The General Election
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 481
The elections for the new House of Assembly were con., eluded on Saturday last. Oat of 124 members 83 have declared for free trade, whilst 41 have advocated a more or less modified form of of protection. The Ministerialists…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 483
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 Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 9
The returned members for this district are, judging by past knowledge of them, not men that Will reflect credit upon the electorate, save one, Mr. Creer, who as far as we know…
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The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 8
SO far as the issue, Freetrade or Protection, is concerned the country by a considerable majority has decided for Freetrade. But that issue does not…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 13
The following returns complete the list of elections:—Bourke (two members): Waddell, M. and F., 1220; Wilson, M. and F., 996; Willis, O. and P., 934. Monaro (two members): O'Mara,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1887 · page 4
A meeting of metropolitan district electoral superintendents and lodge electoral deputies connected with the Independent Order of Good Templars was held in the Temperance Hall on Saturday evening. Mr. G.D.Clark,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1887 · page 5
A meeting of metropolitan district electoral superintendents and lodge electoral deputies connected with the Independent Order of Good Templars was held in the Temperance-hall on…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1887 · page 7
As the result of the elections to the Reichstag in Germany, Prince Bismarck has obtained a majority of 43…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1887 · page 4
A supplement to the Government Gazelle was issued on Saturday, and it announces that the writs have been returned from the several returning officers certifying the election of 119…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1887 · page 5
BOURKE, Saturday.--About 300 people attended to hear the official declaration of the poll to-day. The returning-officer announced the figures as follows :--…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 March 1887 · page 4
The first session of the thirteenth Parliament of New South Wales opens at noon to-day. The proclamation convening Parliament will be read simultaneously in both Houses. After…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 March 1887 · page 4
The Government propose to rectify any informalities that may hare taken place in the elections for Mudgee and the Richmond by proclamations. This will render the action of…
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The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 3
Parliament No. XIII. was commenced to be opened by that preliminary lubricating. guzzle which is so characteristic of British institutions. This Ministerial Dinner as it is called was held…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 4
The formal opening of Parliament by his Excellency the Governor will take place at about noon to-day. The Assembly will meet at 11 o'clock, pursuant to adjournment, when,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 5
The thirteenth Parliament of New South Wales was opened yesterday by commission. It is not to be expected that the fashionable ecstacy attending a look at Mr. Harnett's…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 5
Yesterday Witnessed the unfolding of a new chapter, in the political history of New South Wales. The first session of the 13th Parliament was opened at noon by Royal…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 4
Proclamations published in a Gazette supplement, dated Monday, declare that the following elections are valid, notwithstanding delay in the return of the writs :--Balranald, Allan…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 5
Sir,--I read with considerable interest this morning your review of the results of the recent elections. But I think the total of votes for freetrade aud for protection has not been…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 5
LISMORE, Tuesday.--The official declaration of the poll took place yesterday, when Messrs. T. T. Ewing and T. J. Crouch were declared duly elected. Mr. J. Burrie, one of the defeated…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1887 · page 4
The present Assembly prides itself upon having already bespoke a special chapter in history. It calls itself the Centenary Parliament of New South Wales. We all…
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