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Politics & elections, 1887

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The General Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1887 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The General Election closed on Saturday with the pollings for Durham, Richmond, Wontworth, and The Murray. The results, so far as they have reached us, are given below…

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The Meeting of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 March 1887 · page 4

The new Parliament will assemble on Tuesday next, the 8th inst. The Parliament will be opened by commission, which will be read in the Upper House. Having been…

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Dissolution of the South Australian Parliament. (By TELEGRAPH.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 March 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--Parliament is to be dissolved on Wednesday next, and the writs for the elections will be issued within a day on two. An election meeting will be held at Gawler this…

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Opening Parliament with Prayer. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1887 · page 4

Sir,—In your issue of the 26th instant I read a letter from the Rov. T. S. Forsa[?]h, on the subject of opening Parliament with prayer. That prayer in the Legislative Assembly would be attended with good results does not…

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The Elections in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1887 · page 10

It is probable that the nominations for half the electoral districts will be received on March 16. To suit the convenience of the working classes the elections for the city and suburbs, and some of the other districts, will…

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South Australian Parliamentary Elections. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The writs for the general elections are to be issued to-morrow, and the elections will take place in two batches. For the first lot,including 15 electorates, the…

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Opening Parliament with Prayer. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1887 · page 8

Sir,—I am very glad that this subject, the importance of which I have long felt, has been brought before the public in your columns. Very many people, and those not of the worst, seriously…

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The General Elections in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1887 · page 7

Parliament was dissolved by proclamation this morning. The writs for the general elections will be issued on Wednesday. The first batch of elections will take place on March 16, and the last batch on…

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The Elections in Germany. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 5

The second ballots in connection with the elections to the German Reichstag are resulting in favour of the Government, except in Berlin…

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The Elections. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) the Richmond. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 6

The final returns for the election show that Mr. Ewi[?] polied nearly 2100, Mr. Crouch nearly 2000, Mr. Barrie under 700, and Mr. Lopez only 351, the latter losing his £40 deposit, but the amount has been subscribed by his…

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Tasmanian General Elections. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1887 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday.--Mr. Beedham, solicitor, the defeated candidate for West Hobart at the last general election, appears in the field as a third candidate for Kingborough. The polling…

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The New Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 12

ON Tuesday next the new Parliament begins its difficult career. Looking down the list of members, old and new, the interest, of course, is mainly in the latter, both…

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Political News. the Meeting of Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 13

The new Parliament will meet on Tuesday next for the dispatch of business. The elections terminated on Saturday last, and the result of the appeal to the country is the return of…

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Mr. Justin M'carthy, M.p., on the English Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 7

Mr. Moncure D. Conway sends to the MANCHESTER GUARDIAN an interesting account of an address delivered by Mr. Justin M'Carthy at the Nineteenth Century Club in New York…

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Our New Parliament. MR. W. TEECE. M.L.A. for Goulburn

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 27

Mr. W. Teece, whom it is now the custom to return unopposed for Goulburn, acted as whip, and an indefatigable whip to the numerically small minority which fought such a bitter and…

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The Press and the Elections

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 13

THE result of the elections in their early stages, although disappointing, no doubt, to Protectionists, was not altogether unexpected. Sir Henry Parkes had the…

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The Elections in Germany

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 18

LONDON, Feb. 25.—The elections to the Reichstag in Germany Lave resulted in the return of 200 members in favour of the Septennate, exclusive of 90 Centre representatives…

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Notes of the Week. The General Election

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 479

The general election is now a thing of the past, and, instead of looking at the probabilities of the contest, we are able to cast up its results. The issue before the country was that of protection or free trade. Of…

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The Elections in Germany. London, Feb. 25

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 482

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…

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