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Politics & elections, 1894

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The Coming Election

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 6

IT will be generally admitted that we have reached a critical juncture in the history of this colony. On Tuesday next the electors will be called upon, under…

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The Hume Election. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 4

Sir,—In the "election news" of your issue of the 12th instant occur several items concerning the candidature of Mr. Hugh Brideson, in consequence of which I must…

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The Coming Election. the Wagga Nominations

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 4

The official declaration of the nomination of candidates for election as a member to represent the electorate of Wagga Wagga in the Legislative Assembly was made by Mr…

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The Murrumbidgee Election. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 4

Sir,—I felt surprised and disgusted in reading from Sydney papers to find that the executive council of the Freetrade Electoral Committee decided to support Mr Rae as a…

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The Murrumbidgee Election. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 4

Sir,—On Tuesday next the electors of the Murrumbidgee will be called on to elect a representative to the next Parliament. I would earnestly ask my fellow electors to give…

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The Wagga Election. the Preparations for Polling

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 2

The arrangements for polling day are complete, and everything in readiness for taking the poll this morning. The Returning Officer, Mr. G. Coleman, has located five booths at…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Tuesday, July 17, 1894. the Elections

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the Government have abstained from proclaiming polling day a general holiday there is little doubt but that it will be observed as one by…

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The Wagga Election. Hints to Voters

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 2

IT is scarcely necessary to remind our readers that the polling for the general election will take place all over the colony to-day. Very full infomation was given in…

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Tarcutta Election News. (From a Correspondent.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 3

SINCE Mr. Joyce, the Labor candidate, sot the political ball a-rolling about a fortnight ago, things, political, have hummed pretty lively at, Tarcutta. Since then all the five…

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Analysis of Candidates. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 2

THE nominations for the general elections were completed yesterday. The new Parliament will consist of 125 members, of whom there are 124 to be chosen, Mr. G. H…

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The General Elections. the Nominations

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 2

Alma Thomas Coombe (I), Charles John Pound (IL), Josiah Thomas (L). Albury-W. H. Hall (F), John Wilkinson (P)…

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The General Election. Latest Political Items. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 2

An evening paper states that Mr. Fitzpatrick's chances of return for the Murrumbidgee is considered as excellent. He will poll heavily at Coolamon, where Mr. Rae…

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Polling Day

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1894 · page 5

As we are going to press the day so long looked for, and, doubtles, by some feared, is drawing to a close. The electors have for the first time in the history of New South…

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The Election

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1894 · page 5

Now that the election is over it will be conceded that for many electors it is the unexpected that has occurred. The situation recalls the story of the man…

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The General Election. Barnes Elected

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 18 July 1894 · page 2

It was a gloomy and wet day, so far as Cootamundra was concerned, when voters were called upon to record their votes, and decide ones again who should have the…

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The General Election. the Polling at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1894 · page 3

THE polling at Wagga on Tuesday was conducted in a most orderly manner, no incidents of an unpleasant character occurring. The poll was opened at the Court-house at…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Thursday, July 19, 1894. the General Election

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1894 · page 2

LOOKED at from whatever standpoint may be chosen, the general election of Tuesday last must be held to be the most remarkable event of the kind…

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The New South Wales Elections. a Free-trade Majority

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 July 1894 · page 2

The general elections were held throughout the colony to-day under the New Electoral Act, by which the colony has been divided into single electorates, and which, amongst…

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Women in Parliament. Wellington

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 July 1894 · page 3

The bill to allow women to sit in the House of Representatives has been practically shelved The measure was treated with the utmost levity…

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Women in Parliament. Debate in the New Zealand Legislature. Wellington

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1894 · page 2

THE bill to allow women to sit in the House of Representatives has been practically shelved. The measure was treated with the utmost levity…

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