Intended Opposition to the Re-election of the Postmaster-general
FROM the metropolitan press we learn that Mr. MERRIMAN, late M.P. for West Sydney, intends to offer himself for reelection in opposition to the Hon. D…
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Politics & elections, 1886
273 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 14
The General Election in England. London, via Albany, Nov. 27
MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S land scheme has not more alarmed the landlords than his language on disestablishment has alarmed Churchmen. The moderate Liberals of all…
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The Right Hon. G. O. Trevelyan repudiates the scheme for the establishment of an Irish Parliament at Dublin…
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ALL the members of the Ministry whose constituencies are in the country, will leave town to be present at the nominations which take place on Wednesday. Sir John…
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The speech from the Throne will be delivered at the opening of the Imperial Parliament on the 21st…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Items by the Mail. Mr. J. H. Heaton's Election
SOME interest is attached to the contest in Canterbury from the fact that the Conservative candidate, Mr. J. Henniker Heaton, was intimately…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Chamber of Commerce. Election of Chairman
A MEETING of the committee was held on Wednesday afternoon, at the Great Northern Hotel, when Mr. R. B. Wallace, J.P., was unanimously elected chairman; Mr. John…
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A majority of the Liberals are opposed to an Irish Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cablegrams. London, Saturday. Opening of Parliament
It is announced that the Imperial Parliament will be opened by the Queen in person on the 21st inst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Result of the Home Elections
PERHAPS at no period in the history of the United Kingdom has a more determined effort been put forth by the leaders of parties to secure the return…
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No attempt will be made in the House of Commons to revive the Grand Committees which were adopted in the last House for the purpose of getting through the business…
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Among the defeated candidates will be noticed the Hon. Harold Finch-Hatton, a younger son of the Earl of Nottingham, whose six or seven years'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Polling in London
THE following entertaining picture of polling day on London is from the Daily Telegraph, of November 25:—"Polling yesterday was, what Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Gladstone at the Irish Parliament
FROM our late cablegrass it would appear that Mr. GLADSTONE has at last arrived at the conclusi[?] that the only way to alter the prese[?] satisfactory…
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A TELEGRAM from London to the New York Sun, dated December 16, says:—"Patrick Foley, the new Nationalist member of the House for the…
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Her Majesty the Queen will open the Imperial Parliament to-day. The following is believed to be an authentic forecast of the speech to be…
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BY the courtesy of the returning officer, S. Chapman, Esq., J.P., we have been supplied with the following municipal nominations, received at the Council Chambers up to late last night:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Return of Mr. Charles Bradlaugh to Parliament
LIBERAL and honest-minded people of all denominations cannot have been otherwise than gratified at the fact that the man chosen by the people of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Parliament Prorogued
Parliament has been further prorogued to February 22…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labour Represented in the British Parliament
ONE of the most gratifying features in connection with the new Parliament of Great Britain is that of the increase of bona fide representatives of labour in…
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