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Politics & elections, 1872

697 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 35

Parliament. Legislative Council. Friday, 9Th August

Evening News · Monday 12 August 1872 · page 4

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at thirty minutes after 4 o'clock. MESSAGES.—ROYAL ASSENT. The PRESIDENT announced the receipt of messages…

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Prorogation of Parliament

Empire · Tuesday 13 August 1872 · page 4

So Parliament is to be prorogued to-day. The session is at an end, and, we regret to say, very little business of real importance has been done. The game of…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Monday, 12th August

Evening News · Tuesday 13 August 1872 · page 2

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-eight minutes after 4 o'clock. ADJOUBNMENT. Mr. SAMUEL, without notice, moved that this…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Monday, August 12. the President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 August 1872 · page 2

Mr. C. CAMPBELL complained that he had been misrepotted in the Herald and Empire. The Herald made him say that Sir James Martin's generous sympathies towards the pensioners of the Crown had been restrained…

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Parliament. the Prorogation

Empire · Wednesday 14 August 1872 · page 2

THE seventh Parliament of New South Wales, was prorogued by his Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson in person yesterday. The weather was brilliantly fine, and a very large…

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Prorogation of Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 August 1872 · page 2

THE prorogation of Parliament took place at noon yesterday in the Legislative Council Chamber. The Hon. Lady Robinson, Mrs. St. John, and a large assemblage of other ladies were present. The following members of the…

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The Prorogation of Parliament

Empire · Wednesday 14 August 1872 · page 4

THE lovely weather, and the large and brilliant attendance, at the prorogation of Parliament yesterday, might be taken as a favourable augury on the first occasion of the…

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The Galway Election Case. Cardinal Cullen's Protest Against Judge Keogh's Judgment

Evening News · Friday 16 August 1872 · page 3

THE clergy of the Diocese of Dublin assembled on Thursday, the 6th instant, in St. Kevin's Chapel, attached to the Cathedral, Marlborongh-street, to take into consideration the attacks on Catholic doctrine,…

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The Galway Election Case. Cardinal Cullen's Protest Against Judge, Keogh's Judgment. From the Tablet.)

Empire · Friday 16 August 1872 · page 3

THE clergy of the Diocese of Dublin assembled on Thursday, the Gth instant, in St. Kevin's Chapel, attached to the Cathedral, Marlborough-street, to take into consideration the attacks on Catholic doctrine,…

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Prorogation of Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 7

The prorogation of parliament took place at noon on Tuesday in the Legislative Council Chamber. The Hon. Lady Robinson, Mrs. St. John, and a large assemblage of other ladies and…

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The Parliament. Summary of Proceedings. FRIDAY, August 9

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 202

IN the Legislati[?] Council, The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. The St. George's Presbyterian Church Bill, and the Sydney Omnibus Company's Bill, were returned…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Friday, 9Th August

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 3

The PRESIDENT announced the receipt of messages Nos. 10 and 11, from his Excellency the Governor, giving his assent, on behalf of lier Majesty, to the St. George's Presbyterian Bill, and to the Sydney Omnibus…

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The Election in Victoria

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 6

OUR readers may recollect that there was lately a Ministerial crisis in Victoria; the Duffy Cabinet resigned, and a new Ministry was formed. The new Ministers had, of course, to…

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The Galway Election Case. Mr. Justice Keogh's Judgment.—cardinal Cullen's Defiance

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 22

[The great interest attached to what is known as the Galway Election Case, and the excitement produced, not only in Ireland but throughout Great Britain, and indeed wherever the English language is spoken, by…

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Drunkards' Reformatories—select Committee of Parliament. to the Lditor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 August 1872 · page 3

SIR,—I observe that one result ot the late Temperance Conference of the New South Wales new Association for the Suppression of Intemperance, was the formation of a branch society, to inaugurate a drunkards' reformatory, of which…

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Penalties for Interference at Elections

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 6

It may be well to avert, at the earliest moment, to a misapprehension which has taken hold of the public mind with reference to the effect of Judge Keogh's threatened…

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The Galway Election Case. Cardinal Cullen's Protest Against Judge Keogh's Judgment. (From the Tablet.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 23

THE clergy of the Diocese of Dublin assembled on Thursday, the 6th instant, in St. Kevin's Chapel, attached to the Cathedral, Marlborough-street, to take into consideration the attacks on Catholic doctrine,…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 August 1872 · page 3

The House having gone into committee on the Parliamentary and Municipal Elections Bill, The Duke of Richmond proposed an amendment raising the question of secresy and making the ballot optional…

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Summary of English and Foreign, per Mail Steamers via Suez. Imperial Parliament. House of Lords

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1872 · page 265

ON June 24, Lord Belmore, as ex-Governor of New South Wales, called attention to the deportation of natives from the Pacific Islands, and offered suggestions for the repression of kidnapping and other criminal outrages…

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Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Election. [From Our Parramatta Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 August 1872 · page 7

THE polling for the election of six aldermen to represent this municipality commenced at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, and closed at 3 p.m. A scrutiny of the ballot-papers was immediately made, and showed the following result:—…

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