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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1894

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Parliament. Thursday, May 31St. Legislative Assembly. Amendment of Electoral Act. Bay View Asylum. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1894 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SEE, in reply to Mr. BAVISTER, said that the subletting of building contracts for…

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West Australia. Perth, Friday. Dissolution of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 5

A Government Gazette was issued to-day dissolving Parliament from yesterday. THE REVEBUE. It is anticipated that the year's revenue…

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Imperial Parliament. Government Business to Be Gone on With

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—In the House of Commons yesterday a division took place on the proposal to devote all the time of the House during the…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. An All-night Sitting. The Betterment Bill. Municipal Electric Lighting Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 5

THE Assembly sat until 10 minutes past 5 o'clock this morning. In committee on the Public Works Betterment Bill, Mr. HUTOHINSON moved to amend…

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Candidates and Parties

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1894 · page 4

EVERY day that dawns adds fresh additions to the motley if noble army of Parliamentary candidates. Not a class of society but furnishes recruits…

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The General Elections. Information for Electors. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1894 · page 5

ELEOTORS who have become entitled to the franchise since the general roll was collected, that is who have been more than three months resident in a district other than that…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, 5Th June. Fisheries. Hospital Management. Betting and Gambling Bill. The House Counted Out. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1894 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m., and announced that the Governor had assented to the First Offenders Probation Bill, the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, 6Th June. Municipal Endowments. Mining on Private Lands Bill. Sydney, Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m., Answers to Questions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m., ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. KIDD, in reply to Mr. BLACK, said M'Donnell, clerk of the Bankruptcy Court,…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 5

Lord Kintore opened Parliament to-day. The policy of the Kingston Ministry includes the reintroduction of progressive taxation, an irrigation settlement at Lake Bonney, the…

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The End of the Parliament. Prorogation on Monday. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 5

THE present Parliament will, the Premier states, meet for the last time to-morrow evening, when the business of the session will be brought to a conclusion. It is not…

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Parliament. Thursday, 7Th June. Legislative Assembly. Fees of Public Works Committee. Adamstown Bylaws. Sydney, Thursday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Answers to Questions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 5

Mr. LYNE, in reply to Mr. FEGAN, said information concerning the fees and travelling allowances paid to members of the Public Works Committee would be laid upon the…

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The Political Situation. Dates for Dissolution and General Election. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 5

UPON authoritative information, the representative of the Newcastle Herald to-night ascertained the probable date of the general election. At a meeting of Government…

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Parliament. Friday, 8Th June. Legislative Assembly. Bay View Asylum. Tote Shops and Gambling. Payment to Volunteers. Sydney, Friday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Answers to Questions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Sir GEORGE DIBBS, in reply to Mr. SCHEY, who asked what amount per year was…

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Fifteenth Parliament of New South Wales. History of Its Existence. Legislation Accomplished

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 5

THE history of the fifteenth Parliament of New South Wales covers a period distinguished by remarkable events and extraordinary political conditions, and, although…

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Elections in the Transvaal. Disgraceful Disabilities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 4

CAPETOWN, Saturday.—Much excitement has been occasioned in the Transvaal by the Volksraad passing a law excluding from the franchise all…

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Prorogation of Parliament. Until July 10th. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 5

AT a meeting of the Executive Council this morning a proclamation was issued proroguing Parliament until July 10th. It is understood that the dissolution will take place…

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Fifteenth Parliament of New South Wales. History of Its Existence. Legislation Accomplished. (Continued from last issue.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 6

COMING into power on October 23rd, 1891, Mr. Dibbs and his colleagues had to meet a condition of affairs equal in difficulty to that from which…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday. Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 5

Parliament has been further prorogued till Tuesday, the 17th July. It will probably meet on that date. THE MILITARY COMMAND…

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The Forthcoming Elections. Mr. Peter Bennett at North Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 8

MR. PETER BENNETT addressed a number of the electors resident at North Wickham, in the Mechanics' Institute, Smedmore, last evening. Mr. M. Davidson occupied the…

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Fifteenth Parliament of New South Wales. History of Its Existence. (Continued from Tuesday's issue.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1894 · page 8

AMONG the private Acts of the first session was the Borough of Newcastle Electric Lighting Act, carried through by Mr. Scott. The session came to a conclusion on April 1,…

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