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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1887

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, July 6. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 July 1887 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour THE CENTENNIAL BUILDING. Mr. Walker, without notice, asked the Colonial Secretary if any negociations had…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, July 7. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 July 1887 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. MR. NEILD'S COMMISSIONERSHIP Mr. Henry Clarke brought up a report of the Elections and Qualifications Committee…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, July 7. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1887 · page 5

After midnight, on Thursday, the House resolved itself into Committee of Supply, to consider the estimates. THE GOVERNMENT ASYLUMS…

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SOFIA, Friday. the Bulgarian Throne. Election of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-coburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 July 1887 · page 5

The Sobranjo met again yesterday. After some discussion the election of a ruling Prince was proceeded with, the choice of the Assembly falling on…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Monday, July 11. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1887 · page 4

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. THE FORESHORES OF LAKE MACQUARIE. IN answer to Mr. Melville, without notice, Mr. Garrett stated that he proposed…

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English By-elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1887 · page 4

The election of a member for the Coventry seat, vacated by Mr. Eaton, took place yesterday, when Mr. Ballantyne, the defeated Home Rule…

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The Bulgarian Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1887 · page 4

Russia maintains the election of Prince Ferdinand, of Saxe-Coburg, to be invalid. The French press is hostile, the English, Italian, and…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Monday, July 11. SYDNEY, Tuesday. the Newcastle Commonage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 July 1887 · page 5

AFTER midnight, Mr. Walker questioned the Minister of Lands with regard to the occupation of the Commonage at Newcastle…

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Prorogation of Parliament. The Governor's Address. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1887 · page 5

THE following is the text of His Excellency the Governor's address in proroguing Parliament yesterday :— HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, July 12. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1887 · page 5

SHORTLY after midnight Sir Henry Parkes moved "That the House do now adjourn." PURCHASE OF HANSON'S LAND. Mr. M'Elhone directed the attention of…

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New Zealand. Auckland, Saturday. PARLIAMENT. Parliament was dissolved yesterday. Interesting Find

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1887 · page 5

The complete skeleton of a moa, in an excellent state of preservation, has been discovered at Cromwell, Otago. It has brownish feathers on…

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The Bridgeton Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1887 · page 5

The Hon. A. Evelyn Ashley has announced his intention to oppose Sir George Trevelyan in the election for Bridgetown division of Glasgow in the…

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A by Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1887 · page 5

The parliamentary election for Basingstoke Division, Hampshire, caused by the elevation of Mr. Selater-Booth to the peerage, took…

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Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 5

The Marquis of Carmarthen, Conservative, has been elected for the Buxton division of Lambeth, and Mr. Stevens, Conservative, has been…

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Presidential Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1887 · page 8

A CORRESPONDENT, writing on the relative cost of the administration of monarchical and republican forms of government, asks whether the Government makes any provision,…

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday. Another By-election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 5

MR. THOMAS BARING, Conservative, has been returned to Parliament, unopposed, for the City of London, replacing Mr. J. G. Hubbard, who was…

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Result of a By-election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 5

The Parliamentary election for the Forest of Dean, division of Gloucester, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. Thos. Blake, Gladstonian Liberal,…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] London, Tuesday. Bridgeton Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 5

THE election of a member of Parliament for Bridgeton division, Glasgow, took place to-day, and resulted in the return of Sir George Trevelyan,…

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[Reuter's Telegram.] London, Monday. a By-election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 August 1887 · page 5

THE election of a member for the Northwich division of Cheshire, in place of the deceased member, Robert Verdin (Liberal), took place to-day,…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday. Queensland Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 7

In the Assembly to-day a considerable portion of the private members' afternoon sitting was occupied by Mr. Lumley Hill in a virulent attack upon…

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