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Politics & elections, 1882

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Municipal Elections. NOWRA

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1882 · page 2

ON Tuesday, afternoon, the returning-officer, Mr. J. Green, read the list of nominations of candidates for the office of Alderman in Nowra Council as published in our last issue. The…

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Nowra Municipal Council. Election of Mayor

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1882 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday, at 6 p.m, for the election of Mayor:— The returning officer, Alderman J. Green in the chair. Present—Aldermen Elyard, Graham…

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Municipal Elections

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1882 · page 2

THE balloting for two Aldermen to serve in the place of Aldermen Mongahan and Elyard in Nowra Council, took place at the Council Chambers, Nowra, last Friday. The candidates…

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Sketcher. Curiosities of Old Parliamentary Elections

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 11 May 1882 · page 2

UNTIL about the close of the seventeenth century, very little appears to be known concerning parliamentary electioneering, as it was not till this time that it was much or notoriously…

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Third Party in Parliament

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 6 July 1882 · page 4

THE following from the Echo of the 24th ultimo is worth the attention of all Shoalhaven electors:—The birth of a third party in the Parliament of New South…

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Opening of the Parliament of New South Wales. (Abridged from S. D. Telegraph) Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 22

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1882 · page 2

THE third session of the tenth Parliament of New South Wales was opened yesterday with the usual formula, and more than the usual amount of eclat—a…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 23

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1882 · page 2

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at 21 minutes past 3 o'clock. Mr. A. CAMPBELL informed the House that as yet the Government had not been…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Friday, August 25

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1882 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. After replies to questions the Debate was resumed by…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 30

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1882 · page 2

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. Mr. A. CAMPBELL reported that he had been offered, and had accepted, the office…

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Election of the Bishop of Sydney

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 7 September 1882 · page 4

THE following which should have appeared in our last issue, relates the history of the business of electing Metropolitan, and the mode of determining the process of election:—…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, September 5

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 7 o'clock. In reply to Mr. M'Elhone Sir HENRY PARKES said:— (1.) Mr. Davies,…

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Parliament oF New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, SEPTEMBER 7. the Speakers took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Forests Bill

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1882 · page 2

Dr. RENWICK moved the second reading of this Bill, the objects of which are to establish, maintain, and protect State forests and timber reserves, to encourage…

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A. & H. Association Accounts, Election, etc. to the Editor of the Shoalhaven Telegraph

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 5 October 1882 · page 2

SIR,—My attention has been called to a paragraph in your report of the annual meeting of the A. & H. Association of the 21st ult., and also to a leading article in your issue of the…

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MISCELLANEOUS. Election of Bishop

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 2 November 1882 · page 4

WE (Echo) understand that the Bishops of Australia and Tasmania have arrived at a decision in favour of Dr. Parry, Suffragan Bishop of Dover. The question of the…

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Eden Elections. Messes. Clarke and Garvan, at Cobargo

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 6 December 1882 · page 2

ON Saturday about 50 Cobargo people went as far as Narira to meet Messrs. Clarke and Garvan, and a procession of buggies and horsemen escorted them into…

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Shoalhaven Election. Mr. Humphery at Kangaroo Valley

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 December 1882 · page 2

OWING to an accident which befel the coach in which Mr. Humphery was travelling from Moss Vale to Shoalhaven, he was unable to arrive in the district in time to address the electors on…

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The Nomination of Candidates

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 December 1882 · page 2

AT noon on Monday, Mr. Bice, J.P., the Returning-Officer for the district, took his seat upon the husting, and there being about 400 electors present, proceedings were opened by his…

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Shoalhaven Selection. the Polling Day

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 14 December 1882 · page 2

THE polling or balloting for the election of a member of Parliament for this district took place as notified on Thursday last, December 7. commencing at 8 a.m. and closing at 4…

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The [?]liawarra Election

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 20 December 1882 · page 2

The fight against Mr. Stuart at Wollongong resulted in ignominious defeat, by 466 votes, to the Ministerial candidate, Mr. Watson. Unusual excitement filled the electors, and…

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