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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1887

292 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 15

Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, December 7. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 December 1887 · page 5

THE AUSTRALASIAN NAVAL FORCE BILL. AFTER midnight, and Sir Henry Parkes had moved that the House adjourn. Mr. Melville drew attention to the fact that…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, December 8. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 3

AT the conclusion of Mr. Abbott's speech on the motion of censure, Mr. M'Elhone asked the Premier whether he would consent to an adjournment at this…

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Colonial Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1887 · page 8

Mr. W. G. Taylor, of Prahran, Victoria, who recently gave a donation of £1000 towards the founding of a college for Calvinistic Methodists in…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, December 13. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1887 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 3 o'clock. THE DIBBS-THOMSON CONTROVERSY. Mr. Thompson gave notice for the production of the whole correspondence between…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, December 13. The Motion of Censure Debate. An All Night Sitting. The Cloture Applied—The Opposition Members Arrested by the Sergeant-at-Arms. Great Scene in the House. The Motion Negatived on Voices Without the Opposition. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 December 1887 · page 5

THIS morning about half-past 5 o'clock, after Mr. Hassall, member for the Gwydir, had concluded a vigorous address on the Financial Statement of nearly four hours duration,…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, 15Th December. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 December 1887 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. LEPROSY.—MOTION OF ADJOURNMENT. After disposal of formal business, Mr…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Friday, 16Th December. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1887 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. PARK RESERVE , BOTANY BAY. Mr. Curruthers moved, "That the…

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Parliament at the Bar of Public Opinion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 December 1887 · page 4

WHOEVER may be to blame in the Assembly for the present state of Parliamentary reputation, it is certain that in the minds of right-thinking…

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(Reuter's Telegram.) London, Monday. the Imperial Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1887 · page 5

It is announced that the Imperial Parliament will meet on the 9th of February…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, 20Th December. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1887 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. REDHED COAL MINE RAILWAY BILL. On the motion of Mr. Day, this bill was…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, 21St December. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 December 1887 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. DUTIES ON TI.SBER, Mr. R. B. Smith presented a petition from…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, 22Nd December. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 December 1887 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. HOLIDAYS. On the motion of the Premier, it was…

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