen…

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The Coming Election

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1893 · page 4

ALTHOUGH a couple of months must elapse before the General Election takes place, yet the probabilities of the Hastings and Macleay election are already under discussion. The…

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The Parcels' Post. Brought Before Parliament

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 November 1893 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly an Thursday, Mr. Chapman said he would like to call the attention of the Postmaster-General to the hardship that was inflicted on…

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The General Election. Mr. H. Stuart at the Theatre Royal

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 November 1893 · page 6

MR. HENRY STUART, the democratic-protectionist candidate for the Hastings and Macleay electorate, opened his campaign by delivering on Friday evening at the…

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The Borough Council Vacancy. Election To-day

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 3

THE election for alderman in the Kempsey Borough Council, in the room of Mr. Samuel Bond, resigned, takes place in the Good Templars'…

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Parliament and the People. to the Editor of the Port Macquarie News

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 3

Sir.—The proceedings of the present session has sadly disappointed public expectation. It is true that much cannot be anticipated from a morelbund parliament, but the…

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The General Election. Mr. Henry Stuart in Port Macquarie

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 4

MR. HENRY STUART opened his campaign in this district on Monday evening last, by delivering an address on some of the various topics of the day, from the baicody of the…

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Parliament and the People. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 November 1893 · page 6

SIR,--The proceedings of the present session have sadly disappointed public expectation. It is true that much cannot be anticipated from a moribund Parliament, but the…

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Parliamentary Elections. the New Law

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1893 · page 2

IN view of a general election at an early date, electors generally would do well to make themselves conversant with the following provisions under the new Act:—…

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Aldermanic Election

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 December 1893 · page 6

ON Wednesday the formal nominations in connection with the election of an alderman in the place of Mr. John Dighton, resigned, took place in…

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Smash-up of the Government. Resignation of Two Ministers. Parliament Prorogued. [Special Telegram.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 December 1893 · page 6

The Government of Sir George Dibbs, which has been in existence since early in 1891, has broken up. The acknowledged cause was the…

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The General Election. the Earliest Date It Can Be

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 December 1893 · page 6

IT is being generally asked:--"How soon can we have a general election?" The amended Electoral Act, it may be stated, limits the completion of the…

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Parliamentary Elections. the New Law

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 December 1893 · page 3

IN view of a general election at an early date, electors generally would do well to make themselves conversant with the following provisions under the new act:--…

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