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Murray · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1883

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The New South Wales Parliament. Conditional Purchases Validation Bill

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 April 1883 · page 4

Mr Farnell in moving the second reading of the Conditional Purchases Validation Bill, stated that the object of this bill was to validate some thousands of additional conditional purchases,…

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The New South Wales Parliament

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 April 1883 · page 3

In the Assembly on Tuesday evening several petitions in support of the Licensing Act were presented. It was announced that the Royal assent had been given to the Rabbit Nuisance Abatement Bill, the…

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Parliament of New South Wales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 May 1883 · page 3

In the Legislative Council on Friday night the Licensing Bill was received from the Assembly. After discussion most of the amendments of the Assembly were agreed to ; but the Accommodation…

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By Electric Telegraph. Prorogation of Parliament. Sydney. Wednesday, May 2

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 May 1883 · page 2

The Governor, after giving the royal assent to the Appropriation Bill, and the Licensing Act Amendment Bill, prorogued Parliament until the 20th June…

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The Prorogation of Parliament

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 May 1883 · page 10

The following is the full text of the Governor's speech at the prorogation :— Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the Legislative…

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[?]Ening of the New South Wales Parliament

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 June 1883 · page 3

[?]ment was opened by commission at noon on [?], very little ceremony being observed, [?]John Hay, President of the Legislative Council, [?] vice-regal speech, which was as follows:—…

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By Electric Telegraph. Prorogation of Parliament. Sydney, June 2

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 June 1883 · page 2

A proclamation was gazetted to-day which prorogued Parliament until the 10th July. SYDNEY. FRIDAY, JUNE 8…

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Victorian Parliament

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 July 1883 · page 10

The Victorian Parliament was opened on Tuesday by the Governor who attended in the Legislative Council with a bodyguard. The ceremony was grander than usual. A large…

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Correspondence. Wodonga Shire Election

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1883 · page 23

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ALBURY BANNER. SIR,—Presuming that retiring Councillor Ferrier, who offers himself for re-election, will follow the usual and proper course of meeting…

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Yackandandah Shire Elections

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1883 · page 14

In municipal affairs, we are likely to have a change in our Council after the coming election, as three members retire by rotation— Councillor Robinson for the Yackandandah…

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Rutherglen Borough and Shire Elections

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 August 1883 · page 2

The annual election of councillors in the central and south ridings of the shire to Rutherglen and also the borough took place yesterday and…

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Correspondence. the Yackandandah Shire Elections to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1883 · page 10

SIR,—Referring to the Yackandandah Shire elections in your last issue, the correspondent of the Dispatch states that I opposed Councillor Cox for the seat in the Earnawartha…

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An Old English Election Dodge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 September 1883 · page 1

IT was in the year 1768, when the political pot was boiling furiously in England, and when there was much pulling and hauling throughout the realm for the securing of place…

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Opening of the New South Wales Parliament. the Governor's Speech

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1883 · page 10

Parliament was opened at noon on Tuesday by the Governor with the usual ceremonies. There was a largo attendance of the general public outside the Houses of Parliament, and…

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The South Melbourne Elections

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1883 · page 23

The election of a representative to fill the vacancy chn[?]ed in the electorate of South Melbourne by the death of Mr. Robert Macgregor, was held on Tuesday. There were…

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The Opening of Parliament. [By Electric Telegraph].tuesday, October 9

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 October 1883 · page 2

The Governor opened Parliament at noon to-day. The vice-regal speech Was unimportant. It stated that the Land Bill will be submitted at once, and the following measures will also be submitted:—A…

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The New South Wales Parliament

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 November 1883 · page 15

In the Assembly, on the 25th nl[?]., Mr. M’Elhone, again under cover of a motion for the adjournment of the House, entered upon an explanation of his personal relations with…

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The North-eastern Province Election

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 November 1883 · page 2

BY the untimely death of the late Mr. ROBERT STIRLING ANDERSON, the North Eastern Province has lost a Parliamentary representative of which…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, November 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 November 1883 · page 7

Mr. Farnell, who was greeted with loud cries of “Hear, hear,” moved the second reading of the Crown Lands Bill. He might be asked why they had brought in a bill for the…

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North-eastern Province Election

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 November 1883 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting of electors was held at the Town Hall, Rutherglen, last Saturday evening. to consider the various candidates in the field, and to select the…

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