Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 1
The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. TEMPORARY SUPPLY BILL. The PRESIDENT announced the receipt of…
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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 1
The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4. TEMPORARY SUPPLY BILL. The PRESIDENT announced the receipt of a message from the Governor to the effect that his Excellency had, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament. Thursday, March 1. Legislative Assembly. The House met at 3.30 p.m. Leichhardt Town Hall Bill
The SPEAKER read a message from the Governor conveying the Royal Assent to the Leichhardt Town Hall Site Mortgage Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newtown Election and the Temperance Organisations. to the Editor of "The Australian Star."
Sir.--After carefully perusing the Totter signed " Nicholas B. Downing," in to-day's TELEGRAPH I am of opinion that the writer shows great lack of ability and…
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At the election for Deptford to-day, Mr. Darling. Conservative, defeated Mr. Wilfred blunt Home Ruler, by a majority of 275 votes. The election was necessitated by…
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THE following are the particulars of the writ for the election of a representative in Parliament for Central Cumberland in the room of Mr. Varney Parkes, resigned:--…
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OWING to the absence of the leader of the Opposition from Sydney, the Protectionist party have not yet taken any steps towards selecting candidates to run for the vacant…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Newtown Election. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir, -- In your issue of to-day a correspondent, H. S. S. Bond, renders a fair example of how so-called protectionists arrive at their conclusions. He commences with a lament, doubly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Deptford Election. Retuen of a Conservative. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 1
An election to the House of Commons took place at Deptford yesterday. Mr. Larling, the Conservative candidate, was returned by 4345 votes over Mr. Wilfrid Blunt, the Home…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The third seat to which this city will be entitled at the next general election is not likely to go begging. Four candidates are already…
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AN eager, jostling, gloating crowd, in which the predominant cast of countenance was as might be found abundantly represented at an advertised dogfight, thronged the gallaries as soon as the…
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Disgraceful scenes in the Legislative Assembly of this colony are becoming painfully frequent. The state of affairs political is, in fact, becoming so bad that people regard them less with surprise than…
Continued on Trove, page 457 →The New Procedure Rules in Parliament
London, Feb. 27.— The House of Commons has decided that henceforth the sittings shall commence at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and an apjournment made not later than 1 o'clock in the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, February 23
The Council had but a short sitting. Mr. Lackey moved the second reading of the Victorian Coal-mining Company's Extension Bill. The measure after discussion was referred to a select committee…
Continued on Trove, page 456 →Parliament in Session. Council. Thursday, February 23
The only business on the paper for the afternoon was the second reading of a private measure, the Victorian Coal-mining Company's Act Extension Bill, which was moved by Mr. Lackey, The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mr. Martyr Missionary Jones. His Case Before the Imperial Parliament
London, Feb. 23.— In the House of Commons this evening, Sir James Fergusson, Political Secretary to the Foreign Office, made a statement in reference to the recent expulsion of the…
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ON Thursday morning Mr. Varney Parkes, M.L.A., sent in his resignation to the Speaker as one of the representatives for Central Cumberland. The Speaker has made the following…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Parliamentary Elections
London, Feb. 26.— At a Parliamentary election at Doncaster the Hon. Henry Fitzwilliam, the Unionist candidate, was returned by a majority of 200 votes, defeating Mr. Spencer Balfour, the…
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Mrs. Dualvote—I judge from your action, William, that your candidate has won! Mr. D.—No; he has been…
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So far very little interest has been manifested in the Central Cumberland election, and up to the present nothing has been done by either party to select a…
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