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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections
46 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 3
Sir,—It appears one of our Patriotic Representatives has been place-hunting, most successfully, and having thereby disqualified himself for a seat in the Assembly, we shall be prematurely driven into another contested…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON DIT Mr. Nichols will this day send in his resignation to the House, but will immediately thereafter address his constituents with a view to his re-election, notwithstanding his Government appointing. It is also rumoured that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Scott brought up the report of the Committee of Elections and Qualifications on the petition referred for their consideration by the house, on the 13th January, against the return of W. B. Dalley, Esq., as one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE wore Mining those who fondly imagined that the introduction into this country of Responsible Government would have for over annihilated old fogyism, and given form and consistency to our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Session has been brought at length to a close and the last scene ends with a grand display of ceremonials, to the great release of a thoroughly tired audience. The Speaker…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first Parliament of New South Wales was yesterday prorogu[?]d by his Excellency the Governor-General is person. The following in the Vice-regal Speech:— HONORABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Dully has been returned from Villiers and Heyteshury, aud Mr. S[?] for Kilmore, without opposition. Mr. Sitwell was elected for the [?] brought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING of the proposers and seconders of candidates for the representation of these wards in the new Municipal Council was held on Wednesday at the Blind Beggar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament was opened by Royal Commission on the 3rd February. Both Houses assembled toon after 1 o'clock, and prayers were road in the Lords by the Lord Bishop of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tuesday next is the day appointed for the nomination of two members for the Maitland District Council to serve in the room of Messrs. Borthwick and Gorrick, who retire by rotation. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday was the day appointed for the nomination of two gentlemen to serve in the District Council, in the room of J. Borthwick, Esq., and I.Gorrick, Esq., the retiring members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday was the day appointed for the election of two gentlemen to fill the offices in the District Council vacant by the retirement of Messrs. Borthwick and Gorrick. The polling commenced at 9 o'clock a.m., and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By his Excellency Sir William Thomas Denison. Knight, Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor-General in and over all her Majesty's colonies of New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A few names call for comment: "Eothen" Kinglake, who brings into Parliaments his broad, clear, masterly English intellect, his fine culture, and his 'icebrook' nerve, with his unflinching liberalism and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Palmerston, who was received with much cheering, said—Mr. Speaker, I cannot forbear saying a few words to congratulate you must sincerely upon finding yourself in the high and exalted position in which the decision of this House has placed you. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Alfred Stephen obtained leave of absence for one month, on the ground of a pressure of judicial business. Dr. Douglass moved the second reading of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—I regret much to notice the death of our old representative, Mr Nichols; this event, however much to be regreted, has not taken at by surprise, as he has long been in a very precarious state of health. The duty new falls upon us the electors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FROM a letter published in our columns it will be seen that Mr. James Dickson has placed himself in the hands of the constituency of these boroughs. This act on his part is accompanied with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The nomination for Cook and Westmoreland took place on Saturday last, at Hartley. Mr. Martin having been proposed by Mr. Robert Fitzgerald, and seconded by Mr. Jeremiah Grant, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The nomination of a candidate to serve in the Legislative Assembly as representative of the City of Sydney—the seat having been rendered vacant by the acceptance of office as Colonial Secretary by Mr. Charles Cowper…
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