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Politics & elections, 1887

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The Basingstoke Election

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 July 1887 · page 5

London, Tuesday.-- The Parliamentary election for the Basingstoke Division of Hampshire, caused by the elevation of Mr. Sclater Booth to the Peerage, took place…

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Victorian Parliament. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In the Assembly to-night, good progress was made in committee with the Neglected Children's Law Amendment Bill…

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Queensland Parliament. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Both Houses sat today, and the motion in each to present her Majesty with an address of congratulation on the completion of the 50th year of her reign…

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South Australian Parliament. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--In the House of Assembly to-day, in answer to a question, the Commissioner of Public Works said that work had been done in the Government workshops…

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Tasmanian Parliament. the Public Works Scheme. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday.--In the Assembly this evening the Minister of Lands and Works brought forward his scheme of public works for the ensuing year. No new railways are…

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R.A.O.B., Surrey Banner. Election of Grand Primo

Evening News · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 3

The lodges under the Surrey Banner held their bi-annual meeting in the amalgamated lodge room in the German Concordia, Pitt street. on Thursday night, for the purpose of electing their…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) Elections to the House of Commons. London, July 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 5

The Parliamentary election for the Brixton division of Lambeth, caused by Mr. Ernest Baggally, Conservative, having been appointed a stipendiary magistrate, has resulted…

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Parliamentary Elections in England

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The Parliamentary election for the Brixton division of Lambeth, caused by Mr. Ernest Baggally, Conservative, being appointed a stipendary…

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Members of Parliament. Mr. Alban. J. Riley

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 182

Mr. Riley, as Mayor of Sydney, has made himself so popular and his name so universally known, that it is not necessary to say anything to introduce our portrait. A short memoir, however, of one of the most popular civic…

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Elections to the House of Commons

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 9

London, July 20.—The Parliamentary election for the Buxton division of Lambeth, caused by Mr. Ernest Baggally, Conservative, having been appointed a stipendiary magistrate, has resulted…

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[?] Elections to the House of Commons. London, July 19

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 177

The Parliamentary election for the Basing-stake Division of Hampshire, caused by the elevation of Mr. Sclater Booth to the peerage, took place yesterday, and resulted in Mr…

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South Australian Parliament. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 July 1887 · page 4

Adelaide, Tuesday.--In the Legislative Council to-day, the Payment of Members Bill was read the first time. The Supply Bill, including the proposed reductions in the civil…

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Queensland Parliament. Chaffey Brothers' Irrigation Schemes. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 July 1887 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--In the Assembly to-day the adjournment of the House was moved and a short discussion provoked re the overtere from Messrs. Chaffey Brothers to the…

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Tasmanian Parliament. a Want of Confidence Motion (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 July 1887 · page 5

HOBART, Tuesday.--The debate on the financial proposals of the Government was commenced this evening and attracted more than the ordinary degree of public interest,…

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Tasmanian Parliament. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 5

HOBART, Wednesday.-- The debate on the financial proposals of the Government was resumed this afternoon. Four members of the Ministerial side of the House expressed their…

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Queensland Parliament. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 5

BRISBANE. Wednesday.-- In the Assembly to-day the Appropriation Bill, asking for a vote of credit of £250,000 on account, was passed through [?]its stages alter a short debate, the…

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South Australian Parliament. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.-- In the Assembly to-day, Mr. Moulden moved the second reading of the Absconding Debtors Bill, and stated that a similar measure would be introduced into the…

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Victorian Parliament. a Question of Privilege (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- The Whole time allotted to Government business in the Assembly to-day was occupied in discussing the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. Mr. Wrixon…

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Gaunson on Windeyer. Scene in the Victorian Parliament. What Gaunson Did Sat

Evening News · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 3

The telegrams from Melbourne which professed to give an account of the scene in the Victorian Parliament when the notorious Mr. David Gaunson attacked Judge Windeyer, only conveyed a…

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Queensland Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--In the Assembly today the Premier presented over 40 petitions from various corporate institutions, municipalities and divisional boards, received from all…

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