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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections
164 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 9
It is currently reported that that a fierce contest will be waged against the re-election of Mr. Lucas for Canterbury. The names of several candidates have been mentioned but Mr. Piggot is supposed to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY (Tuesday) the nomination of a candidate to fill the vacancy in the above electorate caused by the acceptance of the office of Postmaster-General by J. F. Burns,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The new Municipalities Amendment Act of June last appears to have created considerable misunderstanding throughout different municipalities in the colony. As will be remembered the old Act specifies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Council has opened the proceeded of 1875, with a considerable display of and if the performance only keeps with the promise, we may hope to see…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament will reassemble on Tuesday, the 23rd instant, when the members of the Government who have scats in the Legislative Assembly will again appear in their places. Owing to the death of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IN the Assembly on Tuesday last the only business transa[?]ted was the election of Speaker, which resulted in the re election of the Hon. Geo. Wigram Allen. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Legislative Assembly met on Wednesday pursuant to adjournment, at 4 p. m., with a view to proceeding to Government House, in order that the new Speaker (the Hon. George…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Legislative Assembly, on Thursday, Mr. Buchanan, on the Speaker taking the chair, said he should seize the very first opportunity of bringing under the consideration…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Ministers stated, in answers to questions,—That the Government paid Messrs. Hall and Forbes £3279 9s. 1d. excess of the amount…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IN the Legislative Assembly Ministers, in answers to questions, said: That it was not the intention of the present Government to make any provision for the extension of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Samuel moved for the production of all correspondence having reference to the San Francisco Mail Service, including a letter from Mr George R. Dibbs, addressed to the late…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the Legislative Assembly, on Friday, Ministers, in answer to questions, stated: That the approximate distance round the shores of Lake Macquarie is 110 miles; there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ministers, in answer to questions, stated:—That the approximate distance round the shores of Lake Macquarie is 110 miles; there were 240,000 acres of Crown land on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Legislative Assembly, on Thursday, Ministers in answer to questions, stated: 1. That 15,000 square miles of coal-fields have been examined, and are shown on Sir Thomsas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday, Ministers, in answer to questions, stated:—That, as soon as the pressure of business would permit, Government proposed carefully to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In the Legislative Assembly, on Friday, Ministers, in answer to questions, stated:—That the attention of the Government had been drawn to the case of Blakefield v…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the Legislative Assembly, on Friday, Ministers, in answer to questions, stated that the journeymen compositors at the Government Printing-Office were 39; the pressmen 6; and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday, Mr. Buchanan (on the Speaker taking the chair) moved the adjournment of the House, and in so doing complained that he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Speaker took the chair at twenty-seven minutes past 4 o'clock. PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Mr. Buchanan said in his absence some hon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →I was stated by Mr. DOCKER, in reply to [?] that the amount of duty received on for 1872, 1873, and 1874, was £27,825 2s. for 1872, £23,056 lOs. for 1873, and £17,828…
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