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Politics & elections, 1885

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Suburban Municipal Elections

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 3

The fellowing have been elected:—Newtown.—O'Connell Ward: Mr. R. T. Bellemey, Kingston Ward: Mr. Joseph Jolly. Marickville.—Mr. Shaw, late mayor, has…

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Election of Mayor

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 3
Also in The Cumberland Mercury

Last Wednesday evening the Council met for the purpose of electing a mayor for the ensuing twelve months. Mr. Henry Hughes, the outgoing mayor, presided, and there was a full…

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Petersham. The Borough Elections

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 3

Last Saturday the polling for election of aldermen took place in each of the four wards into which the borough is now. divided, and the result is the importation into the Council…

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Suburban and Country Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 11

The following elections to fill the annual vacancies occurring in the various municipalities and boroughs of the colony, have been made and reported to us to date:- CARCOAR.—Alderman J. [?] Dodd has been elected…

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Parramatta Borough Council. Mayoral Election

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday afternoon, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the Municipal…

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Ryde. Municipal Elections

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 3

THE elections in West and Central Wards (the only wards contested) took place on Saturday. Never in the history of the Ryde Council was there so keen a contest. Partisanship…

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Borough Elections and Local Option

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 10

Following1 elections in contested wards, and polling on the local option question, have been decided since our last report:— ALBURT.—Hartly 418, Ten Brink 365, Frew 310,…

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Ministers in the South. the Burrowa Banquet. Me. Dalley on the Annexation Question. Members of Parliament As Land Agents. Minister of Mines Indignant. Galong

Evening News · Monday 16 February 1885 · page 3

The banquet tendered to Mr. T. M. Slattery by his constituents in Burrowa has been, a great success. Those visitors who left Sydney on Friday night, the Ministers, returned to town by special…

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Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1885 · page 5

COOMA.—Alderman G. D. Spring has been elected Mayor. PARKES.—Alderman Benjamin Talbot has been elected Mayor…

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Election of Mayors. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1885 · page 8

Sir,—I have lately noticed that the advertisement notifying the election of the mayor for the various boroughs has been signed by the returning officer. I should like to call attention to section 114 of the…

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Leichhardt Mayoral Election. To the Editor

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1885 · page 8

Sir,—In your issue of the 12th instant a paragraph appears wherein my character has been traduced, and I regret to say that it has been scattered through out the colony. The facts are as follow:—When I…

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The Bonough Elections

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1885 · page 4

IF the public mind is not too much distracted by matters military, and absorbed in visions of martial glory,, it would be well if a little attention) were given to local concerns. The…

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Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1885 · page 10

COOTAMUNDRA.—Alderman M'Beath has been elected mayor. DUBBO.—Alderman Robert Booth has been elected mayor. WEST MAITLAND.—Mr. Benjamin Hodgson was…

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CABLEGRAMS. British Parliament. the Egyptian Policy. Federation Enabling Bill

Evening News · Saturday 21 February 1885 · page 4

LONDON, February 19.—Both Houses of Parliament re-assembled to-day after the adjournment from last December. In the House of Commons the Marquis of Hartington, Secretary of State…

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The Campaign in the Soudan. Ministerial Statements in the Imperial Parliament. Death of Sir Herbert Stewart

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1885 · page 5

LONDON, February 10.--Both Houses of Parliament reassembled to-day after the adjournment from last December. Mr. Gladstone and Lord Granville male…

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The Imperial Parliament. Announcement of the Egyptian Policy. Federation Enabling Bill. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1885 · page 13

On the re-assembling of the Imperial ParLIAment to-day, the Marquis of Salisbury, in the House of Lords, said that the Colonial policy; of the present Government had brought…

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Home and Foreign. Ireland. Parnell's Power—triumphant at the Tipperary Election. How the Threatened Revolt Was Quelled

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 February 1885 · page 5

Dublin, January 10.—Mr. John O'Connor, the well-known Nationalist and ex-suspect, of Cork, was elected, unopposed, member of Parliament for Tipperary, on Friday, to fill the…

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Municipal Elections

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 February 1885 · page 15

BLAYNEY.—Alderman J. R. Glasson unanimously elected Mayor. GLEN INNES.—Dr. Wrigley olooted Mayor. PADDINGTON.—At a special meeting of the council…

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The Colonial Troops. Comment in Parliament

Evening News · Monday 23 February 1885 · page 6

LONDON, February 20.—The offers made by the various Australian colonies for the dispatch of troops to the assistance of Britain in the Soudan formed tho subject of favourable comment in both Houses of…

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