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Politics & elections, 1887

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Parliament of Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1887 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly the Premier took an early opportunity of endeavouring to bring about an agreement for winding up the debate on the address in reply, so as to adjourn over the jubilee period. Several…

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The Spalding Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 June 1887 · page 5

London, Wednesday.--It is announced that Mr. Halley Stewart, a supporter of Mr. Gladstone, will oppose Rear-Admiral Tryon, the Tory candidate, in the contest for the…

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South Sydney Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 June 1887 · page 4

A full meeting of the Elections and Qualification Committee was held at the Assembly yesterday and sa[?] nearly all day. Both the Parties interested were represented by legal…

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Parliament

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 5

TUESDAY, JUNE 4.—In the Assembly, the Customs Duties Bill was considered right on until 7.46 a.m. Wednesday, morning, when— (vide Wednesday’s proceedings). Just before…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 1260

Wednesday's business in the Legislative Council was chiefly of a formal character, and the House adjourned at 6 o'clock. Mr. Salomons obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law for preventing…

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Victorian Parliament. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--At the late sitting of the Assembly last evening, Mr. Gaunson cleared the galleries of strangers, and delivered a stonewalling special. The House adjourned at 2…

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Parliament. Another All-night in the Assembly

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 6

Shortly before midnight on Thursday, Sir HENRY PARKES moved the following resolution in the Legislative Assembly;-- That, with the abject of protecting the [?]rer and…

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Parliament in Session. Council. Wednesday, June 15

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 13

Several private bills were pushed on another stage; and the little lords declined to agree with Mr. Stewart, who moved that this House disapproves of the new regulation No. 40 of the…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Friday, June 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 7

The Legislative Assembly sat throughout Thursday night and until a quarter past 7 yesterday morning, [?] the resolution moved by Sir Henry Parkes to record the loyalty of the people of New South Wales…

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The Tobacco Duties and South Sydney Election

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 10

THOSE of our readers who can read between the lines will be able to gather from the following document how Mr. Wise came to be returned for South Sydney. It is a significant circumstance…

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Rear-admiral Tryon a Tory Candidate

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 16

London, June 14.—Rear-Admiral Tryon, C.B., who has just returned from Australia, has been selected as the Tory candidate for the Spalding Division of Lincolnshire, in succession to the…

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South Sydney Election

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 4

The Elections and Qualifications Committee met yesterday under the presidency of Mr. Trickett, M.P., for the purpose of considering the petition referred to them by the Legislative…

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Aldermanic Election.—

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 11

The official declaration of the polling for an alderman in the room of Alderman F. K. Kennard, of Wellington, resigned, was as follows:—James Wildie 165;…

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Parliamentary Election in Hobart

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 June 1887 · page 4

HOBART, Sunday.--The Glenorchy election has resulted in the return of Mr. John Hamilton by about 100 majority over Mr. Russell Young…

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South Sydney Election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 June 1887 · page 4

The following is the correct result of the scrutiny of be ballot papers by the Election and Qualifications Committee For Mr. B. R. Wise. 2611 ; for Mr. W. H. Trail, 2571 ; rejected…

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Notes in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 June 1887 · page 4

The Jubilee celebrations are now as much amongst the things of the past as the Isthmian games. Parliament brought matters to a close by a loyal whirl in the…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, June 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 June 1887 · page 3

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. THE SYDNEY BISHOPRIC BILL. Mr. SPEAKER announced that he had received a message from the Governor, assenting to the Sydney…

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Notes in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 June 1887 · page 4

On the motion of Mr. Dibbs, the House at once resolved itself into a debating society to discuss the abstract question of free trade versus protection. The official record of the…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, June 28

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 June 1887 · page 6

The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PAPERS. The following papers were laid upon the table…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, June 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 June 1887 · page 3

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. DIVORCE EXTENSION BILL. The PRESIDENT announced the receipt of the following protest relative to the Divorce Extension Bill:—…

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