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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1880

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Prorogation of Parliament. the Governor's Speech. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1880 · page 2

THE third session of the ninth Parliament of New South Wales closed to-day, at noon, with the usual imposing ceremony…

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Election for Windsor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1880 · page 2

THE Honoraole the Speaker has fixed the following dates in connection with the election of a member for Windsor, vice Mr. R. Driver, deceased, viz., Date of…

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Disgraceful Electioneering Row at Ballarat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1880 · page 4

THE correspondent of the Melbourne Telegraph reports that on Friday evening last Mr. Sarjeant met the electors of Ballarat in the hall of the Mechanics'…

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The Victorian Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 July 1880 · page 2

ACCORDING to our telegraphic information, the result of the Victorian General Election which closed at five o'clock on Wednesday last, gives an…

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Result of the Victorian Elections. Triumph of the Berry Party!

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 July 1880 · page 2

By the following list of candidates just returned to the Victorian Parliament, it will be soon that the late Ministry have been defeated by a majority of 46 to 35,…

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Corrupt Practices at the Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1880 · page 2

LONDON, July 19.—Immediately after the general elections a petition was presented against the return of Mr. Dodson, Pressdent of the Local Government…

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Opening of the Victorian Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 July 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Victorian Parliament was opened by Commission at noon to-day, and the members sworn in…

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Opening of Victorian Parliament. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1880 · page 2

PARLIAMENT was opened to-day with very little parade. The Governor came down to the House at 2 o'clock. There were comparatively few persons present, and…

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TELEGRAMS. Stonewalling in the Queensland Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Stonewalling is being carried on the Opposition in the Queensland Parliament on the new mail contract…

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Windsor Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1880 · page 2

WINDSOR, Thursday.—The polling for a member to serve in the Legislative Assembly, in room of Mr. Richard Driver (deceased), took place to-day. The…

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Opening of the Tasmanian Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1880 · page 2

HOBART TOWN, Tuesday.—The Tasmanian Parliament was opened to-day. The speech refers to the appointment of Major Strahan as Governor, and to the…

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The British Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 August 1880 · page 2

LONDON, August 14.—It is announced that Parliament will be prorogued next week, probably on Tuesday…

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Further Prorogation of Parliament Expected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—It is expected that Parliament will be further prorogued to the end of September, and cause a further prorogation, so that the present…

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The Victorian Ministerial Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1880 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Much interest is being manifested over the forthcoming Mimsterial elections. Mr. Berry's party regard the seat at Geelong in peril, as the…

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TELEGRAMS. Further Prorogation of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Gazette of Tuesday states that Parliament stands further prorogued till Tuesday, 28th September…

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The Trades and Laour Council and Their Candidates. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1880 · page 3

SIR,—In reading the electioneering items in the Sydney papers, I came across the result of a "Parliamentary" committee-meeting of members of the Trades and…

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The Forthcoming General Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1880 · page 2

AT no time in the history of this colony has there been so great a necessity for the electors to exercise prudence in the selection of their representatives, than…

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Victorian Ministerial Elections. Return of the Whole of the Ministers. Triumph of Mr. Berry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1880 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—There was a good deal of interest manifested over the elections, not only in Fitzroy but in Geelong and Mandurang and Creswick,…

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Prorogation of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 4

LONDON, August 19.—It is not likely that the Houses of Parliament will be prorogued before the early part of September…

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The Result of the Ministerial Elections in Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 4

THE circumstances attending the reelection of Mr. BERRY and his Ministerial colleagues will hardly bear the construction that the Liberal…

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