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Politics & elections, 1889

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The New South Wales Parliament. Tuesday, January 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 37

The Assembly met again to-day after the Christmas holiday recess. Among the motions given notice of are one by Mr. Walker for the introduction of a bill to…

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The Seine Election. London, January 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 18

Intense excitement prevails in Paris in connection with the approaching election for the seat in the Chamber of Deputies for the Department of the Seine (Paris)…

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The New South Walks Parliament

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 1

A [?] met again on Tuesday after the Christmas holiday [?]. Among the motions given [?] of are see by M[?] Walker for the introduction of a bill to [?] capital…

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The British Parliament. London, January 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 18

It is expected that Parliament will meet for the dispatch of business on February 21…

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The Political Crisis. Dissolution of Parliament. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 4

The proclamation dissolving Parliament will be definitely issued on Monday, and the writs will probably be out the same afternoon. It is understood that the date fixed for the…

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The Presidental Election. London, January 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 18

The Electoral College in the United States has met and formally elected General Harrison and Mr. Morton as President and Vice- President of the Republic…

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The Seine Election. London, January 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 18

The election of a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the department of the Seine, for which General Boulanger and M. Jacques are the candidates, takes place on the 27th inst…

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A Dissolution or Parliament. [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 2

The Governor has granted Mr Dibbs a dissolution, and it is understood this-will take effect only a few days-hence…

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A Dissolution of Parliament

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 2

EVENTS in connection with the Ministerial crisis follow each other, with startling, rapidity. The defeat of Sir Henry Parkes was most unexpected the formation of a Dibbs Government was one of…

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The New South Wales Parliament

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 3

The difficulties of the new Administration are commencing early. When the House met on Tuesday afternoon there was a a full attendance both of members and of the public. and although the…

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The Political Crisis, Dissolution of Parliament. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 January 1889 · page 4

The proclamation dissolving Parliament will be definitely issued on Monday, and the writs will probably be out the same afternoon. It is understood that the date fixed for the…

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Elections in France

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 2

London, Thursday.—The elections for the French Chamber for the Department of the Seine is causing much excitement. It is feared that rioting will ensue…

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The General Election

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 2

As notified in our last, Mr J. C. Bowden, who has for many years acted as returning officer for the Balranald electorate, informed the Under-Secretary that unless the dates of…

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Arrangements Fob the General Election. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 26

The arrangements for the general election were completed sooner than was anticipated, and the proclamation dissolving Parliament was issued yesterday. The writs for the general…

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Late Election News

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 17

It has been decided by the Free Trade Association that Mr. Bernard R. Wise shall be put in opposition to Mr. Dibbs for the Murrumbidgee electorate,…

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The General Election. the Minister of Mines at Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 3

The Hon. J. M. Chanter, Minister of Mines, the late senior member for the Murray, and a present candidate for re election, arrived at Deniliquin by yesterday afternoon’s train, and was received at the…

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The General Elections

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 1

Mr. George Day, the retiring member for Albury is in the field, and his friends (says the Border Post) are already actively at work in his interest. Mr. John Wilkinson has definitely decided to become…

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The-general Election

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 2

IN their haste to prevent opposition at the forthcoming general election, the Government have rushed the matter along with a haste which is simply scandalous. Here in the…

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Extracts From Freetrade Election Speeches. Mr Wise

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 4

Five weeks before Mr Dibbs turned protectionist he asked him if he would join him in forming a freetrade party to turn Parkes out of office; and, said Mr…

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Newspapers and Parliamentary Candidates

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 2

THE proceedings at the hustings yesterday were enlivened some what by the strictures passed on recent Press utterances by Mr Allen Lakeman, while…

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