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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1893

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The Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 8

THE approaching municipal elections a[?] creating great interest in this district. I[?] the City Council the retiring alderman a[?] Aldermen M. Moroney, G. Webb, J. R…

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The Opening of Parliament. Forecast of the Queen's Speech. Amendment to the Address-in-reply. the Liberal Unionists

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

LONDON, Monday.—The following is a forecast of the Queen's speech at the opening of Parliament :—The relations between Great Britain and…

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Parliament. Tuesday, 31St January. Legislative Assembly. Mr. Toohey's Resignation. Appointments in the Civil Service. Literature for the Chicago Exhibition. Proposition for More Taxation Negatived. SYDNEY

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

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m., and announced that he had received a letter from Mr. J. M. Toohey resigning his scat for South Sydney…

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Municipal Elections. The City

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 8

ALDERMAN ASHER, the Returning Officer for the City Borough Council, has received the following nominations from candidates for the coming election :—City Ward, M. J…

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Imperial Parliament. the Address-in-reply. Release of Irish Prisoners

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

LONDON, Wednesday.—In the House of Commons to-day, during the debate on the Address-in-Reply, Mr. A. J. Balfour, referring to the release of…

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Municipal Elections. The City

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

MR. M. H. MACDERMOTT has withdrawn his nomination as a candidate for the vacancy in the Belmore Ward of the Borough of Newcastle, and Mr. F. Alcock will, therefore, be…

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Parliament. Wednesday, 1St February. Legislative Assembly. Travelling Expenses of Judges. Civil Service Appointments. Castiron Pipes Contract Signed. Governor Phillips' Statue. The Land Bill. SYDNEY, Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Answers to Questions

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

Mr. LYNE, in reply to Mr. STEVENSON, said a punt had been built and placed on Wyong Creck since 1891 in order to give access to that township and the railway…

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Parliament Legislative Assembly. a Costly Report. Public Works. SYDNEY

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

AFTER our report of the proceedings in the Assembly on Wednesday night concluded, the discussion in committee on the motion for leave to introduce the Land Bill was…

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Parliament Legislative Assembly. Friday, 3Rd February. Sir Henry Parkes' Motion. The Censure Discussion. Another Lengthy Sitting. Government win by 60 to 57 votes. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 5

THE discussion in the Assembly in committee of ways and means on Sir Henry Parkes' motion, "That the Chairman do now leave the chair"—a direct motion of…

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Stockton. Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 7

By a proclamation in the Government Gazetle of January 31st it is notified that the Municipalities Act Amendment Act of 1886 has been extended to this borough. This Act…

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Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 5

ALDERMAN RODGERA, Mayor of Newcastle, has received the following communication from Mr. Scott, M.P.:—"Parliament House, Sydney, 1st February.—Dear Sir,—At your…

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Imperial Parliament. the Address-in-reply Amended. Sir G. Portal's Mission to Uganda

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 February 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—In the House of Commons last night Mr. Gladstone replied to the amendment to the Address-in-Reply, moved by Mr…

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Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 5

As polling day draws near, interest in the city and suburban municipal elections becomes more pronounced, and the merits of the various candidates are freely discussed by…

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Parliament Tuesday, 7Th February. Legislative Assembly. Expenditure on Roads and Bridges, Another Hostile Motion. Ways and Means. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Sir GEORGE DIBBS made a Ministerial statement which appears elsewhere. ANSWERS TO QUEATIONS…

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Lambton Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 8

THERE was only a fair attendance at the nomination meeting hold in the council chambers yesterday. The Mayor and presiding officer (Alderman J. Palmer) opened…

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The Cirencester Election. Equal Voting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The scrutiny of the votes cast in the Cirencester election shows that the number of votes for each candidate was equal. A second…

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The Burnley Election. a Liberal Returned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The election for Burnley in place of Mr. Jabez Spencer Balfour, whose connection with several defunct financial institutions led to the…

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Municipal Elections. the City

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 6

THE nominations for the vacancies in the City, Belmore, Macquarie, and Honeysuckle Wards were publicly announced at the Council Chambers in the presence of a large…

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South Sydney Parliamentary Vacancy. Candidates in the Field. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 5

MR. W. P. MANNING, Mayor of Sydney, has decided to offer himself for election in connection with the Parliamentary vacancy at South Sydney caused by the resignation of…

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The Imperial Parliament. Debate on the Address-in-reply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—In the House of Commons last night the debate on the Address-in-Reply was resumed. An amendment by Mr. Wharton,…

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