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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1884

14 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Municipal Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1884 · page 3

ALDERMAN MONTGOMERY has resigned his seat in Cooma Municipal Council. The Mayor has fixed Thursday, 31st instant, as nomination day;…

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Municipal Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1884 · page 3

AT noon, on Thursday, the Mayor (Mr. G. W. Spring) attended the Council Chambers for the purpose of reading the nominations for the…

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Scene In Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1884 · page 3

ON FRIDAY night one of the ante-[?] of the Legislative Assembly was the scene of a most discreditable affray, and one which had its origin first in intemperate language…

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Scene In Parliament. a Member Suspended

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 23 April 1884 · page 3

ONE of the most extraordinary scenes that have ever disgraced our Legislative occurred in the Legislative Assembly at an early hour on Friday morning…

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Municipal Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1884 · page 3

At noon on Wednesday, the Mayor, at Cooma Municipal Chambers, said he had only received one nomination paper, and he declared Mr. Thomas…

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Hints on the Coming Election (To the Editor of the Manero Mercury.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1884 · page 3

DEAR SIR,—Allow me through the medium of your valuable journal to make a fow remarks in reference to the coming election, and point out…

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Manaro Election. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1884 · page 3

The nomination for a member in the place of Mr. R. L. Tooth is fixed to take place at Cooma on Friday, 18th July, and the polling on…

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Municipal District of Cooma. the Polling

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1884 · page 2

FOR an alderman to fill the place of Alderman Spring, resigned, took place at the Council Chambers on Saturday last, the rival candidates…

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Cablegrams. the War in China Kelung and Tonquin Attacked. General Wolseley's Recall. Fire in Denmark. Palace and Parliament Houses Burnt. Egyptian Debtors. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 8 October 1884 · page 3

ADMIRAL COURBET is now attacking Port Keelung, in the north of the island of Formosa. The Chinese garrison offered considerable resistance, but after a sharp…

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Cablegrams. Franco-chinese War. Grushing Defeat of Chinese. 2500 Chinese Killed. Tam Sui Blocked by Torpedoes. Massacre in Egypt. Dynamiters at Quebec. Parliament Houses Blown up. R.C. Bishop of Sandhurst. More Annexation at the Cape. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 15 October 1884 · page 2

IN the recent battle-between the French and Chinese at Lao Chang, in Tonquin, the Chinese sustained a crushing defeat, two thousand five hundred (2500)…

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Prorogation of Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 5 November 1884 · page 3

PARLIAMENT was prorogned at noon on Saturday. The following is the speech delivered by the Governor:— Honorable [?] of the legislative Council…

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Late Telegrams. Two More Women Killed Abortion the C[?] Three Nominated for Carcdar Show for Fitzpatrick. Publication and Darlinghurst Gaol Fine of £10. Shocking Shooting Affray. Shooter Attempts Suicide. Fat Stock Market. the Premier's Health. Land Officers on the March. Bruce v. Rutherford, J.P. Quinian Sentenced to Death. Smart Retires From the Turf. Hastings Favorite for Wagga Cup. One Candidate for Tenterfield. Fitzpatrick Favorite for Carcoar. Chinese Leper Buried Alive. Estate of R. Barbour, M.P. Suicide in Melbourne Gaol. Cricket in Victoria. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 19 November 1884 · page 3

Two more females, Miss Hales ans Mrs. Sarah W[?]ght, a widow, died suddenly on Sunday from alleged inalpractice of Sheridan, the chemist, who is in…

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Opening of Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1884 · page 3

THE fourth session of the eleventh Parliament of New South Wales was opened on Wednesday by commission. The proceedings excited little or no public inter[?], and there was not a…

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Late Telegrams. Parliament Further Prorogued. Kindergarten School Closed. Fatal Fire at Narrabri. Death of John Bowdel. Betting on Summer Cup. Rumored New Loan in Victoria. Disastrous Yacht Excursion. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY, Monday night

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 24 December 1884 · page 3

PARLIAMENT has been further prorogued until the 18th of February. The Kindergarten School has been finally closed, prior to which the…

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