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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1890

16 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

The Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 8

THE opening of Parliament has once more been effected with that dignity and splendour becoming the event, and this fact naturally brings…

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Opening of Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 10

AT noon on Tuesday, His Excellency the Governor opened the third session of the fourteenth Parliament of New South Wales with the customary ceremonies…

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Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 4

IN the Assembly on Thursday last the follow-questions were asked:—RAILWAY ACCOMMODATION FOR COOMA…

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Our Derby Candidates

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 4

The Hon. James White's colts, Kirkham and Narellan, have been knocked out of the betting for the English Derby, to be run on Juno 4, as odds of 100 to 1 are now offered…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday July 3

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 3

On the motion for the third reading of the Divorce Amendment and Extension Bill. Mr. Dangar said that he knew of no…

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Mr. Miller in Parliament. Subsidy to Agricultural Societies

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1890 · page 4

IN the assembly on Tuesday, Mr. Miller said that if there was one tiling with which he was more pleased than with anything else, it was the…

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Public Works [?] Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 3

THE Vice-President of the Executive Council made a statement in the Legislative Council on Wednesday evening relative to the public works proposals which the Government…

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The Local Option Party in Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 6

A MEETING was convened of the Parliamentary local option party on the 10th inst., in Parliament buildings, when 30 members of Parliament who are favourable to the…

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The Goulburn Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1890 · page 6

OF late there has been quite a number of by elections, and strange to say the whole of the seats have been those of Freetraders. The election for…

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Parliament and the Strike

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1890 · page 8

On Wednesday Mr. Garvau gave notice in the Assembly of the following motion:—That in the opinion of this House the present conflict between labour and capital is doing…

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Election of Speaker. Presentation to the Governor

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1890 · page 5

On the meeting of the Assembly at half-past 12 o'clock, on Wednesday, The Clerk (Mr. F. W. Webb) road the followiug letter from Mr. J. H. Young, the late…

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The West Macquarie Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1890 · page 4

PRESENT indications regarding the West Macquarie election are that there are likely to be three candidates go to the pull Mr. Charles Boyd, freetrader; Mr. P. V. Ryan,…

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Purity of Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1890 · page 4

IF Parliament reflects the people, then (according to some Members of Parliament) the country is as rotten as an over full cemetery. This may be an…

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The Business of Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1890 · page 7

AN important announcement relating to the business of the session was made by the Premier in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. He approached the statement, h[?]ssid, "with…

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West Macquarie Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1890 · page 5

BATHURST, Saturday.—Mr. Boyd addressed a large meeting on Friday night at Perth. Mr. P. Furness occupied the chair. Mr. Boyd explained at the outset that his reason…

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Late Cablegrams. the Kilkenny Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 30 December 1890 · page 4

The polling for the Kilkenny election resulted in the return of Sir John Pope Hennessy, the Justin McCarthy candidate…

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