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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1876

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Parliament of N.s.w. Legislative Assembly. Friday, Jan 28Th, 1876

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 2 February 1876 · page 4

The Speaker reported that his Excellency the Governor had given the royal assent to the Temporary Supply Bill. The Speaker also reported a message from…

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Municipal Elections. Nomination Day

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 2 February 1876 · page 2

YERESDAY (Tuesday) was the day set apart for the nomination of candiates to [?] the various vacancies in the differens Municipal Co[?] in not char[?] by the…

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Municipal Elections. Nomination Day, February 1, 1876. City of Newcastle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 3 February 1876 · page 3

At neon on Tuesday last the usual formalities in connection with the nomination of candidates to all the Vacancies caused by the retirement of four aldermen from the…

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Victorian Parliament

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 2

In the Assembly on Wednesday night Sir James M'Culloh gave a notice of motion which will gag the opposition, as it allows of a debate being ended…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Assembly

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 3

The Postmaster-General stated, in answer to Mr. Farnell, that an offer of £5000 had been made to compromise the forfeiture of bonds to the amount of £50,000 by the sureties of the…

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Wickham Municipal Election

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 4

Last evening a meeting of the electors of Wickham was held at the Royal Hotel, to hear three of the candidates for municipal honors address them. The chair was taken by…

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The Wallsend Municipal Election

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 2

WE understand that exception has been taken to our having printed slips of a letter signed "GEORGE DOWNING," which appears in this issue. The facts of the case are simply these…

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Wallsend Municipality. Election of Three Aldermen

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 2

The election of three aldermen to serve in the Municipal Council of Wallsend, took place yesterday (Friday), and was the occasion of considerable interest and…

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The Lambton Election

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 8

THE Principle tropic is, of course, the elections, and as there is no less than eight "Horses" entered for the "municipal cup" of 1876, which will be run for on Saturday…

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Municipal Elections

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 8

IT is perceptable, from the movements of a certain political clique in Maitland, that the municipal elections are at hand: obnoxious pests ever go before in the van of excitement…

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N.S.W. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Saturday. February 5. 1876

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 8 February 1876 · page 3

Minsters stated, in answer to questions, that the Council of Education had no official information as to the presentation of a testitmonial to a school inspector, and that it would be…

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Lambton Borough. Polling Day

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1876 · page 4

The election for three aldermen to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement according to law of Aldermen Abel, Maddock, and Yates, took place at the Council Chambers, on…

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Parliament of N.s.w. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, Feb. 3Rd, 1876

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1876 · page 5

Ministers stated, in answer to questions, that it was not probable there would be time during the present sesio to introduce a bill for the amendment of the Public School Act;…

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Municipal Elections Wallsend Borough. Official Declaration of the Poll

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1876 · page 4

THE official declaration of the poll for the above election took place at Harris' Rooms, on Saturday morning, at 9 o'clock.—There were some 50 persons present…

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Wickham Election

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1876 · page 4

THERE were seven candidates who contested, the laurels for aldermanic honors in this borough, and the excitement was of a more than ordinary character. The polling took place on…

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Newcastle Election

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1876 · page 4

THE city elections are now over, and the result would seem to justify the hope that the residents of this place are begining to open their eyes to the necessity of something being…

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Latest Telegrams. Rule Nisi Granted in Wallsend Election Case. Mr. Stuart Appointed Treasurer. Shooting Case at Gulgong. Political Agitation in Victoria. Fatal Fight at Woollomool O. SYDNEY, Tuesday, Recd. 9.30 p.m

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1876 · page 3

Mr. George Wallace, solicitor, on behalf of Messrs. Alnwick and Reay, and a number of ratepayers, applied to the Supreme Court, to-day, for a rule nisi, calling upon Messrs. Ross and Fryar to show cause why they…

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Wallsend Borough Election

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1876 · page 3

We are informed that out of upwards of 800 ratepayers on Wallsend municipal roll some 550 voted at the last election. This is not as it ought to be in a township like this, where the residents are pretty well centered,…

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Maitland Aldermanic Election

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1876 · page 3

The election for four aldermen to serve in the Municipal Council of West Maitland, took place of Friday last, and resulted in the return of Messrs. W. H. Smith, H. Levi n, J. Wolstenholme and J. Pritchard,—who stood…

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N. S. W. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, February 9, 1876

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 10 February 1876 · page 4

Mr. Robertson gave notice of a resolution for going into committee for the purpose of considering the expediency of introducing a bill for the amendment of the Public Schools…

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