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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1874

7 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Opening of Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 11 November 1874 · page 2

THE fourth Session of the seventh Pa[?] of New South Wales was opened by his Excellency the Governor on 3rd instant. Sir Hercules Robinson then rend the…

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Electioneering

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 December 1874 · page 2

FOR a positive certainty, we believe, there are in the filed three candidates—Messrs. A. Montagne, H. M. Joseph, and d. O'Council. The addresses of…

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East Sydney Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1874 · page 2

WEDNESDAY was the polling-day for the election of four representatives to serve in the Legislative Assembly for East Sydney. With so many candidates in…

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Electioneering. Cooma Political [?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1874 · page 2

OUR leader of Saturday last the caused a stir in various circles. We have been informed on good authority that the late member, Mr. W. Grahame, recommended…

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Now the Elections Progress

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1874 · page 2

At Parramatta, the Hon.J.S. Farnell, Minister for Lands told the electors there that a "dummy" is a "minor;" so much for definition of dummyism…

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Total News. Electioneering. Mr. H. M. Joseph in Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1874 · page 2

A MEETING of electors was held in the long room of Mr. G. Coben's Cooma Hotel on Wednesday night to hear Mr. H. H. Joseph. About eighty persons…

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Electioneering. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1874 · page 4

MR. W. H. COOPER, who said the free selectors used the "harness cask" and "bullet mould," addressed the electors of West Sydney, when he was proposed…

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