Election Meetings
ON Tuesday night both Mr. Northcott and Mr. Stocks addressed the electors in Bridgestreet Hall, Coraki. Mr. No[?] was the first to occupy the platform. Mr. W. T…
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Politics & elections, 1894
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The General Election. The Lismore Electorate. Nomination Day
ON Thursday, at noon, the Returning Officer (Mr. George Larkin, J.P), announced that the candidates nominated for this electorate, in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Act, were…
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TO-MORROW (Tuesday) July 17th, is the day set apart for the people of this colony to choose representatives to serve them in the next Parliament. After…
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Elsewhere, will be found the returns of the elections, which, as is known, took place throughout the…
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WHAT means this crowd of ev'ry size, LIKE stars from Heaven falling; The glib, the foolish, and the wise, Upon electors calling?…
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The election yesterday was one of the quietest ever held here. The return of the old member was looked upon as a certainty, and the speculation in the matter was not who would be returned,…
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THE general election, which has agitated the public mind for a considerable time, was brought to a close on Tuesday last at 5 p.m., and all doubts as to who…
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MR. W. T. PULLEN, one of the candidates for Raleigh, gave a very practical illustration that, whatever men might say about him politically, the would not…
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THE polling at Bingara was the lowest on record. IT is reported that a petition will be lodged against the election of Mr. Pyers for The Richmond on the ground of "treating" electors…
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IN the New Zealand House of Representatives they have been endeavouring to set bounds to the nuisance of superfluous talk, and a question has been…
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THE following appeared in the Sydney Daily Telegraph on the Saturday previous to the elections. The gentleman mentioned, it is needless to say, contested…
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Parliament was opened by Commission at noon to— day. There was a large attendance of members, and a great crowd of spectators assembled in the vicinity, but they were disappointed at the absence…
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PARLIAMENT was opened by Commission at noon to-day. There was a large attendance of members, and a great crowd of spectators assembled in the vicinity…
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AT a meeting of the Executive Council held last Saturday morning, the writs for the re-election of Ministers were approved and issued. Owing to the…
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SIR—WITH one-man-one-vote we may soon have democracy, or "government of the people, by the people, for the people," on the assumption that no unit of the people can be trusted to govern himself…
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MR. JOSEPH COOK, Postmaster-General, addressed a large audience at Hartley Yale on Thursday evening, and his acceptance of office was unanimously…
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THE late election was not destitute of amusing incidents. One old gentleman presented to a returning officer a £5 note as his electoral right. The…
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PARLIAMENT was opened at noon with the usual ceremony. The Governor's Speech, which is a lengthy one, promises the immediate introduction of an amended land bill dealing liberally with…
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OWING to the Rev. A. Edgar, Wesleyan minister, having been summoned to the bar of the House, the galleries in the Legislative Assembly were crowded to their utmost on Wednesday, and there was a very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Open Column. To the Editor of the 'Northern Star.' What Should Parliament Do?
SIR,—It cannot be said that the political horizon has become less clouded since the general election. On the contrary, there are not wanting indications that the approaching session will be one of the…
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