Election of Aldermen. (To the Editor of Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—In the nomination and election of aldermen considerable improvement could be made by adopting the Victorian system. It is well-known that with us…
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Politics & elections, 1877
223 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 12
The Presidential Election. London, January 11
An election crisis has occurred at New Orleans through the Democratic militia obeying the orders of Lieutenant-Governor Wiltz. The Republican officers were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ELECTIONS. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I expected some of our leading politicians would have tried to get up a public meeting in some one of our little townships before this, to adopt some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend Municipal Election. Extraordinary Vacancy
A PUBLIC meeting of the ratepayers of Wallsend was held on Wednesday, in Harris' Rooms, for the purpose of nominating an alderman to fill the place of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plattsburg. Nomination of Candidates for the Municipal Council
A PUBLIC MEETING of the ratepayers of Plattsburg, was held on Wednesday, in the Protestant Hall, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Elections
WE were yesterday, through pressure on our space, compelled to hold over until to-day reports of the Hamilton and Wick ham municipal nominations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Municipal Elections. Newcastle. Official Declaration of the Poll
ON Saturday morning last the Mayor of Newcastle officially declared the state of the poll in regard to the election of aldermen for the Borough Council, which took place on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallsend Municipal Election
THE official declaration of the poll was made on Monday morning at nine o'clock in Harris' Rooms. The returning-officer read out the number of votes recorded for each…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Candidates for Municipal Honors at Lambton and the Newcastle Commonage. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
Sir,—In Wednesday's issue of your journal Dr. Hill, one of the candidates for election for the municipal district of Lambton, is reported to have said, that if…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wickham Municipal Election
A MEETING of the electors of the Wickham Municipal Council was held yesterday for the purpose of electing an alderman to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Borough Council. Election of Mayor
A SPECIAL meeting of the Borough Council of Newcastle was held lust evening, in the Council Chambers, Watt street, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the current…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Election of Mayor for the Borough of Newcastle
AN attempt will be made to overthrow the election of Mr. Alderman Ludlow as Mayor of Newcastle, on the ground that the Mayor in giving a casting vote, acted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Borough Council. Election of Mayor
A SPECIAL MEETING Of the Newcastle Borough Council was held last evening, in the Council Chambers, Watt-street, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Borough Election
THE nomination of an alderman to fill the vacancy, caused by the resignation of Alderman Gardner was held on Saturday, in the School of Arts. The Mayor, Mr. J. Y…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Should there be a General Election
SINCE the defeat of the Government on Tuesday last, by a majority of three votes, the general topic of conversation amongst all classes has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Parliament
IT would seem that the necessity for a really patriotic Ministry was never more apparent than at the present moment. At the time of writing, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Probable Dissolution of Parliament
THE condition mentioned in His EXCELLENCY'S minute, in reply to Mr. ROBERTSON's request for a dissolution, does not, in our opinion, bear…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament of N.S.W. Legislative Assembly, Tuesday, March 13
Mr. Robertson laid on the table various documents, amongst which were returns respecting the purchase of land near Parramatta, for railway workshops;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament of N.S.W. Legislative Council. Wednesday, March 14Th, 1877
THE PRESIDENT look the chair at twenty-nine minutes past 4 o'clock. Mr. Docker said that in view of the present state of political matters it was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Duty of Parliament
IT may be expected that by the time there remarks are in print, the new Ministry will be definitely formed, and the various gentlemen who may have…
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