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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1889

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The General Election. Addresses by Messrs. Fletcher and Brown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1889 · page 5

The Hon. JAMES FLETCHER, Minister for Works, addressed the electors last night from the balcony of Buchanan's Criterion Hotel. There were nearly 2000 persons,…

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Local Election Gossip

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1889 · page 4

Quire a plethora of candidates are now in the field for the city. There are seven in all—four Freetraders and three Protectionists— viz., Messrs. James Fletcher, Alexander…

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Election Notes. Parkes v. Dibbs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 8

ALTHOUGH the Parliamentary Committee which is working the Freetrade party for the general election positively resolved last night, and that with Sir Henry Parkes' own…

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The General Election. Hon. James Fletcher at Hamilton and Tighe's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 5

THE Hon. James Fletcher, Minister for Works, addressed the electors last night in Williams' Assembly Rooms, Hamilton. The hall was crowded, and the chair was…

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Western Australia. General Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 6

The first batch of elections have taken place. For Perth, Messrs. Scott and Keane were returned, Messrs. Horgan and Traylen being defeated. The following candidates…

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The General Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 4

THE tide of electioneering affairs still rolls on, increasing in intensity every day; It is not too much to say that the country has never been stirred to its political depths…

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The General Election. Nominations for the Murrumbidgee. Great Speech by Dibbs. He Impeaches Parkes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 5

WAGGA, Friday.—A large crowd assembled on the hustings at 12 o'clock to-day, to hear the nomination of the candidates. Mr. J. R. Garland, the returning-officer, having…

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Tasmania. Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 7

The Council, on Friday reseinded the alteration previously made in the appropriation for the Agent-General's office, and placed the amount at the original-figure. In…

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Municipal Elections. Burwood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 7

A MEETING of the ratepayers of the Old Racecourse district was hold in the Rutherglen Hall on Thursday evening last, for the purpose of selecting a candidate for the…

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Candidates for the County

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 4

As predicted in our issue of Saturday, there is to be a contest for the County. Mr. JOSIAH WRIGHT, whose address to the electors appears in another column, announces…

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Western Australia. Parliamentary Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 7

The Fremantle elections resulted as follows:— Pearse, 275, Marmion, 273; Dr. Jameson, 267. The two first-named were returned The election wits very exciting…

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The General Election. Address by Mr. Charles F. Stokes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1889 · page 5

Mr. CHARLES F. STOKES, one of the Free-trade candidates for the City, was to have addressed the electors on Saturday night from the balcony of the Yacht Club Hotel,…

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Nominations Yesterday and To-day. Meeting of Parliament. SYDNEY, Monday Night. the Nominations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 4

The following candiadtes have been nominated. The letter F denotes Freetrade, P Protectionist, and D discriminator:— Murrumbidgee, 3 — Alfred Miller (F),…

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The General Election. Mr. Wright at Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 4

Mr. J. WRIGHT, the new Freetrade working men's candidate, being announced to speak from Mr. Ralph's balcony at Lambton last night, a large crowd awaited him long before…

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The Protectionist Candidates. Messrs Fletcher, A. Brown, and Grahame

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 5

YESTERDAY the Hon. Mr. FLETCHER addressed a meeting of electors at Fullerton Cove (William Town) and received a unanimous vote of confidence. The meeting was…

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Freetrade Candidates. Mr. H. J. Brown at Wickham and Blane-street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 5

Mr. H. J. Brown, who is seeking election in the Freetrade interest, addressed the electors last night in the School of Arts, Wickham…

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Starling Election Occurrence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 2

DURING the tremendous crush that occurred at the Murrumbidgee nomination at the close of the Premier's address a striking incident occurred. Amidst the tremendous cheering…

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"Auld Scotty on the Election."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 7

MAISTER EDITOR,—I hadna sooner delivered my oration on the Hexham pub, last Thursday nicht an' slept a wee, when Jenny—my auld wife, you ken—in the midst of my sweet…

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Municipal Elections. Nominations. Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1889 · page 5

BY courtesy of the Mayor (Alderman Buchanan) we are permitted to publish the names of the candidates nominated yesterday to fill the positions of the retiring…

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Municipal Election. Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1889 · page 8

"RATEPAYER" writes: "The official nominations now being out with the list of candidates for election, it behaves the ratepayers to think well while voting, for, to be candid, I…

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