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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1898

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The General Election. Newcastle East. MR. W. T. Dick's Candidature

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1898 · page 5

From the balcony of the Criterion Hotel on Saturday evening last Mr. W. T. Dick, who is seeking re-election for the Newcastle East electorate,…

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The Elections in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1898 · page 5

Mr. G. H. Reid addressed the electors at Ashfield to-night in support of the candidature of Mr. Bavister. There was a large attendance, and the Premier was very cordially…

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Federalist Candidates Returned. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1898 · page 5

Mr. James Hayes has been returned for the Murray unopposed, and Mr. Frank Clark for the Hastings and Macleay, both Federal candidates…

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Election Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1898 · page 8

Messrs. J. Windress and, A. W. Johnson, secretaries to Mr. J. N. Brunker's committee, announce in our business columns that Mr. Brunker will deliver his opening…

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The General Election. Newcastle West. MR. J. C. Ellis at Broadmeadow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1898 · page 4

Last night Mr. J. C. Ellis addressed about 100 electors of Newcastle West at the Mechanics' Institute, Broadmeadow. Alderman Lindus occupied…

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Macquarie Ward Election. The Nominations Declared

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1898 · page 7

The nominations for the vacancy in the representation of the Macquarie Ward of the Newcastle Borough Council, caused by the retirement of Mr. G…

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The General Election. Newcastle East. DR. J. W. Hester's Candidature

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1898 · page 4

At M'Clure's Boatrowers's Hotel, at the Stockton New Township, last night, Dr. Hester, the selected Federal candidate, addressed a very large…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. Types of Candidates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1898 · page 5

1. The candidate who knows he is beaten in advance. 2. The dead-in-earnest candidate who is generally "agin the Gov'mint." 3. The free-and-easy candidate who goes to the country confident of being returned. 4. The supercilious candidate who "stands" out of compliment to an inferior set of…

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The General Election. Newcastle East. Address by Dr. J. W. Hester. a Great Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1898 · page 4

Dr. J. W. Hester, the selected Federal candidate for Newcastle East, addressed another large meeting of his constituents from the balcony of Hollinshead's hotel last night,…

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Election Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1898 · page 8

Mr. Walter Edmunds, accompanied by a number of his Maitland supporters, including Messrs. John Lee, W. G. Welch, M. Scobie, T. Edmunds, J. Leopold, and R. O'Halloran,…

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The General Election. Newcastle East. Dr. Hester's Candidature

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 July 1898 · page 4

Dr. Hester, the selected Federal candidate, addressed a very large number of the electors from Grealey's Gladstone Hotel last night. He began by stating he would show that…

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Maitland District Election Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 8

Messrs. A. J. Prentice, R. Dillon, and other supporters of Mr. John Gillies drove out to Lochinvar last evening to address a meeting of electors in support of the late…

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The Macquarie Ward Election. Ex-Alderman Lock's Successor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 4

The election of a successor to Alderman G. P Lock, who recently resigned his seat in the City Council as the Macquarie Ward representative, took place yesterday. There were…

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The General Election. Newcastle East Electorate. MR. W. T. Dick's Candidature

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 5

From the balcony of the General: Washington Hotel; Stockton, last night, Mr. W. T. Dick addressed a very large meeting of the electors. Mr. J…

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Federal Facts to be Remembered. for Polling Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1898 · page 12

New South Wales has arrived at a parting of the ways. With all solemnity and after full deliberation, it must choose the upward or the…

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For the People of the Newcastle District. the Advantages of Union. Polling Day, Wednesday, 27th JULY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1898 · page 12

Union has been found to be strength in Canada. Bourinot writes:—"Since the Federation Canada has enjoyed a far more solid prosperity than was her…

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The Selected Federal Candidates. a Precis of Their Views. Newcastle East. Dr. J. W. HESTER

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1898 · page 11

In opposing the retiring member for Newcastle East, Dr. J. W. Hester does so not on personal grounds, but simply because he feels that Mr. Dick has been, and still remains a…

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Maitland District Election Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1898 · page 8

Mr. John Gillies addressed two large meetings on Saturday. During the afternoon he was well received at the Governor Gipps Hotel, Lout Park,…

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Drink and the Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1898 · page 12

Sir,—At the meeting of the hotelkeepers at the Royal Hotel on Monday afternoon there was present Mr. F. Bevill, secretary of the United L.V.A., Sydney. I wish to…

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Electioneering Violence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1898 · page 4

The rather prominent part which eggs, of a very advanced type, are playing in Sydney at the present moment is an indication that excitement…

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