Imperial Parliament
LONDON, Wednesday.—In the House of Commons last night Sir William Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that it was the…
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Politics & elections, 1894
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The Licensed Victuallers. Result of the Election Reviewed
A meeting of the parliamentary committee of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association has been held to consider the returns. Unfeigned regret was expressed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Elections. Peculiar Procedure in Newcastle West. Other Alleged Irregularities
SINCE the elections on Tuesday all sorts of rumours have been flying about the district with regard to the polling and the behaviour 21 of some of the candidates. With the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. the Late Election and Labour. to the Editor
SIR,—The decision of the campaign is given, and may I venture to assert that the cause of labour has lost. Lost, I say, ignominously, inasmuch…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District News. West Maitland. the Election
THE election day passed over here very quietly, and but for an increased traffic and the wearing of rival candidates' colours, there were no other indications of any…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Recent Election. Labour Party Congratulated
LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. John Burns, M.P. for Battersea and leader of the Labour party in London, has despatched a cable message to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Elections
IT transpires there were errors of omission in the election for the East as in other places. Numbers of electors' rights were returned to the voters without being initialled by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Elections. Notes From Sydney. Further Returns. Sydney
ONE of the most humourous incidents of the electoral campaign was in connection with the contest in the King division of Sydney, where Mr. Ivan Henry, a well known…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Elections. Position of Affairs. Notes from the Metropolis. Sydney
THE work in connection with the first celebration under the new Electoral Act having been completed, and the law having been found to have worked satisfactorily upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Candidate Horsewhipped
Mr. W. T. Pullen, one of the candidates for Raleigh, gave a very practical illustration that, whatever men might say about him politically, he would not permit to go…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Thomson's Election Expenses
AT Cameron's Family Hotel last evening a meeting of Mr. James Thomson's friends and supporters took place. Mr. S. Solby was in the chair, and there were about 20 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Elections. Rumours of Petitions. The Labour Party and Ministerial Offices. Sydney
THERE are rumours that the Elections and Qualifications Committee of the new Assembly will, when it is appointed, hove plenty of work. It is stated that objections have been…
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LONDON, Monday.—Commenting on the elections in New South Wales, the Times says that the victory of Freetrade is the clearest gain. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Elections. Mr. Reid's View of the Position. Sydney
THERE appears to be a feeling in Freetrade circles in favour of Mr. Angus Cameron being appointed Chairman of Committees in the future Parliament. Considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland. Mr. Gillies' Election Committee
A meeting of the executive committee and others interested in the re-election of Mr. John Gillies, convened by the secretary, Mr. W. C…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Proposed Coal Duty in Victoria. Question in Parliament
As briefly announced in yesterday's issue, Mr. L. L. Smith on Thursday introduced his motion for the imposition of a duty on imported coal in the Victorian Assembly. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Proposed Coal Duty in Victoria. the Debate in Parliament
DURING the debate in the Victorian Assembly, on Mr. L. L. Smith's motion to impose a duty of 2s 6d on imported coal, some important…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Proposed Coal Duty in Victoria the Debate in Parliament
THE following is the conclusion of the debate which took place in the Victorian Assembly when Mr. Smith introduced his motion to impose a duty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Freetrade Meeting in Sydney. Vote of Confidence in Mr. Reid. Mr. Reid's Re-Election
The meeting of the Freetrade party, convened by Mr. Reid yesterday after the Governor had commissioned him to form an Administration, took place at Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane Letter. Parliament
AT last, after a weary debate, in which the tone of our own model Parliament was decidedly not improved, the Address-in-Reply to the Governor's speech has been adopted…
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