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Politics & elections, 1887

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The Ashfield Election. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1887 · page 7

Sir,--Having been appointed a scrutineer at Ashfield on behalf of one of the candidates last Saturday, and duly acted upon my appointment from half-past 7 o'clock in the morning until…

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Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1887 · page 6

The following have been elected mayors for the un[?]mentioned municipalities:-- Sheliharbor: Alderman Willia, Mathie, to elected…

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The General Election

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1887 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The result of the polling at Mudgee is the return of Messrs. A. G. Taylor, Black and Wall, or two freetraders and one protectionist. Yesterday's polling resulted as follows :--Grenfell,…

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To-day's Polling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 3

The polling for the election of members to represent the following constituencies will take place to-day:— THE UPPER HUNTER. ILLAWARRA…

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Meeting of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 4

The following proclamation by his Excellency the Governor was published in a Gazette Extraordinary yesterday:--" In pursuance of the power and authority vested in me as such…

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Northumberland. the Polling. Intense Excitement and Disgraceful Proceedings. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The polling for the election of three candidates to represent Northumberland took place to-day at Lambton, the principal polling place. The streets from…

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The General Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Election matters are now beginning to slacken a little. Yesterday the nominations were for Monaro, the Murray, and the Richmond and the pollings were for Northumberland and West Maequarte. Full particulars of these…

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The German Elections. Berlin, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 7

Prince Hohenlohe, the Governor-General of Alsace-Lorraine, has issued a manifesto appealing to the electors of those provinces to return supporters of the Government to the…

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The Northumberland Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 4

The result of the Northumberland election will be a shock to the moral sense of New South Wales. It is a degradation of the ballot-box and a…

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The Argyle Election. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 6

Sir,--Please allow me to correct an error that appears in your issue of to-day, under the heading of " Political Notes." You say, "The question was Freetrade v. Protection, and…

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An Election Row at Gundagai. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 5

GUNDAGAI, Thursday. -- Martin Kennedy, a miner, was brought up at the police court to-day and lined 65s. for resisting the police yesterday. His face was in a dreadful state owing,…

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The German Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 5

Berlin, Wednesday.--The action of the Pope in bringing pressure to bear upon the Roman Catholic electors in the matter of the German Army Bill…

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Canterbury Election. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 5

Sir,--In Saturday's issue you were kind enough to publish a letter from me as to the mismanagement at the late Haddington election…

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Polling. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Gundagai. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 7

The official declaration of the poll for Gundagai was made by the returning-officer, Mr. Michael Norton, J.P., at the Courthouse, at noon to-day. Only a few people were present. Mr. John Henry Want was declared duly elected…

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Political News. "Our Present Parliament."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 14

"Our Present Parliament, What it is Worth; by an ex-M.L.A.," is a pamphlet neatly printed and published by George Murray and Co., of Sydney, and consists of character sketches of…

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Industrial Items. "Honest labor bears a lovely face." —Dekker. From Pit to Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 29

Among the working class representatives in the British Parliament none is more respected or possesses a moro instructive and encouraging history than John Wilson, who represents the constituency…

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Election of a Conservative for North Antrim

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 16

London, Feb. 13.—Mr. Lewis, a Conservative, has been elected to the House of Commons for Antrim, North, by a majority of 1300…

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Leichhardt Municipal Election the Auditors

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 5

The returns of votes cast for the candidates for auditors were not avilable on the evening of the election when the figures of the aldermanic elections were…

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