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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1886

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1886 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. When the proceedings commenced a considerable amount of formal business was…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1886 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. CHAIRMANSHIP OF COMMITTEES. After some formal business was…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1886 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. THE NEW HEBRIDES. Notice of motion was given by Sir Henry…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour, there being a somewhat thin house, it being understood that the financial statement would not be made untill after tea…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1886 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour ARBITRATION ACT. Mr. Forsyth brought in a bill to amned…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1886 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at half-past 4, when there was a very thin House-in fact, so thin that the reporters hoped and prayed that there would be no quorum, but the…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1886 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. THE NEW HEBRIDEE. Mr. Abigail again presented the petition…

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Spanish Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1886 · page 5

The Spanish elections resulted in favour of the Liberals…

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A Parliament for Ireland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 5

In accordance with a notice previously given in the House of Commons, Mr. Gladstone to-day explained the proposals of his Government for dealing with the…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 4

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. After some formal business had bean transacted…

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Aldermanic Election. NARRABRI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1886 · page 5

There was great excitement here to-day over the election of an alderman to fill the extraordinary vacancy in the local council. The result was—Lillyman, 140;…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, April 13

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1886 · page 8

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. QUESTIONS POSTPONED. Several questions were postponed…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, April 14

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. A large number of questions of which there were twenty-five-in the older paper,…

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The Irish Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1886 · page 5

A public meeting at her Majesty's Theatre, in opposition to the Irish proposals of the Government, took place last nightly, as previously arranged. The…

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LONDON, Thursday. The Ipswich Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 April 1886 · page 5

The election of two members for the Borough of Ipswich, rendered necessary by the recent unseating of Mr. Jesse Collings and Mr. Henry West, Liberals,…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Friday, April 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1886 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. H.M.S. NELSON. After formal business had been…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, April 20

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1886 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. PRIVATE LAND MINING. Mr. Garland obtained leave to bring in a…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, April 21

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1886 · page 5

On the House assembling, Mr. Abigail drew the attention of the Minister for Justice to the report of the inquest on the miners killed at Lithgow,…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, April 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour, when there was considerably more than a quorum present, and the business was at once proceeded with, with every…

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St. John's Church, Newcastle. Election of Churchwar de

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 6

THE annual meeting of parishioners was held in the school-room on Tuesday evening, at half-past seven. The Rev. F. D. Bode presided, and…

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