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Southern Highlands · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1892

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Bowral Municipal Election

The Scrutineer · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 2

Mr. William Franklin defeated Mr. John H. Watson by 13 votes on Saturday for the vacant seat in the municipal council of Bowral, caused by the retirement of Mr. Thomas Dawson. There was…

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Municipal Election

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 2

THE official declaration of the result of the poll for the vacancy in the council was made at the council chambers on Monday morning by the Returning Officer,…

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Australian Mutual Provident Society. Election of Two Directors. (To the Editor.)

The Scrutineer · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 2

SIR.—Regretting my inability to visit your town and address a public meeting of policyholders as I have desired, and knowing the difficulty members experience in the selection of candidates for a seat…

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Bowral Free Press "Do as adversaries do in law: Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends." Saturday, September 3, 1892. Opening of Parliament

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 2

ANYONE for the first time witnessing the opening ceremony of a colonial Parliament cannot help smiling at the perfect mimicry which characterises the whole…

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The Municipal Election. Nomination Day

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 2

The nominations for the election of an alderman to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the late Mayor took place on Saturday morning last at the Council Chambers, Moss Vale. The Mayor…

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The municipal Election. Polling Day

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Tuesday 4 October 1892 · page 2

The election to fill the vacancy caused through the resignation of the late Mayor (Mr. N. H. Throsby) took place at the Council Chambers on Saturday last. The Mayor (A. B. Young Esq.,)…

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