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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1897

57 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3

Mr. Reid and Parliament

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 2

Sections of the the opposition labour party express intense dissatisfaction at a declaration that the work of Parliament will be…

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Federal Election Expenses

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 March 1897 · page 2

The payments from the Treasurer's advance account show expenses amounting to £10,000 in connection with the Federal…

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Opening of Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 28 April 1897 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—Parliament was opened at noon to-day. No further legislation is proposed beyond that, already foreshadowed, The Federal Bill will be the first measure…

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The Opeing of Parliament. Tuesday, 1.30 p.m

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 28 April 1897 · page 3

Parliament opened at noon to-day with the usual ceremony. The Speech was short. Reference was made in it to the Premier's visit to England, the unprecedented…

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Opening of Parliament

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 April 1897 · page 2

THE third session of the seventeenth parliament of New South Wales was opened by the Governor at noon on Tuesday with the usual formalities. The following is the…

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S.a. Council Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday—The results a of the South Australian Legislative Council elections so far leave the Government in a minority of two in that Chamber…

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The New Houses of Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 2 June 1897 · page 2

The Public Works Committee on Friday took forther evidence in regard to hte pro[osal to erec[?] new Houses of Parliament. M G. D Pays, [?]n are [?]tect of 30 years…

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A Miracle in Sydney. Case Investigated by a Score of People and Vouched for by a Prominent Member of Parliament. Locomotor Ataxia Long Considered Incurable by the First Physicians of the World Has at Last Been Conquered. a Great Victory for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 June 1897 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon, our representative made his way to the bumble home of Mr. Thomas Jarvis, 45 Crown lane, Ultimo. He was discovered nursing a two year-old baby, and his face declared him to…

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The Re-assembling of Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 29 September 1897 · page 2

On Tuesday, October 5, the New South Wales Legislature will re-assemble, and the third session of the 17th Parliament will he continued. It was anticipated that the…

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Important to Miners and Selectors. Notice of New Measures in Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 October 1897 · page 3

Mr O'Sullivan has given notices of his intention to move the following in the Legislative Assembly:—"That in view of the importance of the…

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Victorian Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 16 October 1897 · page 2

Sydney, Friday.—The Victorian general elections were held yesterday. All the ministers were returned. Duncan Gillies, formerly the Agent-General, was elected by…

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Speech by Mr. Austin Chapman, M.P., in Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 October 1897 · page 2

On the Financial Statement last Thursday evening Mr. Austin Chapman spoke for over a hour and a half, critcising the Premier's statement. He ridiculed Mr.Reid's assertion that the unemployed…

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The Victorian Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 October 1897 · page 2

An examination of the pledges of members returned it the Victorian election shows that the state of parties is as follows:—Ministerialists, 65; Oppositionists, 30. Of the…

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Result of Victorian Elections. Utter Rout of the Free Traders

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 3

For years past we have been hearing from the freetrade newspapers in Sydney and elsewhere of the wonderful reaction in favor of freetrade in Victoria, and we have been…

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LONDON. Thursday. Mayoral Elections

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 November 1897 · page 3

[?] a result of the mayoral ele[?]ions, stock on New York Ex-change has declined one per cent…

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A Grinning Parliament

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 November 1897 · page 2

WHENEVER the courtesy toast of "Parliament" is proposed at a feat or a food fight or a refresh…

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Mining Matters in Parliament. Water Supply for Captain's Flat. Speech by the Local Member

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 November 1897 · page 2

WHEN the estimates were under discussion in the Legislative Assembly Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan took advantage of the opportunity to urge the Minister to give attention…

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