City-election-mongers' Occupation Gone
UNDER the old City Corporation Act the chances of any candidate's success at a contested election would be very doubtful, unless he had previously secured the services of…
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Opening of the British Parliament
The Advertiser mentions an impression in well-informed circles that her Majesty will not open Parliament in person…
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SIR—Do you think that the business of a publican peculiarly fits him to be an Alderman or Mayor of the city? There are some who think it does not, but on the contrary is objectionable. On these grounds, that in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Elections. Phillip and Denison Wards
A meeting of the oleotors of those wards was held last evening, at the Stirling Castle Hotel, Chippendale. The attendance was very small owing to the inclemency of the weather…
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SINCE our last summary, per the European, the first Parliament of New South Wales, under the Constitution giving it Responsible Government, has been finally proprgued. The session occupied ten months…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Municipal Elections. Cook and Fitz Roy Wards
A meeting of the proposers and seconders of candidates for the representation of these wards in the new Municipal Council, was held last evoning at the Blind Beggar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Empire. Thursday, April 9, 1857. the City Elections
THE day is at hand when the citizens must gird themselves up to an earnest duty. Let us never again be taunted with our unfitness for self-government. The occasion is a fair one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Know Nothing Election Outrages
Since the issue of the last Pilot, it has been our painful duty to look into the accounts of the ferocious proceedings of the Know-Nothings of New Orleans and Baltimore, on the day of the Presidential…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Election of Aldermen
If the Rate-payers of Sydney do not make a good selection of Aldermen, it will not be for want of a sufficient number of Candidates, as there are not less than ninety—eight—such as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Empire. Saturday, April ll, 1857. the Elections To-day
WE have been requested to call attention to the limitation of the municipal franchise to resident ratepayers, so that persons not qualified to vote, may not occupy the time of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Empire. Monday, April 13, 1857. the Election of Aldermen
IT is not necessary that we should offer any opinion on the fitness of the men who have been chosen by the citizens to form the new Municipal Council. The result must not be…
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THE thirteen, gentlemen who were declared by public advertisemeet to have been elected as aldermen, were yesterday sworn in before Mr. Justice Dickinson, at the Supreme Court, at about eleven o'clock. Thisbeing done…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Elections Under the Empire. (From the Leader, December 27.)
The French nation will shortly bo invited to elects a Logislative Corps. The Representative Chamber, as now constituted, is a deception, It is a mere registry of imperial decrees. Every measure is decided before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parliament and the Press Again. To the Editor of the Empire
SIR—The following extract is taken from the resume of the debate on Mr. Denichy's motion [with a view to provide for the admission of Mr. G. R. Nichols as a barrister]. published in the summary of monthly news,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament of Victoria. Legislative Assemvly. Wednesday, April 15Th, 1857
The Speaker took the chair at seven minutes past four o'colk. The SPEAKER announced to the House that he had received returns to the several writs issued for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Ovens. Election of Mr. Wood. [From a Correspondent.]
The election for this district terminated yesterday, in the return of Mr. Wood, the new Solicitor-General. The numbers polled for each candidate were as follows, namely:—For Mr. Wood, 516; for Mr. Kelly, 180;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opening of Parliament
Parliament was opened by Royal Commission on the 3rd February. Both Houses assomblod soon after 1 o'clock, and prayers were read in tho Lords by the Archbishop of…
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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.—April 15th. The Speaker took the chair at seven minutes past lour o'clock. NOTICES OF MOTION…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parliament of Victoria. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, April 22. Want of Confidence in the Ministry
Mr. BROOKE, resuming the debate, spoke at considerable length in support of the ministry. He thought that the government should not resign in the present state of public business. They were weak now, but…
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