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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1881

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, September 1, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1881 · page 2

Mr. STEWART moved—"That the Committee of Standing Orders be moved to inquire and report what steps may be taken to secure the attendance of…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, September 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1881 · page 3

SIR Henry Parkes, in answer to Mr. Jacob for Mr. Levien, said that all the Public school and Denominational teachers who had applied for the difference between…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1881 · page 4

OSBORNE'S Licensing Bill was read the first time. The Vale of Clwydd Mining Company's Bill was read the first time and…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, September 8, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1881 · page 3

THE Legislative Council met at 4.30 p.m., but there not being a quorum present, the President declared the House adjourned till 4 p.m. on Wednesday next…

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The Election for Tyrone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1881 · page 2

LONDON, September 9.—The Liberal party and the Liberal Press are jubilant over the result of the Tyrone election, which is regarded as a complete snub…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, September 13, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 September 1881 · page 4

Mr. W. J. FOSTER presented a petition from the Lord's Day Observance Society in favour of closing public-houses on Sunday, and against the…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, September 14, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1881 · page 8

IN the Legislative Assembly, yesterday, Ministers replied to questions respecting the want of accommodation at the Inverell courthouse, the footbridgge to be erected…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, September 20

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 September 1881 · page 3

A RETURN of all free railway passes granted to members of the Press from the 1st January, 1880, to the present time was ordered on the motion of Mr. W…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 21, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1881 · page 4

SIR JOHN ROBERTSON moved that the President be requested to forward to Mrs. Garfield a message expressing regret at the untimely death of her husband, the…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, September 22, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1881 · page 4

Mr. DARLEY moved the second reading of the Evidence in Summary Convictions Bill. The motion was agreed to, and the…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, September 27, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 September 1881 · page 3

Mr. FERGUSSON moved an address to His Excellency the Governor, declaring that, in the opinion of the House, no Crown lands, other than town and suburban lots and lands…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1881 · page 4

A MESSAGE was read from his Excellency the Governor, announcing the Royal Assent to the Matrimonial Causes Act Amendment Bill…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, October 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 October 1881 · page 4

The Speaker took the chair at halfpast 4 o'clock. Mr. Hoskins, in reply to Mr. Reid, said (1) the total number of acres of…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, October 5, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1881 · page 3

THE President read messages from the Governor, assenting to the Hospitals Act Amendment Bill, Osborne's Leasing Bill, the Vale of Clwydd…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, October 6, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 October 1881 · page 3

MESSAGES were received from the Assembly agreeing to the Council's amendment in the Navigation Law Amendment Bill, and granting Dr…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Friday, October 7, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1881 · page 4

Mr. Wisdom, in answer to Mr. Buchanan, said that Sir George Innes had called for a report from the gaol authorities at Coonamble as to the…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, October 11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 October 1881 · page 2

MR. JAMES WATSON, in reply to Mr. Garrard, stated that in 1880, for the inspection of the boilers and machinery of the mercantile marine, the expenditures…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, October 12, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 October 1881 · page 4

MR. DALLEY, on a motion for the adjournment of the House, called attention to the overcrowding of tramways, an instance of which had come under his notice the…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, October 18, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1881 · page 3

Mr. Buchanan moved the adjournment of the House with the object of directing attention to the flogging of a young man in Mudgee gaol, who was serving a…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, October 21, 1881

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1881 · page 4

THE Assembly resumed the consideration of the Licensing Bill in committee upon the 67th clause. The Government postponed the clause…

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