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Politics & elections, 1880

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Municipal Council Elections

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 2

AT 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday the Mayor, as returning officer, opened the proceedings at the Polics Court, as notified by advertisement in the WAGGA WAGGA ADVERTISER…

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The Parliament

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1880 · page 2

In the Legislative Council, on Wednesday, The President road a message from the Legislative Assemble, notifying the Assembly's assent to the Council's amendment in the bill…

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Prorogation of the Victorian Parliament. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1880 · page 2

In the Assembly, this afternoon, the leaders on both sides of the House made complimentary remarks to the Speaker on his leaving the chair. Mr. Gaunson dissented…

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Election of Vigilance Committee

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 February 1880 · page 6

THE public meeting held in the Assemble Hall on Tuesday night for the purpose of electing the Vigilance Committee proved a magnetic attraction to the public spirited…

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The Elections

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1880 · page 2

MELBOURNE, MONDAY, 7 p.m. The following is a list of members, as far as yet ascertained, returned to Parliament at the general election, which took place on…

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Victorian Elections

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1880 · page 3

THE following synopsis has been compiled from the latest returns:—OPPOSITION (44).—Service, Gillies, Kerferd, O'Shannassy, M'Mahon, Francis, Zox,…

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Victorian Elections. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1880 · page 2

The National Reform League attribute the defeat of the Ministerialts to defective organisation. They intend to impart increased vitality…

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The Victorian Elections

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 6

THE list of members elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly, which we publish below, may be considered accurate. Returns have to come from some outlying polling…

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Progress of the English Elections

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 10 April 1880 · page 6

THE following extracts from the cable intelligence published in the daily papers give a succinct account of the progress of the election contest at home between the…

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Progress of the English Elections

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 5

Up to the 12th (Monday), the following was the result:— Liberals 348; Tories 227; Home Rulers 51; total 626. The election for North-East Lancashire,…

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British Elections. London, April 15

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 4

There are eleven returns yet to come in before the final result can be known. Up to the present the returns show that the Liberals have secured 114 more seats…

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The Home Elections. the Liberals and Their Policy (Communicated.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1880 · page 2

I THINK I am justified in saying that the result of the general election at home has taken many of us by surprise. Of course we were aware that the Liberals were, and for a…

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The Parliament. In the Assembly on Thursday night

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1880 · page 3

The debate on the second reading of the Licensing Bill was resumed by Mr. Renwick, He supported the bill generally, and was followed by Messrs. Charles, Copeland, Farnell,…

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The Parliament

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1880 · page 3

The following is a summary of what took place in Parliament on Thursday evening after the dispatch of our telegram:— In the Assembly the Temporary Judges Bill…

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Assaulting a Member of Parliament

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1880 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Considerable excitement prevailed in the city on Saturday when it became known that Mr. A. T. Clark. the member for Williamstown. had been publicly…

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The Parliament. In the Assembly on Wednesday, June 17th

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1880 · page 3

The Colonial Treasurer made a financial statement whilst the House was sitting in Committee of Supply. In doing so he regretted that the revenue of the past five months showed…

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Prorogation of Parliament. (Echo.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1880 · page 4

THE third session of the ninth Parliament of New South Wales was closed on Tuesday at noon with the usual ceremony by his Excellency Lord Augustus Loftus, in the presence…

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Our Telegrams. Melbourne, Thursday. the Victorian Elections. Triumph of the Berry Party

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1880 · page 3

The electoral contest in Victoria is all but over. The returns to hand give the Opposition a majority of 10 or 11. There are four returns yet to come in, but it is expected that they will…

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Parliament

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 July 1880 · page 6

ON Tuesday last his Excellency prorogued Parliament till the 31st August next. The session has been a most profitable one, in the passing of useful legislation. The…

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The General Elections in Victoria

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1880 · page 2

A GENERAL election took place throughout Victoria on Wednesday upon the Constitutional Reform Bill, upon which the Service Ministry was recently defeated…

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