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Politics & elections, 1871

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1871 · page 2

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-nine minutes after 4 o'clock. PAPERS. Mr. DOCKER laid upon the table an additional…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, 20Th April

Evening News · Friday 21 April 1871 · page 2

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-five minutes past 4. Mr. [?]LLEN laid a report upon the table. THE RETIREMENT OF MR. O'CONNOR…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 19

Empire · Friday 21 April 1871 · page 3

The PRESIDENT reported the receipt of a message from the Legislative Assembly, transmitting the Customs Duties Bill for the concurrence of the Council…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, April 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1871 · page 2

THURSDAY, APRIL 20. THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-five minutes past 4 o'clock. THE LATE CLERK OF THE HOUSE…

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Belgian Parliament and Italy

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 5

The Papal question has been introduced into the Belgian Parliament, apropos of certain reductions of the railway fares made by the Minister of Public Works to Catholic…

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The Parliament. Political Review

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 242

SINCE our last Parliamentary review was written, there has been another break in the continuity of Parliamentary Proceedings. On Friday, the 14th, there were only fifteen members present…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Friday, 21St April. 1871

Empire · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 4

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-eighty minutes past 3. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. STEWART postponed his question on the…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Friday, 21St April, 1871

Evening News · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 4

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-eight minutes past 3. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. STEWART postponed his question on the…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Friday, April 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-eight minutes past 3 o'clock. CROSSING AT BLACK CREEK. Mr. FARNELL asked the Secretary for Public Works,…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, April 18

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 4

Mr. BUCHANAN, immediately on the Speaker taking the chair, rose and called the attention of the House and of the country to the conduct of the Government in neglecting to appear in their places at the time of the meeting of the House…

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The Australian Town & Country Journal Sydney, Saturday, April 22, 1871. Important Measures Before Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 8

PARLIAMENTARY business of an important character, has been hurried on with muoh rapidity during the last few days'; and as three measures in which the various sections of…

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Arrival of the Mail Via California. Important and Interesting. Details of English News. Exciting Speeches in Parliament. the Occupation and Evacuation

Empire · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 3

BY the arrival of the City of Melbourne we are placed in possession of files of San Francisco papers to the 17th March, which afford full details of the important occurrences connected with the…

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The Galway Election

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 6

Feb. 22.—The Gal way election has terminated unexpectedly in the return of Mr. Mitchell Henry, of Kylemore, without opposition. At the last moment Captain…

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The Meath Election. Demonstration in Athboy

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 6

We take the following brief report of the welcome accorded to John Martin. M.P., by his constituents in Athboy, from the columns of the Dublin Freeman :—…

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Examination for Female Candidates. Paper No. 2

Sydney Punch · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 2

2. Which is the greatest, the extension or the comprehension of "woman?"' How many moods has a man? 3. May the indefinite phrase "Ask mama" be considered as positive or negative? What is the difference between this phrase and a categorical "Yes"or "No"? 4. If a station on the Darling and a house in town are the premises in a matrimonial syllogism, what will mama's conclusion be?…

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Arrival of the City of Melbourne with the Mails Via California. Important and Interesting Details of English News. Exciting Speeches in Parliament. the Occupation and Evacuation of Paris. Revolutionary Outbreaks in France. Expected Pacific Settlement of the Alabama Difficulty

Evening News · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 2

BY the arrival of the City of Melbourne we are placed in possession of files of San Francisco papers to the 17th March, which afford full details of the important occurrences connected with the…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, 25Th April

Evening News · Wednesday 26 April 1871 · page 2

THE SPEAK[?]R took the chair at twenty-eight minutes past 3. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BYRNES said, in answer to Mr. Stewart,…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly, Tursday, 25Th April

Empire · Wednesday 26 April 1871 · page 3

THE SPEAKER took the [?]hair at twenty-eight minutes past 3. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BYRNES said, in answer to Mr. Stewart,…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1871 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past 3 o'clock. EXPENDITURE ON FORTIFICATIONS. Mr. STEWART asked the Secretary for Public Works…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 26Th

Empire · Thursday 27 April 1871 · page 3

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-five munutes past 4. PETITION. Mr. J. CAMPBELL presented a petition against…

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