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Politics & elections, 1886

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Queensland Parliament. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 July 1886 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--In the Assembly to-day a motion was passed appointing Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as Government sitting days. The sitting before tea on Thursday…

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Parliament. Wednesday, July 14. Legislative Council

Evening News · Thursday 15 July 1886 · page 6

The House met at 4.30 p.m. Dr. MACKELLAR moved that the second reading of the Stamp Duties Act Amendment Bill (No. 2) stand an order of the day for that…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 July 1886 · page 3

The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTION. Mr. MACKELLAR, in reply to Mr. Hill, said he would by on the table of the House particulars of the number of…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 14. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Answer to Question

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 July 1886 · page 5

Dr. MACKELLAR, in Answer to Mr. Hill, said that the tickets collected on the tramways were destroyed by fire. He also submitted a return showing the names of the officers…

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The British Elections. Cabinet Meeting

Evening News · Thursday 15 July 1886 · page 5

LONDON, July 14.—The various elections are virtually over, and will be completed on Friday. On Saturday, the following day, Gladstone will hold a Cabinet meeting for the purpose of deciding…

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Municipal. Newton Aldermanic Election

Evening News · Thursday 15 July 1886 · page 6

A public meeting was held in the Town Hall, newtown, yesterday for the purpose of accepting nominations of candidates for the position of alderman for Enmore Ward, vacant through the resignation of…

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The British Elections. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. July 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 July 1886 · page 7

The British Cabinet will meet on Saturday next. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) LONDON, JULY 13…

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The United Kingdom Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 July 1886 · page 5

London, Tuesday.--The election returns up to the present indicate clearly that it is impossible that the Tories can have a majority in the House of…

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Note's in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 July 1886 · page 4

"Tom in the chair and acting splendidly Such, according to Mr. Abigail, was the jubilant ejaculation of a Cabinet Minister when Mr. Slattery commenced bowling over the…

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South Australian Parliament. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 July 1886 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--In the Assembly to-day, Mr. Ward, in a speech lasting four hours, called the attention of the House to the position of public affairs, particularly with…

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Parliament. Thursday, July 15. Legislative Council

Evening News · Friday 16 July 1886 · page 3

The House met at 4.30 p.m. The adjourned debate on the second reading of the Perpetual Trustee, Executor, and Agency Company Bill was resumed by Mr. Darley, who was…

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Queensland Parliament. Explanation by Mr. Macrossan. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 July 1886 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--In the debate on the address-in-reply in the Assembly Mr. Dickson (Treasurer) commenced. He replied to the arguments of the Opposition on the previous…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, July 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 July 1886 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. TRUSTEE AND AGENCY BILL. The debate on the motion for the second reading of the Perpetual Trustee, Executor, and Agency Company Bill…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, July 15. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Perpetual Trustee, Executor and Agency Company Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 July 1886 · page 5

Mr. DARLEY resumed the delate on the secord reading of the Perpetual Trustee Executor and Agency Company Bill. He thought the principal objection to the bill win that this…

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The British Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 July 1886 · page 5

The elections in the United Kingdom are virtually [?]ver. The result is a severe blow and disappointment to Mr. Gladstone. Yet almost from the outset defeat might have been foreseen. So many forces were…

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The British Elections. (Reuter's Telegrams.) London, July 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 July 1886 · page 7

Conservative candidates have been elected for the following constituencies:—Loughborough Division of Leicestershire, Houghtonle-Spring Division of Durham, Huntingdon,…

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The United Kingdom Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 July 1886 · page 5

London, Wednesday.--Conservative candidates have been elected for the following constituencies:--Loughborough Division of Leicestershire,…

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The General Election in Tasmania. a Noisy Public Meeting. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 July 1886 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday.--The Attorney-General and the Minister of Lands addressed a crowded meeting in the Town-hall. Mr. Dods, who was evidently still suffering from the injuries…

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Notes in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 July 1886 · page 5

The piece de resistance on the Parliamentary business paper last night, representing sound and useful work, as usual created little or no interest. The House was meagrely attended,…

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PARLIAMENT Legislative Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1886 · page 132

As the Government declined proceeding with the Amended Stamp Duties Act on Wednesday evening in the Legislative Council, Dr. Mackellar postponed further discussion on the measure for a week, and a lengthy…

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