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Politics & elections, 1887

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, May 3. The SPEAKER took the chair it half-past 4 o'clock. Answers to Questions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1887 · page 5

Mr. BURNS, in reply to Mr. Barbour, for Hr. Garvin, said the question of laying the plans and books of reference fo the Eden-Bega Railway o the table of the House this session had yet to be considered by the CA[?]t…

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The Mudgee Election. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 May 1887 · page 5

MUDGEE, Tuesday. -- Electioneering is now becoming more animated. Messrs. Haynes and Carden being the only candidates, the contest has assumed somewhat of a sectarian…

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The Tasmanian Council Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 May 1887 · page 5

HOBART, Tuesday. -- Messrs. Sailer, Grubb and Hodgson, the retiring members of the Legislative Council, have all been re-elected without opposition…

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The Mudgee Election. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1887 · page 10

The election for Mudgee, for which Messrs. Haynes and Carden are the only candidates, has resolved itself into a purely sectarian contest, the question of protection and free trade: being of secondary importance. Active…

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Notes in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1887 · page 4

When 4 o'clock came yesterday it found the beer-cask barricade still standing. Twenty-four hours of determined siege had been successfully resisted. Early in the…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 4. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Answers to Questions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1887 · page 5

Mr. SALOMONS, in reply to Mr. NORTON, said the attention of the Government had been drawn to the outbreaks of typhoid fever, which were said to have occurred on board Her…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 4. The PRESIDENT took the chair half-past 4. PAPERS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 May 1887 · page 3

Mr. salomons laid upon the table the following papers:—Further corrospondence respecting the Imperial Conference; Report for 1886 of the Deniliquin Fire Brigade's Road; abstract of Crown Lands authorised to be…

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Notes in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1887 · page 4

When the House met yesterday afternoon all traces of the previous 31 hours' riots had vanished. Truculent audacity had given place to the other extreme of tranquil…

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The New Zealand Parliament's Address

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1887 · page 5

Our New Zealand correspondent writes: -- "I have just had the pleasure of examining the album containing the congratulatory address from the New Zealand Legislature to her…

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Parliament Legislative Council. Thursday, May 5

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1887 · page 5

The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. SYDNEY BISHOPRIC AND CHURCH PROPERTY BILL. This bill was read a third time, passed and…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1887 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4. PAPERS. Mr. SALOMONS laid upon the table the following papers: —Despatch respecting treaty between Great Britain and the…

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Re-election of a Disqualified Member

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1887 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday. -- The hon. Alexander M'Gregor, whose seat for Hobart in the Legislative Council was declared vacant by reason of his acceptance of a Government contract…

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The Mudgee Election. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1887 · page 5

RYLSTONE, Thursday. -- Mr. Ca[?]den, the protectionist candidate, arrived here last evening to address the electors, but the meeting lapsed for want of an audience. Little interest is…

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Parliament

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1887 · page 5

FRIDAY, APRIL 29.—In the Assembly, the Additional Jubilee Bill was read a third [?]. It was resolved by 64 to 9 votes to grant a free railway fats to any child to and from the…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1887 · page 948

The Legislative Council has been actively engaged in the transaction of its business this week. On Wednesday, after the disposal of some formal matters, Mr. Salomons moved the adoption of the Address to…

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Parliament in Session. Council. Wednesday, May 4

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 May 1887 · page 13

The great feature of the proceedings was the adoption of the address to the Queen on the occasion of her Jubilee. The text of this document has already been published; and it only…

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Parliament of New South Wales. New Notices. Legislative Assembly.—tuesday, May 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 May 1887 · page 8

Mr. Hawkin to move,—That there be laid upon the table of this House copies of all papers and tracings in the possession of the Government relating to Forbes-street, Newtown and Alexandria, particuarlly surveys of Chisholm's and Devine's grants;…

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South Australian Elections. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 May 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--Some interest is beginning to be manifested in the elections of the three members to fill the vacancies in the Legislative Council through the resignations of…

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The Mudgee Election

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 May 1887 · page 14

The polling for this election will take place on the 11th instant. There are only two candidates in the field— Mr. John Haynes in the freetrade interest, and Mr. John H. Carden, protec ionist…

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The Mudgee Election. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 May 1887 · page 4

RYLSTON, Saturday. -- Mr. J. Haynes, the freetrade candidate, addressed a large meeting here to-night, receiving at the conclusion of his address a unanimous vote of confidence…

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