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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1891

390 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 20

Parliament. Tuesday, September 15. Legislative Assembly. Penny Postage. Sub-letting of Government Contracts. Registry Offices. SYDNEY, Tuesday. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Answers to Questions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1891 · page 5

Sir HENRY PARKES, in reply to Mr. SHELDON, said, only one Chinese not naturalised in New South Wales, had been admitted to this colosy since the passage of…

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Parliament. Wednesday, September 16. Legislative Assembly. Di[?]ector of Military Works. Public Work's Committee. The Forest Department. Effects of Lead [?] Miners. Trades Union Act Amendment. Iiiawarra Election Vold. Electoral Reform. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1891 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Sir HENRY PARKES, in reply to Mr. NOBBS, said the general commanding the…

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Parliament. Thursday, September 17. Legislative Assembly. Prison Labour. Road Votes. Mr. Justice Foster. Accident to the Boomerang. Electoral Reform. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 5

AFTER our report of the proceeding in the Assembly on Wednesday night closed no further clauses of the Electoral Bill were dealt with, and at 1.30 a.m. the House…

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The Illawarra Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 4

THE finding of the Elections and Qualifications Committee on the petition against the return of Messrs. J. B. NICHOLSON and ALYSAGHT as members for the Illawarra…

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Parliament. Monday, September 21. Legislative Assembly. The Suffield Case. Treasurer's Loan Statement. Mr. Melville answers Mr. Houghton. Electoral Reform Bi[?]l. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Sir HENRY PARKES, in reply to Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD, said that no agreement had…

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South Australian Parliament. Railway to the Barrier. World's Fair and Adelaide. ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1891 · page 5

IN the House of Assembly to-day, Mr. White gave notice that on October 14 he would move, "That owing to the increasing trade with the Barrier and the action of New…

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Parliament. Tuesday, September 22. Legislative Assembly. Merewether Tramway. The Liquor Laws. Inspection of Land Boilers. Protective Duties. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1891 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Sir HENRY PARKES, in reply to Mr. FARNELL, said he was not at present in a…

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South Australian Parliament. Pr[?]posed Establishment of "Hansard." ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1891 · page 5

"Mr. J. L. PARSONS, in the Assembly, to-day, moved, "That the debates in Parliament should be reported by the Hansard staff, so soon as the existing contract can be equitably…

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Parliament. Wednesday, September 23. Legislative Assembly. Employer and Employed. Post-Office Stables. Crown Lands Act Amendment Bill. SYDNEY, Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Answers to Questions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1891 · page 5

Mr. SYDNEY SMITH, in reply to Mr. MORTON, said it was his intention to renew the present Vine Diseases Act, with some amendments, which expire at the end of…

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Parliament. Thursday, September 24. Legislative Assembly. New Zealand Bacon. Cast Iron Girders. Electoral Reform. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWER TO QUESTIONS. Mr. YOUNG, in answer to Mr. WALKER, said he could not give a definite reply at…

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The Miners' Association. The Election of President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 8

THE balloting for the election of a president of the Miners' Association has now taken place in 15 lodges out of the 20 in the district. The results so far show that Mr. W…

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Parliament and Compositors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 11

SAYS an English paper: Compositors are very much to the fore just now. Mr. Hancock. the leader of the Labour party in the Victorian Parliament, was…

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Parliament. Monday, September 28. Legislative Assembly. Government Loans to Sydney Council. Contracts for Public Works. Cast-iron Girders on Newtown Bridge. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 5

Mr. GOULD, in reply to Mr. WALKER, said it was a fact that on the 11th inst. Mary Miller, aged 72 years, was, at the Sydney Central Police Office, convicted of having no…

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The Miners' Association. Election of President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 5

THE balloting for the election of president of the Miners' Association has been completed in all the lodges with the exception of Wickham and Bullock Island he…

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Parliament. Monday, September 28. Legislative Assembly. Employers' Liability. Land Resumption at Paterson. Subletting of Government Contracts. Railway Management. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 5

AFTER our report of the proceedings in the Assembly on Monday night closed, Mr. KELLY moved the third reading of the…

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The Manchester Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The re-election of Sir James Fergusson, who was recently appointed Postmaster-General, as member for Manchester, is regarded as uncertain, but his…

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Parliament. Tuesday, September 29. Legislative Assembly. Maitland High School. Mr. Walker and his Tent. Mr. Whitton's Pension. Government Railways Act. Redistribution of Seats. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1891 · page 5

AFTER our report of the proceedings in the Assembly on Tuesday night was concluded, the debate was continued on the motion of Mr. Schey is favour of an amendment of the…

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Parliament. Wednesday, September 30. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 5

AFTER our report of the debate in the Assembly on the second reading of the Redistribution of Seats Bill closed, the discussion was continued by…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Redistribution of Sents. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1891 · page 5

WHEN our report of the proceedings in the Assembly on Thursday night closed the House was in committee considering closed 4 of the Redistribution of Seats Bill…

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The Illawarra Election. Nichelson and Campbell Returned. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 October 1891 · page 4

THE election at Illawarra, as a consequence of the unseating of Messrs. Nicholson and Lysaght, on account of irregularities on the part of the returning officer at the general…

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