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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1882

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Parliament of Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 August 1882 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The House went into committee for the further consideration of the Railways Temporary Advances Bill, the question being Mr…

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Wickham Municipal Election Extraordinary Vacancy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1882 · page 2

MONDAY being nomination day for the election of candidates to supply the vacancy caused by the retirement of Alderman Gross, the Returning-Officer (Mr. Frewin)…

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Original Correspondence. Wickham Election. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 August 1882 · page 2

SIR,—The action of certain railway employees in nominating a Mr. Charles Richardson, who is employed at the railway works, appears to my mind to be a mistake,…

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The Approaching Meeting of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1882 · page 2

LITTLE or nothing has transpired of an authentic character, during the recess, as to what is likely to be the Ministerial programme put before Parliament by…

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Parliament of Queensland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 August 1882 · page 2

THE Loan Estimates were presented to the Assembly on Wednesday. A sum of £250,000 has been provided for immigration and £1, 572,000 for railways. The…

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Meeting of the New South Wales Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 August 1882 · page 2

PARLIMENT will be opened to-morrow (Tuesday) by his Excellency the Governor, at 12 o'clock. The House was prorogued on December 20th, and…

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The Imperial Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1882 · page 2

LONDON, August 20.—The Imperial Parliament has adjourned till October…

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Opening of the Parliament of New South Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The third session of the tenth Parliament of New South Wales opened this afternoon. His Excellency the Governor (Lord Augustus Loftus) was met…

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Parliament Legislative Assembly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1882 · page 3

WHEN the speaker took the chair on Tuesday, there were present 72 members. Of these there were 10 on the Ministerial bench, nine behind them, and 31 in the…

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Parliament. Tuesday, August 22. Legislative Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 August 1882 · page 3

IN the afternoon, he President took the chair at half past 4. The President reported that he had received from the private secretary of the…

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Parliament Legislative Assembly. Thursday, August 24

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1882 · page 8

THE adjourned debate on the reply to the opening speech was resumed. Mr. Forster said the Opposition could not be sanguine as to the fate of the…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Friday, August 25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 August 1882 · page 3

THE Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock Mr. Lackey, in reply to Mr. Vaughan, said that preliminary surveys had been…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, August 29, 1882

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 September 1882 · page 3

IN the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday, the Speaker took the chair at a quarter to o'clock, and shortly afterwards the members present proceeded to Government…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 30

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1882 · page 8

THE President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. The President reported that he had received a commission from his Excellency…

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Parliament Legislative Assembly. Thursday, August 31

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 September 1882 · page 4

The Speaker took the chair at half past 4 o'clock. The Colonial Secretary stated in reply to Mr. Cameron, that the total cost of the…

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Parliament Legislative Assembly. Friday, September 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1882 · page 3

THE Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. Mr. Lackey, in reply to Mr. Abigail, said tram conductors were informed…

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Parliament Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, September 6. THE Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. Messages From the Governor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 8

THE Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR. Mr. Speaker reported the receipt of…

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The Election of Bishop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 September 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The sittings of the Sydney Diocesan Synod were continued on Friday, but very little progress has been made towards selecting three names…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Friday, September 15. Limitation of Oath's Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 September 1882 · page 3

MR. J. P. ABBOTT moved the second reading of a Bill to amend the laws relating to the administration of oaths, and explained its provisions. After some…

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Parliament. Tuesday, September 19. Legislative Assembly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 September 1882 · page 4

THE Speaker took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past 4 o'clock. Mr. W. J. Foster laid on the table copies of papers in the case of Plomer,…

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