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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1891

15 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

The General Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 6

Now that the General Election is over the political sky is less clear than ever. It was hoped that there would be a well defined majority one way or the…

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Manaro Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 5

ON Tuesday last the Election for Manaro was fought outmost vigorously, as will be seen by the tabulated statement of the polling at each place,…

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The Queanbeyan Polling

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 3

QUEANBEYAN, Wednesday.—Great dissatisfaction is expressed by the public here at the action of the returning officer in fixing next Saturday for…

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Late Cablegrams. LONDON, Monday, the Carlow Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 7

The Parliamentary election contest in Carlow is being vigorously conducted, and several conflicts have already occured between the partisans…

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Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 7

ON Tuesday at noon the fifteenth Parliament was formally opened by commission. The Clerk said he had to inform the…

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The Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1891 · page 4

"THERE'S many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip;" so says Mr. Dibbs and his followers. The Treasury benches were right at the tips of his fingers,…

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Parliament. No Confidence Motion

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 2

IN the Assembly on Wednesday night, Mr. Barton said if there was one thing from the very beginning of the proceedings of this House which had…

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Federation. a Parliamentary Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 5

London, Friday.—The Earl of Onslow, Governor of New Zealand, in a dispatch to Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the colonies, reviews the attitude London, Friday.—For the Wisbech divisions of Cambridgeshire, the hon. H. R. Brand, eldest son of Viscount Hampton, the Gladstonian Liberal…

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Parliament. Female Suffrage

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 2

IN the Assembly on Thursday,—Sir Henry Parkes moved—"That the opinion of this House the franchise for the election of members of…

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The Late General Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1891 · page 2

IN the Legislative Assembly on Thursday night Sir Henry Henry Parkes laid upon the table a return of the votes recorded in the recent general…

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The Illawarra Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 12

IN the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday week, Mr. F. B. Suttor, the Chairman of the Elections and Qualifications Committee, appointed on…

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Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 20 October 1891 · page 3

In the Assembly on Thursday,—Mr. Sydney Smith moved the third reading of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill…

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Victorian Parliament. Probate Dissolution

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1891 · page 3

MELBOURNK, Thursday.—Important political developments are expected in at least, in a few days. The new party known as the Left Wing, is gaining…

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Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1891 · page 7

THE Legislative Assembly resumed business on Wednesday afternoon at the usual time when the new Ministry for the first time took possession of…

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Parliament. Mining Development

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1891 · page 12

IN the assembly on Monday,—Mr. Chapman moved—"That this House will, on Tuesday next, resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole to…

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