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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1888

236 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 12

LONDON, Friday. Imperial Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 9

The adjournment of the Imperial Parliament for the autumn recess takes place about 12th August, not September, as previously announced…

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday. the Imperial Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 July 1888 · page 5

IN the House of Commons the Right Hon. W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, has announced that the Government proposed to postpone…

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The British Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1888 · page 5

It is probable that the Imperial Parliament will be adjourned on Saturday next…

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A Vacancy in Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 5

The Hon. William Henry Cross, eldest son of Viscount Cross, is the Tory candidate for the representation of Liverpool in the House of…

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Election of a Tory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1888 · page 8

The Hon. W. H. Cross, Conserv[?]tive, and eldest son of Viscount Cross, was elected without opposition to represent West Derby (Liverpool) in the…

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A Parliamentary Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 August 1888 · page 4

Mr. William Pritchard Morgan, who discovered rich auriferous deposits near Dolgelly, in North Wales, has announced his intention to contest…

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The General Election in France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1888 · page 5

The approaching general election in France is creating exceptional interest, and an agitation is now being conducted on behalf of both the Imperial…

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The Prerogative of Parliament. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 August 1888 · page 5

SIR,—Reading in the columns of your valuable journal somewhere a few days since, that unless this unhappy dispute between masters and…

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The Redfern Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 August 1888 · page 4

THE above contest is one that will be anxiously watched both by the Protectionists and Freetraders, not only of this colony, but elsewhere. It does…

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The Redfern Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 September 1888 · page 4

THE victory obtained by the Protectionist over the Freetrade candidate in the Redfern election is unmistakable proof of how public opinion has turned…

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The Redfern Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 September 1888 · page 4

THERE was, naturally, considerable excitement in Sydney on Saturday, owing to the election of a candidate in the place of Mr. J. S. Farnell,…

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The Gunnedah Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1888 · page 4

JUDGING from the expression of public opinion in the Gunnedah electorate, the "creature Protection" will score a victory there on Wednesday next…

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Gunnedah Election. GUNNEDAH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1888 · page 5

THE returns from seven of the polling places give Turner ... ... 420 Poole ... .... 275…

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Preparations for Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 September 1888 · page 4

IT may not perhaps have been wafted to the ears of our easy-going rulers, but that there is a unanimous desire throughout the colony, that…

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WASHINGTON, Wednesday. Anti-presidential Election Speeches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 September 1888 · page 5

During a debate in the United States House of Representatives over a bill of retaliation against Canada, one speaker emphatically affirmed that…

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The Dominion Parliament and the Habitants

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1888 · page 4

The Dominion Parliament of Canada has vetoed a Magistrate Bill passed by the Quebec Legislature, and this has occasioned a strong feeling of…

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Election in Canada

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 October 1888 · page 5

In an election that has just taken place in East Montreal the Separatist party, which advocates separation of the province from the Dominion, has…

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The Opening of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1888 · page 4

PARLIAMENT will be opened at noon to-day, amid all the pomp and circumstance which usually distinguish similar occasions in British possessions…

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Labour Representatives in the British Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1888 · page 5

THE Welsh colliers have been discussing the labour candidate question. At a mass meeting held at Merthyr, the resolutions passed were in favour…

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The Opening of Parliament. the Governor's Speech

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 October 1888 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The third session of the thirteenth Parliament of New South Wales under responsible government, was opened to-day at noon by the Governor, His…

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