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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1893

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South Australian Parliament. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 October 1893 · page 5

THE Assembly sit this morning and had to adjourn for a quarter of an hour owing to an escape of gas, which filled the Chamber and caused the members to retire hurriedly…

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The Labour Party. Meeting in Parliament House. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 October 1893 · page 5

THE Labour party met in Parliament House this afternoon. It was a lengthy meeting, the object being to reconsider the platform and discuss the advisability of appointing a…

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Parliament. Thursday, 12Th October. Legislative Assembly. Lake Macquarie Fisheries. Afghan Hawkers. The Position of the Assembly. The Federation Proposals. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 October 1893 · page 5

THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr. Melville) took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS STO QUESTIONS. Mr. SLATTERY, in reply to Mr. EDDEN,…

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The Political Situation. the Approaching Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 October 1893 · page 5

Now that it is generally known that Parliament cannot be dissolved until the machinery of the new Electoral Act is completed, the excitement which always precedes a general…

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Parliament. Tuesday, 17Th October. Legislative Assembly. The Fisheries Act. Iron and Steel Manufacture. Protective Duties. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1893 · page 5

THE DEPUTY SPEAKER, owing to the continued absence of the Speaker, took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS…

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Parliament. Wednesday, 18Th October. Legislative Assembly The Visit of the Katoomba to Samoa. The Vancouver Mail Subsidy. Labour Settlements. Proposed Narrabri to Morae Railway. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 5

THE DEPUTY SPEAKERS took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Upon the motion of Sir GEORGE DIBBS, Mr. J. H. YOUNG was elected Chairman of…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. The Naval Defence Act. A Late Sitting. Mining on Private Property. The Unemployed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 5

IN the Assembly on Thursday morning after our report closed, Mr. Schey spoke at very great length on the question of the rescission of Mr. Haynes's motion concerning the…

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Stockton. Extraordinary Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 6

To-day, at the council chambers, from 8 in the morning until 5 in the evening, a poll will be taken to select from two candidates nominated, an alderman to replace Alderman…

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Stockton. Extraordinary Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 8

Last night, from the balcony of Mr. D. Lewis' hotel, Mr J. H. Priestley, one of the candidates for the vacancy at the council table caused by the resignation of Alderman…

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Stockton Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 October 1893 · page 8

ON Saturday, at the council chambers, Stockton, Alderman Thomas O'Toole (the Mayor), presiding as returning officer, a poll was taken from 8 o'clock in the morning till…

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District News. Stockton. Extraordinary Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1893 · page 8

From the council chambers steps yesterday morning at 10 o'clock Alderman O'Toole (the Mayor), as Returning Officer, formally declared Mr. John Hedley Priestley,…

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Parliament. Tuesday, October 24. Legislative Assembly. Mining on Private Property. Public Works. Labour Settlements. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 5

THE Clerk of the House read a letter from Dr. CREED, stating that the Speaker was still too unwell to attend, and Mr. MELVILLE, as Deputy Speaker, took the chair…

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Dungog Municipal Council. Extraordinary Election. Dungog

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 5

AN extraordinary municipal election was held to-day to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. J. A. Jones. The result of the polling was as follows:—Mr. Jones, 81;…

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Parliament. Wednesday, October 25. Legislative Assembly. Village Settlements. Raymond Terrace Roads. Sandgate Cemetery. The Financial Statement. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 October 1893 · page 5

MR. COPELAND, as a personal explanation, declared he had never made a statement to the effect that the men at the village settlements would leave as soon as the £25…

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Parliament. Thursday, October 26. Legislative Assembly. Amendment of Public Works Act. Mining on Private Property. The Financial Debate. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 October 1893 · page 5

THE DEPUTY-SPEAXER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. LYNE, in reply to Mr. PARKES, said…

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Parliament. Tuesday, October 31. Legislative Assembly. a Most Unseemly Wrangle. Report on the Chicago Exhibits. The House Counted Out. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 November 1893 · page 5

UPON the House meeting at 4.30 p.m., Mr. WEBB (the Clerk of the House) said he had been informed that the Speaker was still unavoidably absent…

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Parliament. Wednesday, November 1. Legislative Assembly. Tolls on the Darling. Hunter River Embankment. Land Legislation. Prosecution of Gamblers. The Financial Debate. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1893 · page 5

THE SPEAKER (Sir Joseph Abbott) took the chair at 4.30 p.m., being received with general cheers. He said he regretted his long unavoidable absence, and thanked…

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The Presidency of France. M. Carnot Seeking Re-election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—M. Carnot, President of the French Republic, is seeking re-election for a further term…

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Parliament. Thursday, November 2. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Sir GEORGE DIBBS, in reply to Mr. NICOLL, said it was hardly worth while to…

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English Municipal Elections. the Unionists Head the Poll

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—In the municipal elections which have just taken place throughout England, the Unionists have gained 97 seats, the Liberals 34,…

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