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Murray · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1899

161 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 9

Athletes in Parliament

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 4

The House of Commons 18 popularly, regarded so exclusively in its legislative light that the fact that it is also one of the finest athletic clubs in the…

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The Opening of Parliament

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 2

IT is difficult to conceive any concatenation of circumstances which could frustrate the mandate of the people as expressed at the recent…

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

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 34

Parliament opened to-day with the usual ceremony in the presence of a largo concourse of spectators. Great crowds congregated in…

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Opening of Parliament. the Governor's Opening Speech. Federation and the Pacific Cable

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 3

PARLIAMENT was opened at noon on Tuesday by Earl Beauchabur was the ceremony, the attendance being larger than on recent occasions…

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Cable News. the Transvaal. Opening of the Cape Parliament. London, July 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 26

The Cape Parliament was opened yesterday by Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of the Cape Colony and Her Majesty's High Commissioner for South Africa…

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The New South Wales Parliament. The Address in Reply. (Continued from page 4.) Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 2

In the Assembly to-day, the debate on the motion that the address in reply be adopted was resumed by Mr. Norton, who, resuming the debate, proceeded to make a number of…

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The Parliament of New South Wales. The Governor's Speech. Important Speech by Mr. Barton. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 4

Parliament was opened at noon to-day by Earl Beauchamp with the usual ceremony, the attendance being larger than on recant occasions. The…

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The Transvaal Difficulty. Opening of the Cape Parliament

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 4

The Caps Parliament was opened on Friday by Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of the Cape Colony and Her Majesty’s High Commissioner for South Africa…

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New South Wales Parliament

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 2

IN the Legislative Council an Wednesday, Mr. Pulsford moved the adjournment to the House, to call attention to the regulations issued by the…

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New South Wales Parliament. the Rosehill Railway. Personal Explanations. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 36

The Assembly met at four o'clock this afternoon. The galleries were unusally full, as if in anticipation of further reference to the sensational incidents of the previous…

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Sydney University Examinations. Successful Candidates

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 25

The list of successful candidates at the junior public examinations held last month contains the following local names:— Miss Pearson, Glenair Ladies' College…

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The Polling at Wodonga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 35

The polling at Wodonga passed off very quietly. There was no opposition worth mentioning, and the federalists confidently looked forward to an overwhelming majority…

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The Name of God. Its Use in Parliament

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 21

Daring the discussion in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening upon the motion for adjournment, Mr. Norton made use of the expression," What Opposition he (Mr. Barton) leads…

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New South Wales Parliament. a Lively Debate. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 37

The debate on the Address in Reply was continued in the Legislative Assembly all night, concluded shortly before 5 o'clock this morning. Mr. Storey's amendment was…

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FEDERATION. The Address to the Queen. Debate in Parliament. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Premier moved the adoption of the federal address to the Queen, the full text of which appears elsewhere. He retorted to…

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New South Wales Parliament. a Violent Scene the Premier Invited Outside

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 2

IN the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, in reply to a series of questions, Mr. Varney Parkes said that overtures had been made with regard to the Imperial…

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The Political Candidate and His Agent

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 32

A good story, says the Liverpool Post, was told to us the other day of the first election experience of a certain well-known man who now occupies a high and…

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The Federal Elections

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 2

The Cootamundra district Council proposes to try and have that town made the electoral centre for the Federal Parliament elections…

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New South Wales Parliament. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 24

The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Ministers answered a number of questions. Mr. Lee informed Mr. Dugald Thomson that a western city railway, with a station in…

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The Murrumbidgee Weir. Questions in Parliament

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday last, the members for Hay and the Lachlan asked some questions, which Hansard report as follows:—…

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