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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1892

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Latest District News. Merewether. Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 5

MR. J. R. PEARCE, who is a candidate for Morgan Ward, addressed a large number of ratepayers last evening from the balcony of the Burwood Inn. Mr. W. Newburn…

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Municipal Elections. Declaration of Poll

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 7

AT 10 o'clock on Saturday morning Alderman Moroney attended the council chambers for Aldermen Buchanan, and declared Messrs. W. T. Gibb and L. Grant duly…

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Wickham Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 7

The polling for the filling of the vacancy in the Wickham Ward of the Wickham Municipality and for the election of two auditors took place at the local council…

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Parliament. Monday, February 8. Legislative Assembly. Divorce Amendment and Extension Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 5

MR. SEE, in reply to Mr. Hoyle, promised to lay upon the table of the House a return giving particulars with reference to advertising on the Government railways…

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Queensland. Mayoral Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 6

Alderman George Watson has been elected Mayor of North Brisbane, and Alderman Thomas Heaslop re-elected Mayor of South Brisbane. Although both were elected…

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Municipal Elections. WICKHAM

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 5

THE official declaration of the poll for the municipal election at Wickham, which took place on Saturday, was given out in the council chambers yesterday morning. The…

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Parliament. Tuesday, February 9. Legislative Assembly. Special Trains. Coloured Children in Charitable Institutions. The Unemployed. Retrenchment Urged by the Government. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SEE, in reply to Mr. CHANTER, said the matter of the disparity between the…

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Mayoral Elections. WALLSEND

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the above council was hold on Tuesday evening for the election of Mayor. Present: Ex-Mayor Drummond, and Aldermen Abell, Rushton, Sommerville,…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Opening of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Imperial Parliament was opened to-day. The speech refers to the death of the Duke of Clarence, and states that the grief caused by his loss is…

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Parliament. Wednesday, February 10. Legislative Assembly. The Department of Agriculture. The Technical College. Customs Duties Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SLATTERY, in reply to Mr. WALL, said the total cost of the Department of…

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Mayoral Elections. WARATAH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 8

THE Waratah Council mot last evening for the purpose of choosing a Mayor for the ensuing year. Alderman Watson, the ex-Mayor presided, the full council, consisting…

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HAMILTON. Six Candidates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 8

A special meeting of the Hamilton Municipal Council was held last evening to elect the Mayor for the ensuing municipal year. There were present: The retiring Mayor…

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District News. Greta. Mayoral Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 5

A special meeting of the council was held at the council chambers on Tuesday night, for the election of Mayor. Aldermen Williams was voted to the chair. Alderman…

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Parliament. Thursday, February 11. Legislative Assembly. The Military Encampment. Unemployed at National Park. Flogging in Prisons. Saving Bank of New South Wales. Duties Upon Stock. Diseased Animals and Meat Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4 30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. DIBBS, in reply to Mr. CAMPBELL, said it was intended to hold a military…

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Parliament. Monday, February 15. Legislative Assembly. Workshops Act. Civil Service Commission. Divorce Extension Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4 30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. DIBBS, in reply to Mr. MORGAN, said it was not possible to deal this session…

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The Miners' Association. Election of a Secretary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1892 · page 5

THE nominations for the posit on of general secretary of the Miners' Association are to be in the hands of the executive officers by Friday evening next, on which date Mr Dix,…

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Parliament. Tuesday, February 16. Legislative Assembly. The Prisoner Bertrand. Witnesses' Expenses. Overcrowded Asylums. Afghan Traders. The Labour Bureand. SYDNEY, Tuesday. the Speaker took the chair at 4 30 p.m. Answers to Questions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4 30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BARTON, in reply to Mr. WILLIS, said the prisoner Bertrand had been in…

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The Miners' Association. Election of a Secretary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 5

THE nominations for the position of secretary of the Miners' Association continue to flow in, and by all appearances there will be a large number of aspirants for the members…

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Parliament. Wednesday, February 17. Legislative Assembly. Electoral Reform. Another Bill to be sent up. A National Bank. The Estimates. Mr. Whitton's Pension. SYDNEY, Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Ministerial Statement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 5

Mr. DIBBS said that following up the debate on the motion for adjournment of the House last night with reference to the course the Government proposed with regard…

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Parliament. Wednesday, February 17. Legislative Assembly. The Estimates. Kanakas in Queensland. Inspection of Land Bollers. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1892 · page 5

AFTER our report of the proceedings in the Assembly on Wednesday night concluded, the consideration of the estimates of the Colonial Secretary's Department was…

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