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Politics & elections, 1886

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Parliament

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 2

PARLIAMENT is once more in session, but as yet no real business has been transacted, nor has the annihilation of the "weak Ministry" taken place as predicted by their…

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Parliament in Session

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 14

On Wednesday afternoon both Houses met pursuant to adjournment. Ever since the new Ministry was announced the air has been thick with predictions of what was to happen, and of the sudden and…

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Parliament. Wednesday, January 27

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 9

THE Legislative Council sat for less than half-anhour, as after the transaction of the formal business the Attorney-General moved the adjournment of the house out of respect for the memory…

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New Rules of Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 10

LONDON, January 24.—The chief points in the resolutions to be moved by Sir Michael HicksBeach for amending the procedure in Parliament areas follow:—Parliament to adjourn from July…

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Parliament Legislative Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 250

Sir Alfred Stephen and Mr. Nagle Ryan took their teats as members. The PRESIDENT announced that since the last meeting the Hon. John Campbell, one of the members of the…

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Reassembling of Parliament. the Division of Political Parties

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 9

SOME curiosity existed as to the places which member a would occupy in taking their seats. There was a total of 96 members present, of whom, as will be seen from the appended list, the…

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[?] The Imperial Parliament. Defeat of the Government. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 246

Her Majesty the Queen opened the Imperial Parliament to-day. The following is a precis of the speech :—The relations between Great Britain and the…

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The Young Election. MURRUMBURRAH

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 6

The news that Mr. W. J. Watson's petition had rejected by the Assembly was received here with feelings appropriate to the sentiments of the supporters of both Mr. Mackinnon and Mr. Watson…

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Mr. O'brien, M.p., on the South Tyrone Election

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 6

Addressing the enormous multitude at the Imperial Hotel, Dublin, on Tuesday night, Mr. William O'Brien, M.P., made the following observations upon the hard-fought battle in South…

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Rejoicing Over the Irish Elections

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 7

Metropolitan Hall (says the San Francisco CHRONICLE, Dec. 30) was crowded last Monday evening by the mass-meeting of Irish-American citizens and sympathizers to celebrate the…

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William Redmond's Election. "The Member for Australia."

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 6

The Formanagh, Cavan, and Leitrim FARMER'S JOURNAL December 3, gives a very interesting account of the election of Mr. William Redmond, popularly knows as "the member for…

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Borough Elections

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 2

NEXT Saturday is appointed as the day for taking a poll for Aldermanic representatives in the Boroughs around Sydney, and the ratepayers will then have an…

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Municipal Elections

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 243

A question of importance in reference to the working of the Municipalities Act of 1867 is raised by a correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald. Put briefly, the information asked for is whether in…

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The Municipal Elections. St. Leonards

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 7

The following are the nominations for the St. Leopards and Manly boroughs:--MANLY.--Aldermen Chas. H. Hayes, John Baker Smithers, Robert Evans, William…

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The Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 16

ALEXANDRIA.—There are a number of candidats in the field for the approaching annual elections a Alexandria. For South Ward Alderman W. Halveson retires, but no one has been nominated to [?]…

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The Civil Service Act 1884, and the Privileges of Parliament. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 6

Sir,--The Stuart-cum-Dalley Administration will ever be memorable in the annals of New South Wales among its many doings for passing the Civil Service Act to provide…

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The School of Arts Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 4

Bishop BARRY, who is enjoying a summer trip in New Zealand, appears to have boon communicated with in regard to his nomination to the…

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School of Arts Elections

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 5

The annual elections for president, vice-president, and committee of the Sydney School of Arts, which will take place this afternoon, appear to have excited considerable interest. One matter in connection…

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The School of Arts Elections. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 7

Sir,--As ''A Yearly [?]" has thought fit to publish my name in your issue of Saturday last and to assert that I am one of the Liberator batch, I beg to state publicity that…

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Joseph Arch. From the Plough to Parliament

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1886 · page 6

The contest in North-West Norfolk resulted in the return of Mr. Joseph Arch, founder of the Agricultural Laborers' Union, a man of great force of character, an able speaker, and one who wields a vast…

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