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Politics & elections, 1872

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The General Election

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 30 March 1872 · page 10
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

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Election of Speaker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1872 · page 5

THE announcement that the present Speaker of the House of Commons is about to take his well-earned pension and peerage, and that the election of a successor will be one of the first acts of Parliament when…

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NARRABBRI. Tuesday, 5 p.m. THE [?] ELECTION

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1872 · page 2

Mr. T. G. G. Daugar has been returned for the Gwydir by a majority of 50…

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The Marine Board. Election of Wardens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1872 · page 5

CONSIDERABLE interest was manifested yesterday among the shipowners of the community respecting the election of th[?] wardens who are to be members of the Marine Board, called into existence by the Navigation Act which recently…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. [From Our Correspondents.] Narrabbri. Tuesday, 5 p.m. the Gwydir Election

Empire · Wednesday 3 April 1872 · page 2

Mr. T. G. G. Dangar has been returned for the Gwydir by a majority of 50…

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Results of the General Election

Empire · Thursday 4 April 1872 · page 2

RETURNS from all the several electorates having now come to hand, we are able to judge of the results of the appeal to the country. We find that of the seventy-two members of the late Assembly at…

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The New Parliament. I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1872 · page 5

Now that the turmoil of the elections is over, it may be interesting to ascertain as near as practicable what are the opinions of the new members on some of the questions submitted to the constituencies by the Government, when they…

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Election of Churchwardens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1872 · page 3

AT the annual vestry meetings held on Tuesday last, the following gentlemen were elected as Chruchwardens for the ensuing year:— ST. MARY'S BALMAIN.—Clergyman's warden, Captain…

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The New Parliament

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 6 April 1872 · page 4

As Parliament will meet at the end of this month, and will probably have a stormy time of it for a month or two, it is not, likely that practical legislation will…

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The Gipsy Parliament. (From the Dublin Freeman.)

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 6 April 1872 · page 3

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The New Parliament. Ii. the Land Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1872 · page 8

THE second question on which the Government based their appcal to the counfry was the Land Bill The bill was introduced in the Assembly by Mr. Wilson, on the 16th Nevember of last year, and in the following month Mr…

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The General Election

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 6 April 1872 · page 10

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Clergymen and Parliamentary Elections

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 6 April 1872 · page 9

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Opening of Parliament.-The Queen's Speech

Evening News · Wednesday 10 April 1872 · page 2

PARLILAMENT was opened on February 6, by Royal Commission, and the Lord Chancellor read the Queen's Speech at follow:-My Lords and Gentlemen,-I avail myself of the…

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Opening of Parliament. — The Queen's Speech

Empire · Wednesday 10 April 1872 · page 3

PARLIAMENT was opencd on February 6, by Royal Commission, and the Lord Chancellor road the Queen's Spech as follow:— My Lords and Gentlemen,—I avail myself of the…

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The Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1872 · page 3

THE successful candidate for the representation of the Northern Gold-fields having been announced, we are now enabled to give the results of the late General Election, consequent on the dissolution of Parliament, on the 3rd…

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Opening of Parliament—the Queen's Speech

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1872 · page 22

PARLIAMENT was opened on February 6, by Royal Comuaission, and the Lord Chancellor road the Queen's Speech as follow: — My Lords and Gentlemen,—I avail myself of the…

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The General Election

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 13 April 1872 · page 5

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Opfning of the Queensland Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1872 · page 6

THE following is the Speech read by the Marquis of Normanby, on the opening of the Qu[?]nsland Parliament, on Tuesday, 16th instant:— HON[?]RARLE G[?]men of the Legislative Council, and…

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