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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1892

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Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday. the Bulimba Election

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

The writ for the Bulimba election was issued to-day. The polling will take place on April 16. FATAL FRALL…

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A General Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—A report, which is well accredited, is current that the general election is to be held in June or July…

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Parliamentary Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. Austin Chamberlain has been returned unopposed for the seat for East Worcester in the House of Commons, rendered vacant by the expulsion…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Bills Passed and Rejected. Leprosy in New South Wales. The Legislative Council. Newcastle Electric Lighting Bill. The Electoral Bill and the Special Session. Bills Assented to by the Governor. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1892 · page 5

IN the Assembly last night the Broken Hill Tramway Bill was rejected. The second reading of the Pine Ridge Tramway Bill, the Municipal Councils Act…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. The Prorogation. The Governor's Speech. The Session Reviewed. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 5

TO-DAY, at noon, one of the most memorable sessions of the New South Wales Parliament came to an end, his Excellency Lord Jersey attending in person to perform the ceremonial…

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Victoria. the General Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1892 · page 6

The Cabinet have further considered the date of the polling for the Legislative Assembly and, on the concurrence of the Premier, fixed the…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Sunday. the Bulimba Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1892 · page 5

The Labour party has decided to support the candidature of Mr. Fitzgerald for the Bulimba election. THE SUB-MARINE CABLE…

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Proposed Irish Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 April 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Alexander Blane, member for South Armagh, has given notice of his intention to move in the House of Commons for the creation of an Irish Parliament…

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Proposed Shortening of Duration of Parliament. the Proposal Defeated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 April 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A motion was introduced in the House of Commons yesterday by Sir B. Walter Foster, member for Ilkestone, to reduce the duration of…

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The Victorian Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1892 · page 4

THE general election now in progress in Victoria is as lamentably devoid of any burning question as many of its predecessors. The battle of the Ins…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Sunday. ELECTION

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1892 · page 5

Mr. Dickson, ex-Colonial Treasurer, defeated Mr. Fitzgerald, barrister, who was supported by the Labour party, by a majority of 400 votes. Thirteen hundred votes were…

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Latest District News. Stockton. Extraordinary Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1892 · page 5

For the vacancy in the council caused by the retirement of Alderman Richard Richards (upon his leaving the town) the following candidates are in the field:—James…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Election Forecast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1892 · page 5

Polling will take place on Wednesday, and it is generally believed that although the Government will have a majority the labour candidates will be defeated on all sides…

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Queensland. the Bulimba Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1892 · page 6

The election of a member of the Assembly for Bulimba took place on Saturday, the result of the polling being: Hon. J. R. Dickson, 826; C. B. Fitzgerald, 444. An…

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Victoria. the Coming Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1892 · page 6

Owing to the withdrawals the total number of candidates who will go to the poll number 198, of whom 96 support the one man one vote…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. the Bogan Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1892 · page 5

MR WALTER T. COONAN, solicitor, of Sydney, has announced his intention to contest the Parliamentary seat for the Bogan electorate…

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THE M.U.I. Order of Oddfellows. Election of Officers. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 April 1892 · page 4

AT the annual session of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, to-day, the Unity levy for the ensuing year was fixed at 1s per member. It was moved…

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Stockton. Extraordinary Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 8

To-day, at 12 noon, from the balcony of the council chambers, the Co-operative Store, Alderman O'Mara (Mayor), Returning Officer, will publicly announce the names…

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Victorian Elections. Opinions of the London Papers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.—Papers comment on the result of the Victorian elections. The Pall Mall Gazette regards the defeat of the labour candidates as affording a lesson to their…

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The Victorian Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 4

THE result of the general election in Victoria has been received almost hysterically by many both in this country and in Britain. The chief cause of all this satisfaction is that…

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