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Politics & elections, 1889

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The Reform of Parliament. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 9

Sir,—The existing debased and demoralised condition of Parliament is deplored by every citizen having the honour and welfare of this colony at heart, but whilst Mr. Sutton is to be commended for his laudable desire…

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The Hartley Electorate. a Candidate in the Field

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 5

MR. JOHN HURLEY, M.L.A. for Hartley, who will probably be obliged to retire, owing to his having been adjudged a bankrupt, has written to Mr. J. P. T. Caulfield,…

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Forthcoming Municipal Elections

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 8

NEWTOWN.-In the Newtown Council the following are the retiring aldermen: Camden Ward, Alderman Medway; Enmore Ward, Alderman Neale; Kingston Ward. Alderman Smith…

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Tasmanian Parliament. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday.--Parliament meets on Tuesday next. The Treasurer will make his financial statement on Wednesday. It is understood that the now proposals will include an…

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Meeting of Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 16
Also in The Australian Star

Parliament will reassemble on Tuesday next, after the Christmas holidays, and mil take up the work at the point it was laid down a fortnight ago. The Estimates have to be completed…

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A Clergyman on Parliament. Obstruction Denounced. London, January 3

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 5

The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon has written an article which appears in his magazine, on the demoralisation of Parliament. He declares that the Legislature has been…

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A Contested Election

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 16

London, Dec. 28.—The Conservative party having failed to induce a candidate from their ranks to come forward to contest the Parliamentary seat for Govan, Lanarkshire, rendered vacant by…

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The Coming Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 10

At Ashfield Alderman Dean, East Ward, retires, and will be opposed by Mr. M'Lean; Alderman Mills, South ward, by ex-Alderman Brown. Alderman J. W. Mortley it is thought…

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Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1889 · page 4

The Legislative Assembly will meet tomorrow afternoon, and the Legislative Council the next day, for the first time since Parliament adjourned over the Christmas and New Year…

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The Elections in France. General Boulanger's Candidature for the Seine. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1889 · page 5

The election for the Department of the Seine, for which General Boulanger is a candidate, is causing great excitement in France. The Bonapartists and Royalists…

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Reassembling of Parliament

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 4

Parliament reassembles at half-past 4 o'clock to-day, and Tuesday being a private members' night, the business paper consists of no less than forty-eight notices of motion. The only ones…

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The Meeting of Parliament

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 4

THE Legislative Assembly will meet for the despatch of business this afternoon. When the adjournment for the Christmas holidays took place there were…

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The Bishop of Sydney's Election

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 2

Notices for the election of a new synod have just been issued by the Primate. The Synod when elected lasts for three years, and the seventh of such synods has just expired. By…

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The Elections in France. Republican Congress. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondents.) London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 7

A Republican Congress, which has been held in Paris, has selected M. Jacques to oppose General Boulanger, in his candidature for the Department of the Seine…

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The Seine Election. Boulanger's Opponent. London, January 7

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 6

M. Jacques, a distiller, has been selected as the candidate to oppose General Boulunger for the department of the Seine…

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The Election of Bishop of Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 4

The Primate has just issued notices for the election of a new synod. Each synod is elected for three years, and that period for the seventh synod has just expired. The synod nominates…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at halt-past 4 o'clock. The Hornsby and Holt-Sutherland Estate…

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TASMANIA. Opening of Parliament

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 5

HOBART, This Day.-- Parliament met yesterday. The Premier gave a statement which showed that prior to June the deficiency was £74,933, and on the year's…

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Yesterday's Parliament. Legislative Assembly

Evening News · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. CLEEKS OF PETTY SESSIONS. Mr. WM. CLARKE, in reply to a question by Mr. By. Clarke, said that the Attorney-General had given…

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