The General Election
Polling took place yesterday for Balranald and the Murrumbidgee. For the former Mr. R. B. Wilkinson, a free trader, but an Oppositionist, aud Mr. Lakeman, a protectionist and…
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The New Government and Parliament
Up to the morning of Thursday, there were one hundred and nine members elected, of whom thirty-two are designated protectionists of one shade or another, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Polling. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) the Monaro. Kiandra
The polling for Monaro passed off quietly here to-day. Mr. O'Mara is heading the poll at each booth in the electorate. The return of Mr. H. Dawson was not expected here. The district has decided that it believes moderate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Some Members of the New Parliament
Northumberland has disgraced itself by its choice of members. It has chosen Messrs. Melville, Walker, and Creer. To Mr. Creer there can be no objection upon the score of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Opening Parliament with Prayer. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your issue of the 25th instant I read a letter from "Alpha" on the subject of opening Parliament with prayer, and amongst the intercolonial telegrams I read an announcement of the death of Mr. Macandrew, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our New Parliament. DR. W. R. CORTIS. M.L.A. for Bathurst
Dr. Cortis, the new member for Bathurst, has had something of an eventful life. He was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1847, and educated in King's College School and Guy's Hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Elections in Germany
Berlin, Feb. 18.—The elections for the Reichstag are progressing. Intense excitement has been aroused throughout Germany by the contest. In Alsace especially party feeling seems to run…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Elections in Germany. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 25
The elections to the Reichstag in Germany have resulted in the return of 200 members in favour of the Septennate, exclusive of 90 Centre representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The General Election
The polling for the electorate of Monaro took place yesterday, and the result, so far as is known at present, will be found below. The last of the pollings will take place today at Durham, the Richmond, Wentworth, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Elections. Special Supplement
On Monday next will be published A Special Supplement giving briefly the opinions enunciated by the recently elected members of the Legislative Assembly; the state of the poll, showing the details thereof in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Close of the Elections
At the time we write the general election has practically closed. One hundred and ten members have been returned, and as the country has not been balancing straws, but…
Continued on Trove, page 427 →The Elections in Germany. London, Feb. 23
In connection with the elections to the Reichstag in Germany, the members returned up to the present show the state of parties to be as follows:—43 Tories, 16 Imperialists…
Continued on Trove, page 430 →The Parliamentary Elections
The last of the elections will take place to-day, Saturday, and so far as the main issue is concerned it is now easy to anticipate the result. It is safe to say that when the campaign is finished the freetraders are…
Continued on Trove, page 431 →The Glen Innes Election
An esteemed correspondent writes from Glen Innes:-- The excitement which prevailed in Glen Innes on Saturday last was intense…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Among Tobacco. a Talk with a Defeated Candidate for South Sydney
Anyone who walks down the Haymarket on a Saturday night will observe a crowd at a particular spot at the corner of George street. On going to examine the cause, as people with…
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LONDON, February 23.—The elections to the Reichstag in Germany show the following returns up to the present: 43 Tories, 16 Imperialists, 83 National Liberals, 4 Progressists, 47…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Political News. a Candidate's Troubles
Mr. Readett, who was announced as a candidate for the electorate of Gloucester, has written to explain his non-appearance on nomination day. He left Stockton on Sunday, the 13th instant,…
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Subjoined are the results of elections which have taken place since our last issue:—West Macquarie (one member): F. Jago Smith, M. and F., 340; W. Crick, O. and P., 255; J. Hughes, O…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Electioneering Notes
A Political Puzzle—T. C. O'Mara. None of the Monaro electors can make out what he is, whether freetrader, protectionist, fairtrader, or retaliator…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The General Election, 1887. Opinions of the Members. Results of the Polling
We publish below an epitome of the principal opinions' expressed by the gentlemen who have been elected to the legislative Assembly; and from the subjoined tables the relative stronglh of parties will be seen at a glance. Out…
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