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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1890

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The Commonage Allotments Mass Meeting of the Residents. the Opinion of the Members of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1890 · page 5

A Mass meeting of the residents of the now famous Newcastle Commonage was held in the open air at the Now Lambton bridge last evening, for the purpose of…

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The Barrow-in-Furness Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Mr. James Duncan is the official Liberal nominee for the Parliamentary election at Barrow-in-Furness, which is brought about by the resignation…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. the Burke Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1890 · page 5

George Charles Sim has come out to contest the electorate of Burke. RACES AND STRYCHNINE. Thomas Rice, a watchman at Mount…

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Parliament. Tuesday, July 1, 1890. Legislative Assembly. Newcastle Hospital for the Insane. Mining Under Tidal Waters. Lambton Boiler Explosion. Public Health. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1890 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. QUESTIONS. Mr. SYDNEY SMITH, in reply to Mr. RICHIE, said the expediency of inspecting all…

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Barrow-in-Furness Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Lord Randolph Churchill yesterday made a speech at Barrow-in-Furness, vehemently denouncing Mr. W. S. Caine for his recent defection…

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The Balmain Election. Generous Opponents. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1890 · page 5

IN the evening paper to-night appears a letter from Mr. G. R. Dibbs stating that it is undesirable and dangerous to oppose the seat rendered vacant at Balmain by the…

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Our Brisbane Letter. BRISBANE, Thursday Night. Opening of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1890 · page 6

THE re-opening of Queensland's national talking-shop at the present time comes to the correspondent with as much welcome as the oasis to the traveller of the desert, not…

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Parliament. Wednesday, July 2, 1890. Legislative Assembly. Maitland-Wollombi Railway. Undermining at Ballock Island. Selection of Federal Convention Delegates. Newcastle Council's Electric Light Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1890 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. MILITARY ENGINEER COMPANIES. Mr. M' MILLAN said, in reply to Mr. COPELAND, that in the scheme of…

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The Balmain Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1890 · page 4

THE letter of Mr. DIBBS to the Sydney press counselling the Protectionists of Balmain to refrain from opposing the re-election of Mr. J. S. HAWTHORNE for that constituency does…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday. South Brisbane Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1890 · page 5

The Labour Federation League has agreed to support the candidature of Mr C. B. Dutton, formerly Minister for Lands in the Griffith Ministry, for the South Brisbane…

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Barrow-in-Furness Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The election at Barrow-in-Furness, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. W. S. Caine, who resigned his seat and offered…

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The Election of Governors. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1890 · page 5

MR. WILLIS has given notice of his intention to move on Tuesday, August 12th, "That in the opinion of this House the time has arrived when the colony should have a…

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Parliament. Thursday, July 3, 1890. Legislative Assembly. Exemption of Members from Juries. Resignation of Mr. Hurley. The Boiler Explosion at Lambton. Newcastle Electric Lighting Bill. Public Works. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1890 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. EXEMPTION FROM JURIES. Mr. M'MILLAN, in reply to Mr. Vivian, said the advisability of bringing in a bill to…

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Above the Speaker. Elections and Rumours of Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1890 · page 5

COMMENCED and concluded the business of the week in the Legislative Assembly. Only a few days before one of the Balmain triumvirate had passed in his cheeks, as our…

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Probable Election at Maitland. West Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 5

RUMOURS of a probable vacancy in the West Maitland constituency have been current here for some time past. We now learn that Mr. John Gillies, part proprietor of the Maitland…

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The Hartley Election. a Protectionist Candidate. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1890 · page 5

MR. JOHN NORTON has been selected as the Protectionist candidate to contest the Hartley election .against Mr. John Hurley, the resigned member. Mr. Norton, who was…

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Parliament. Tuesday, July 8, 1890. Legislative Assembly. a Vacant Chair. Lambton Boller Explosion. Sale of Diseased Meat. Mr. Melville's Absence. Penny Postage. The West Burwood Case. Electric Lighting of Newcastle. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1890 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. A VACANCY. The SPEAKER read a letter, notifying that Mr. T. G. G. Dangar, representative of…

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Queensland Parliament. The Federation Resolutions. BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1890 · page 5

MR. B. D. MOREHEAD moved the adoption of the Federal Conference resolutions and for the appointment by ballot of five members of the Assembly as delegates to the National…

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Parliament. Wednesday, July 9, 1890. Legislative Assembly. Local Government Bill. Railway Level Crossings. Postage on Letters and Newspapers. Grafton-Tweed Railway. Proposed Public Works. Byron Bay Breakwater. Coal Mines Regulation Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1890 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. CONVEYANCE OF COAL. Mr. M'MILLAN, in reply to Mr. BURNS, said the information asked by him with…

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Parliament. Thursday, July 10, 1890. Legislative Assembly. Re-election of Mr. Hawthorne. Railway Rolling Stock. Expenditure. Lessening the Cost of Litigation. Prevention of Sale of Diseased Animals. Charges Against Vernon Boys. SYDNEY, Thursday. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1890 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. RE ELECTED. The SPEAKER announced the re election of Mr. J. S. Hawthorne as the…

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