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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1890

327 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 17

Parliament. Tuesday, September 30. Legislative Assembly. The Fisheries Question. Protest against Mr. Want's Sunday Bill. Electric Lighting at Stockton. The Licensing Laws. Plural Vote Abolition. SYDNEY, Tuesday. THE Speaker took the chair at 4 30 p.m. Bills Assented To

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1890 · page 5

Messages were read from the Governor giving the Royal assent to the following measures:—Mount Keira Tramway Acquisition Act Amendment Bill,…

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Parliament. Tuesday, September 30. Legislative Assembly. Parliamentary Session Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1890 · page 5

AFTER our report of Tuesday's proceedings closed, Mr. COPELAND moved the second reading of the Parliamentary Sessions Bill. He…

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Parliament. Thursday, October 2. Legislative Assembly. Sunday Laws Amendment Bill. Excursions to Lake Macquarie. The Eight Hours Principle. Proposed Extension of Post-office-street. Trades Conciliation. Coal Mines Regulation Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 October 1890 · page 5

THE SPEAKER look the chair at 4.30 p.m. THE SUNDAY LAWS, Mr. WALKER presented a petition from residents of Wickham, protesting against the…

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The Imperial Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Parliament will meet on November 25th…

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Parliament. Tuesday, October 7. Legislative Assembly. Special Constables. Reserve Rifle Companies. Jurors at Quarter Sessions. Mr. Want's Sunday Bill. An Article in the "Maitland Mercury." Seamen of the Pendle Hill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1890 · page 5

SIR HENRY PARKES, in reply to Mr. TRAILL, said that 3107 special constables had been attested, but it was impossible to analyse the names so as to give information…

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Parliament. Wednesday, October 8. Legislative Assembly. The Rabbit Nuisance Act. Eight-Hours Legislation. Excursion Trains on the Northern Line. Sunday Observance. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1890 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. THE RABBIT ACT. Mr. M'MILLAN, in reply to Mr. BURNS said the amount due to the Consolidated…

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Discussion in Parliament. "Ask Mr. M'Millan." A Political Crisis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1890 · page 4

In the Assembly to-night, Mr. Crick asked the Minister for Works if the reports of dissension among Ministers were correct. The House was entitled to…

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Parliament. Thursday, October 9. Legislative Assembly. Sunday Observance Bill. The Leprosy Bill. The North Shore Railway. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1890 · page 8

The following members presented petitions against Mr. Want's Sunday Observance Bill: —Messrs. M'Millan, Sydney Smith (bearing 550 signatures), Carruthers (5), Wright,…

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Preparing for the Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1890 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—The vigilance of the unionist party in the city of Cork has secured the striking off the electoral list of the names of 4000 nationalist voters…

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Riots at Pondicherry. Incidents of an Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—News has been received that riots have occurred at Pondicherry, a French possession on the East Coast of India, between the partisan mobs in connection with…

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Parliament. Tuesday, October 14. Legislative Assembly. Mr. Hurley Explains. Supply of Coal for Railways. Sunday Observance. Divorce Extension Bill. Free Railway Passes to Housebuilders. Sentences upon Rioters. The Government Policy. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1890 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4 30 p.m. MR. HURLEY AND PRIVILEGE. Mr. HURLEY desired to explain his conduct on Tuesday last after he had drawn…

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Preparing for the Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1890 · page 5

Sussex-street, in the vicinity of the Maritime Hall, presented an animated scene this morning, for from 3000 to 4000 people had congregated there, owing to the…

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West Sydney Election. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1890 · page 5

THE Speaker has issued a writ for the election of West Sydney to-night. Date of nomination, October 22nd; date of election, October 25th; return of writ, October 30th…

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Parliament. Wednesday, October 15. Legislative Assembly. The Speaker's Estate. Vacancy at West Sydney. Completion of Sydney Hospital. Police Protection during Strike. Supply of Coal for Railways. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1890 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 7.30 p.m. MR. YOUNG'S ESTATE. Mr. DIBBS said he had to perform a duty which he owed, not so much to his party as…

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Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 October 1890 · page 4

FROM the time that the final numbers were put up at the last general election, it was the public belief that little good could be expected of the…

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Parliament. Thursday, October 16. Legislative Assembly. Sunday Observance Bill. Supply. The Speaker's Position. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 October 1890 · page 5

THE SPBAKER took the chair at 4 30 p.m. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE BILL. Several petitions against Mir. Want's Sunday Observance Bill were presented, and…

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The West Sydney Election. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 October 1890 · page 5

THE wharf-labourers assembled in the Protestant-hall this morning to nominate a candidate to represent them in the forthcoming election in West Sydney. The meeting was…

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SYDNEY. Strike and Election Mixture. No Hopes of a Conference. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 October 1890 · page 5

A very hopeful feeling prevails throughout the unionist camp. Not that any sanguine anticipations have been formed of an early settlement of the difficulty, as that so…

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Parliament. Thursday, October 16. Legislative Assembly. The Question of the Chair. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1890 · page 5

THE following wore the proceedings in the House after midnight on Thursday:— On the House resuming, after the delivery in Committee of Ways and Means of the…

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The Speakership. Probable Candidates. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 October 1890 · page 5

THE principal event in the political world is now the resignation of Speaker Young, and his probable successor. It is understood that when the Assembly meets on Tuesday…

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