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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections
576 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 29
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Board of Trade have resolved to strenuously oppose the bill to be shortly introduced into Parliament in favour of the construction of a tunnel across…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Ministerial supporters do not anticipate that the session will close under three weeks. The Opposition are making ready for a pitched battle on the unemployed making…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE half-yearly district meeting of the above order was held in M'Ewen's Northumberland Hall, Waratah, on Wednesday last. There were present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday.—Exciting scenes occurred yesterday at a series of evictions which are taking place on the Olphert Estate, Donegal, Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The forthcoming municipal election is causing a deal of interest. Several of the younger residents are preparing for the event, which promises to be one of the most exciting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ON Monday afternoon the members of the Medical Congress were entertained at lunch by the Mayor at the Town Hall Melbourne. Amongst other guests were Sir Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Legislative Assembly met again this afternoon, after the recess. It being a private members' night, there was only a small attendance of members, and but a languid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the Legislative Council the Newcastle Pasturage Reserves Bill was read a first time, and its second reading fixed for the next day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON the re-assembling of the House this afternoon there was a large attendance of members there being fifty-one on the Ministerial benches and thirty-four on the Opposition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE rain came down in torrents at the hour fixed for the twenty open-air meetings in Holborn, but crowds assembled under umbrellas to listen to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON the reassembling of the House this afternoon, Sir HENRY PARKES announced that he had received a letter from his Excellency the Governor, intimating that Mr. Dibbs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The season is now in full swing when every nine-penny Jack able to sign his name by "his mark" enters the arena and informs the electors, in a lingo peculiarly his own, that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—A paragraph appears in your paper this morning referring to the likelihood of my offering myself as a candidate for parliamentary honours. Will you kindly allow me…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE rapidly approaching municipal elections are, as usual in Newcastle, causing very little interest to be manifested in the Corporation. Of all the places in the southern hemisphere,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The Imperial Parliament re-assemble for despatch of business on the 21st February…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A NUMEROUSLY-SIGNED requisition has been drawn up requesting Mr. Thomas Brooks to allow himself to be nominated for the representation of the City Ward in the Borough…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. DIBBS appears to have at last formed his Cabinet, which is stated to be composed as follows:— Mr. G. R. Dibbs, Premier and Colonial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the meeting of the Assembly this afternoon, Mr. Sutherland (Minister for Works) laid on the table a report of the engineers appointed to examine into the state of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Assembly met on Tuesday, but merely routine business was done. The rumour is that Ministers will propose twelve months' Supply, but, by arrangement, their own…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN our issue of yesterday we stated that Mr. T. Brooks had been requisitioned to allow himself to be nominated for the City Ward at the forthcoming municipal elections, and…
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