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Murray · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1889

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Parliament

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 July 1889 · page 2

In the Assembly on the 9th inst the hill intended to enable the Wentworth municipal authorities to establish an irrigation colony on the banks of the Darling close to the…

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Victorian Parliament. Tuesday, July 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 July 1889 · page 4

On the Legislative Assembly meeting petitions were presented from church congregations in all parts of the colony, praying that when the Amending Education Act is under…

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The New South Wales Parliament. Thursday, July 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 July 1889 · page 37

The Legislative Council to-day devoted a abort sitting to formal business, The representative of the Government informed the House that their address, expressing an opinion that…

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The Election for Dover. London, July 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 July 1889 · page 18

Mr. George Wyndham, private secretary to Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, has been elected unopposed for Dover in place of the late Major Dickson…

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Parliament. the Debate on the Land Bill

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 July 1889 · page 3

The Assembly sat on from the afternoon of the 16th inst. until 5 o'clock on last Wednesday morning discussing the compensation clause in the Land Bill. The proposal by…

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Victorian Parliament. Tuesday, July 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 July 1889 · page 37

In the Assembly the Attorney-General; in reply to a question, said that the appeal would be heard by the Privy Council in the case of Ah Toy v. Musgrove, relative to the exclusion of…

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The New South Wales Parliament: Thursday, July 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 July 1889 · page 37

In the Assembly to-day, on being informed by the. Premier that the Government did not intend to take any further action regarding Mr. John Davies, C.M.G, who was recently acquitted on…

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The New South Wales Parliament

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 July 1889 · page 3

In the Assembly on Tuesday, replying to a question Premier said that nothing formal had been done by the Government regarding the question of [?]government in Western Australia…

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Parliament

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 July 1889 · page 4

The Legislative Council on Thursday passed, without discussion, a motion affirming, that in view of the large expenditure incurred in…

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Parliament

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 31 July 1889 · page 3

A Very lengthy debate took place in the Assembly on Wednesday last on a motion for the third reading of the Land Bill. Those members who opposed the…

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Victorian Parliament. Tuesday, July 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1889 · page 37

As soon as the Legislative Assembly met Mr. Gillies delivered the budget statement. The chamber was well filled, and the public galleries were crowded. The Treasurer congratulated the…

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The New South Wales Parliament. Thursday, July 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1889 · page 37

The Legislative Council to-day passed, without discussion, a motion affirming that in view of the large expenditure incurred in improving the navigation of the Darling, the…

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The North-eastern Pro-vince Election

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1889 · page 19

A meeting of supporters of the candidature of the Hon. J. S. Butters for the representation of the North-Eastern Province in the Legislative Council was held in the Council Chambers,…

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The Election of Councils- General. London, July 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1889 · page 18

The election of the French Councils-General is now proceeding. General Boulanger has been nominated for 400 seats. The latest returns show that he has been elected for 12…

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The New South Wales Parliament

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 3

There was a full attendance of members when the House met on Tuesday, and the [?] were [?] in anticipation of a lively debate on the constructional difficulty between the Upper and…

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Parliament

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 August 1889 · page 3

There was a full attendance of members when the House met on Tuesday, and the galleries were crowded in anticipation of a lively debate on the constitutional difficulty…

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The New South Wales Parliament

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 August 1889 · page 4

In the Assembly on Monday the proposal to construct a railway from Culcairn to Corowa, a distance of 47 miles at an estimated cost of £198,000, was…

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Victorian Parliament. Tuesday, August 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1889 · page 4

In the Assembly to-day a question elicited a statement from Mr. Gillies that many signatures to the unemployed petition were not genuine, but all who were ready to work bad been given…

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The New South Wales Parliament. Thursday, August 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1889 · page 4

In the Legislative Council to-day the second reading of the Land Bill was moved by Mr. W. H. Suttor, the representative of the Government. Messrs. de Salis, Cox, Kater, and Smith, who…

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The New South Wales Parliament

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 August 1889 · page 3

In the Assembly on Thursday a bill was introduced by the Minister of Mines to provide for the better regulation of coal mines. It has been framed with a view of securing protection to miners without interference with…

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