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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1892

340 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 17

Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, March 8. Mr. Dibbs' Visit to England. Abolition of Duty on Tea. The Labour Burean. Sunday Trading in Newcastle. The Military Estimates. SYDNEY, Tuesday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Governor's Assent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. GOVERNOR'S ASSENT. The SPEAKER read a message from the Governor assenting to the St. John's College…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Coal-Mining Legislation. Standard Weight Question. Public Works Committee. Mr. Toohey's Action against Mr. Melville. The Military Estimates. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 5

IN the Assembly after midnight Mr. Sheldon continued the discussion on the Military Estimates. The Chairman left the chair for half an hour, and upon the committee…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. An All Night Sitting. The Railway Estimates. Twenty-five Charges of Mismanagement A Question of Coal Mining. Murrurundi Engine Sheds. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

THE Assembly sat until 5 minutes to 5 o'clock this morning discussing the estimates of the Railway Department, the total amount being £,158,795…

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North Wexford Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Thomas Healy has been elected unopposed for the North Wexford seat in the House of Commons, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. John E…

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Parliament. Monday, March 14. Legislative Assembly. The Agricultural College. Issolvent Justices of the P[?]ace. Broken Hill Water Supp y. Land Boilers Inspection Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SLATTERY, in reply to Mr. ROSE, said there were 50 students at the Ham…

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The General Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The work of collecting funds in America for the purpose of assisting the Home Rule candidates at the approaching British general elections, is meeting with…

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Parliament. Tuesday, March 15. Legislative Assembly. Charges Against the Railway Commissioners. Newcastle Electric Lighting Bill. Conciliation and Arbitration Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SEE, in reply to Mr. STEVENSON,…

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Parliament. Wednesday, March 16. Legislative Assembly. The Prisoner Bertrand. The Labour Bureau. Railway Work. Mr. D. O'Connor's Bust. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 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 case of the prisoner Bertrand was…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Larr[?]kinism in Sydney. Police Returns. Rai[?]way Contracts Conciliation and Arbitra[?]ion Bill. Land Boilers Inspection [?]l. SYDNEY, Thursd[?]y

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1892 · page 5

AFTER our report of the proceedings on Wednesday night, the Trades Disputes Conciliation and Arbitration Bill was further considered in committee, but no important…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. an All-night Sitting. Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Bill. Carried through Committee. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 5

IN the Assembly at about 1 a.m. to-day, Mr. LYNE moved the second reading of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Bill. In doing so he regretted that…

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University Elections. Mr. Justice Manning Elected. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1892 · page 5

THE balloting for the election of a member to fill the vacancy on the University Senate, occasioned by the death of Sir John, Hay, M.A., took place yesterday between the hours…

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Parliament. Monday, March 21. Legislative Assembly. Newcastle Electric Lighting Bill. Mr. Black's Free Pass. Mr. Schey and Mr. Eddy. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Of the questions on the business paper two were unimportant, and the other two were postponed…

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CABLEGRAMS. Expulsion of a Member of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—George W. Hastings, member for East Worcester, who was recently sentenced to five years' imprisonment for fraud, has been expelled the House of…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Broken Hill Water Supply. Public Works Committee. Hunter River District Water Supply. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1892 · page 5

IN the Assembly after midnight on Monday night the Broken Hill and District Water Supply Act Amendment Bill was considered in committee…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Mr. Schey's Charges. Banking Institutions. Afghan Hawkers. Abandonment of Military Encampments. Judicial offices Bill SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 5

After our report concluded, progress of the committee on the Judicial Offices Bill was reported, and the further consideration of the bill made an order for next day…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. The Loan Estimates. Broken Hill Water Supply. The Easter Encampment. Hunter River Floods. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 5

THE Assembly sat until nearly 4 o'clock this morning, and passed the Loan Estimates, the following items being included:—Railways, £545,000, including £20,000 for raising line…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. an All-night Sitting. Additional Estimates. Mr. Whitton's Pension. Appropriation Bill. Marriages Validation Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 5

AT midnight on Thursday the Assembly was discussing the additional estimates when our report closed. Mr. ALLEN had moved to omit the item…

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Parliament. Monday, March 28. Legislative Assembly. The Navigation Act. Mr. Schey's Charges. Public Works. Appropriation Bill. SYDNEY, Monday. the Speaker took the Chair at 4.30 p.m. Answers to Questions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 5

Mr. SEE, in reply to Mr. CRICK, said the amount paid by the Railway Commissioners to Mr. R. Smith, solicitor, was a monthly salary at the rate of £1000 a year, and £500…

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Parliament. Monday, March 28. Legislative Assembly. Infants' Protection Bill. Volunteer Capitation Grant. Floods in the Hunter River District. Projected Public Works. Abandonment of the Short Session. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 5

IN the House after midnight, Mr. NEILD moved that the House go into committee to consider the message from the Legislative Council upon the…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Railways (Contracts) Amendment Bill. Railway Inquiry Commission. Kanaka Labour in Queensland. Hunter River Oyster Beds. Public Works Committee. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1892 · page 5

THE Assembly, after 12.30 o'clock this morning, decided by 35 to 26 not to insist upon its disagreement with the Legislative Council's amendments in the Government…

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