The Forthcoming Municipal Elections
IT is stated on good authority that Mr. J. A. Gorrick, M.L.A., in response to numerous requests, has consented to allow himself to be nominated for the position of…
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Politics & elections, 1885
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The next County Election
IT is rumoured that Mr. John Osborne, of the Sydney Daily Telegraph has been requested to contest the next election for the County of Northumberland, and that he…
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SIR,—In order that no misconception may arise from the perusal of the paragraph in your paper which stated that I would be a candidate for Municipal honours in the city ward at the…
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FROM the Weekly Alta California, of November 15th, 1884, and our other American files before us, we clip the following anent the Cleveland-Blaine…
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THE advent of another opportunity for the citizens to exercise their right of choosing their representatives in the management of Municipal affairs,…
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A MEETING of the friends and supporters of Mr. J. C. Gray took place on Tuesday night at the Oriental Hotel, but owing to the inclemency of the weather, the number was not so large as expected. Mr. W…
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OUR readers will perceive by advertisement that Mr. Joseph Creer has again consented to stand as alderman for the City Ward. He has already been three times returned in that capacity, and that fact alone…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Edward Chetwynd, landlord of the Kingston Hotel, has been fined £5, and Charles Turtle, grocer, of Newtown, £10, at the instance of Mr…
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WE are glad to see, judging from the unusually long list of candidates for aldermanic honours this year, that there is a considerable amount of interest…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Acting-Colonial Secretary has given it as his opinion that Civil servants should have no connection with municipal matters as officers, but he…
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THE formal nomination of candidates as aldermen in the yearly Newcastle Municipal Election in the room of those who retire by rotation, will be made at the Council Chambers to-day. The…
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THE nomination of aldermen to represent the City, Honeysuckle, Belmore, and Macquarie Wards, and of city auditors, took place yesterday morning at the new Council…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Hoffman and Hinks, printers, of Newtown, were charged yesterday with publishing electioneering squibs without an imprint, and were…
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ON Tuesday evening there was a large attendance of the ratepayers at the Victoria Theatre to hear Mr. Joseph Creer, J.P., address them upon municipal matters, in accordance with advertisement, and with…
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We remind our readers that the polling for the various wards of Newcastle commences to-day at 8 o'clock, and closes at 3. It is a long time since so much interest has been manifested in municipal…
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We remind the ratepayers that the poll for the election of aldermen at Wickham, Wallsend, Waratah, Lambton, and Plattsburg, is open to-day from 8 to 3 o'clock; the election at Hamilton is for…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Government Gazette of to-day announces that Parliament has been prorogued to Wednesday, April 1st…
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THE space in Watt-street facing the Council Chambers yesterday presented a more interesting and lively appearance than it has exhibited during municipal elections for…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Ninian Melville has been defeated by a large majority…
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The official declaration of the polling for three aldermen was made at 10 a.m. on Monday, and the result of the local option voting also announced. No alteration was made to the numbers as published in…
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