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Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1883

1,428 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 72

Parliament of South Australia. Adelaide

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 August 1883 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, the debate on the budget speech was begun by Mr [?]ounsevell, who attributed the Government taxation schema to a panic on their part. He said it would press…

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Parliament of Victoria. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 August 1883 · page 3

The Legislative Council held a short sitting to-day, when the Post Office Law Amendment Bill was further considered in committee. The clause allowing the Postmaster-General to detain and…

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Parliament of Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 August 1883 · page 8

In the Council this evening the Postal Bill passed through committee. The House adjourned until next Wednesday. In the Assembly the Hon. A. L. Tucker, replying to…

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Parliament of Tasmania. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 August 1883 · page 8

The annual statement of the Minister for Lands, in the Assembly, showed that the increased applications for land would probably be 300 in excess of last year. He proposed to make the conditions more liberal, to…

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Parliament of South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 August 1883 · page 8

In the Assembly this evening, the Chief Secretary announced that the Commissioner of Police had ascertained definitely that the Irish agitators who arrived by the steamer Pathan had all gone to other colonies…

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The Hon. John Douglas' Election Meeting. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 August 1883 · page 8

The Hon. John Douglas addressed a crowded and orderly meeting of electors to-night. The Mayor of Brisbane presided. Mr. Douglas defended himself against the accusation of being a political…

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The Imperial Parliament

Evening News · Saturday 4 August 1883 · page 4

LONDON, August 3.—The Imperial Parliament will be prorogued on the 25th instant…

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The Parliament of Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1883 · page 223

In the Assembly, the Hon. J. B. Patterson asked the Premier whether it was true that certain Irish informers had arrived by the mail steamer Pathan, and whether, if true, any remonstrance had been addressed…

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Parliament of South Australia. Adelaide

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1883 · page 232

In the Assembly this evening, the Chief Secretary announced that the Commissioner of Police had ascertained definitely that the Irish agitators' who arrived by the steamer Pathan had all gone to other colonies…

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The Imperial Parliament. London, Aug. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 August 1883 · page 12

The Imperial Parliament will be prorogued on the 25th instant…

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The Queensland Elections. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 August 1883 · page 12

Mr. Morehead, the Postmaster-General, addressed a crowded meeting of electors at Fortitude Valley to-night. The meeting was very naisy, and for a long time there seemed to be a determined organised attempt to prevent…

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The Approaching Elections in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1883 · page 223

The Hon. S. Griffith, leader of the Opposition, has published his address to the electors of North Brisbane. After referring to general matters, he speaks of the necessity for extending the main trunk lines of railway…

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The Queensland Election

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1883 · page 224

The Queensland election contest has fairly begun, and by the aid of the telegrams which we publish elsewhere our readers may get to understand the position of the combatants…

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Election of a Bishop for Sydney

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 August 1883 · page 5

In another column appears s telegram from England announcing the election of Canon Barry to the vacant see of Sydney. The following account from " Men of the Time," will be…

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The Queensland Elections. the Opposition Policy. [By Electric Telegraph.] Brisbane

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 August 1883 · page 11

THE address which has been issued by Mr. S. W. Griffith, the leader of the Opposition, is creating great interest. He says that the trunk lines of railway must be extended westward, and…

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Parliament of Victoria [By Telegraph]. Melbourne

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 3

The Legislative Council held a short sitting today. Mr Anderson, in reply to a question, said the Government did not think it advisable at present to vote any money for the scientific…

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Parliament of South Australia. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly, to-day, the Primrose Springs Railway Bill passed its third reading, an adverse amendment of Mr Tomkinson's being negatived by a large majority. Mr Howe, in…

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Parliament of Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 8

In the Council the Postal Bill was read a third time. The Dog Bill was passed through committee, with some amendments. The House adjourned at half-past 7 o'clock owing to the Parliamentary dinner…

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Parliament of South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 8

In the Legislative Council the Married Women's Property Bill was carried through to the third reading. In the Assembly, Mr. Ebenezer Ward made strenuous…

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Parliament of South Australia. [By Telegraph.]

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 August 1883 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday, In the Assembly, to-day, Mr Landseir's motion in favour of taking immediate steps to improve the navigation of the Lower Murray River was…

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