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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1891

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Hamilton Municipal Election. Nomination Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1891 · page 6

THE nominations for the election of an alderman to serve in the Hamilton Council for the North Ward, in place of Alderman Kinder, who resigned,…

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Sentence on a Member of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 4

THE trial of Captain E. H. VERNEY, the representative of the North Division of Buckinghamshire in the House of Commons, on a charge of encouraging a woman…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. the Wellington Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 5

AMONG the candidates for Parliamentary honors for Wellington, to fill the seat formerly occupied by the late Mr. Ferguson, is Mr. P. V. Ryan, ex-Mayor of Bathrust,…

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The Stowmarket Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The contest for the vacancy in the representation of the Stowmarket division of Suffolk, in the Rouse of Commons, caused by the death of Mr. E…

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The Approaching Opening of Parliament. Politics on the Boom. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 5

POLITICAL matters appear to be booming again, probably in anticipation of the approaching opening of Parliament. It is stated that upon the Address-in-Reply to the…

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Latest District News. Hamilton. the Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 8

THE election for an alderman for North Ward, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alderman Kinder, took place on Saturday, and resulted in the return of…

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Election for South Dorset

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Crymer, a Conservative, has boon elected for south Dorset by a majority of 40…

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Elections in South Australia. Great Victory for the Labour Party. ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 5

THE Central District election for two members for the Legislative Council resulted in an astonishing majority for the labour candidates. David M. Charleston and Robert S…

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The Greta Aldermanic Elections. An Ousting Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 6

IN the Supreme Court on Friday, ex parte John Connelly, Mr. Gordson appeared for the applicant Connelly, and moved to make absolute a rule…

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The Polling Day and the Closing of Public Houses. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1891 · page 8

Sir,—In your issue of Saturday, Mr. Davies advises that in the programme of the Labour and Protection League they should add two more clauses; one clause, "that all…

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Latest District News. Hamilton. the Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1891 · page 8

THE official declaration of the poll took place at the council chambers yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a few ratepayers. BAD NEWS FOR THE DISTRICT…

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Correspondence the Polling Day and the Closing of Public-houses. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1891 · page 8

SIR,—Why does your Tuesday's correspondent "Elector," and objectors to prohibition generally, misconstruct and misrepresent the lines upon which we seek to…

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Candidates for President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 11

THE Commercial Advertiser of New York says, in a Washington special dispatch, President Harrison and Mr. M'Kinley are both determined to be…

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Parliament in Recess

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The Imperial Parliament adjourned for the Whiteuntide recess yesterday, and will resume its sittings on Thursday next…

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Our Adelaide Letter. ADELAIDE, May 11. The Legislative Council Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 May 1891 · page 5

HAVE opened most auspiciously for the labour party, especially when it is remembered that the election for the Central district, which includes Adelaide and some of the southern…

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The Reassembling of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 4

THE reassembling of Parliament, to-day, is regarded with peculiar interest by the people, inasmuch as, in the nature of things, it must…

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Opening of Parliament. Forecast of its Policy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 6

HIS Excellency the Earl of Jersey will open Parliament in person at noon to-day, when probably one of the most important and eventful sessions in the history of this country will…

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Assembling of Parliament. Two Votes of Censure Ready. a Lively Session Ahead. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 5

TO-MORROW, after a lengthy recess, Parliament again meets, and it is anticipated the session will be both lively and brief. Even if the steadying influence of payment off…

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South Australian Elections. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 5

THE electoral returns for the southern and north-eastern districts for Legislative Council, are not yet quite complete, but no substantial change can take place in the position of the…

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The Opening of Parliament the Governor's Speech. a Comprehensive Statement. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1891 · page 5

AFTER a recess of five months, the Parliament of New South Wales reassembled today at noon, for the transaction of the business of the fourth and last session of…

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