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Politics & elections, 1889

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Orange Column. Grand Lodge of New South Wales. Election of Officers

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 8

Last Tuesday night, 5th inst., the Grand Lodge met in their fine lodgeroom, at the Protestant Hall, Sydney; and under the presidency of the retiring Grand Master,…

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Municipal Elections. Bathurst, This Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 8

The election for aldermen took place yesterday. There was a good deal of excitement, each ward being contested. In the North Ward Mr. J. Mills defeated Mr…

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The Glen Innes Election. (To the Editor of "The Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 3

SIR, -- Your excellent sub-leader in your issue of February 5 re the Parliamentary elections might well be seriously considered by this and other electorates who…

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Third Edition. Star Office, 4.30 p.m. the Political Situation To-day's Elections. the Minister for Works at Wollongong. Central Cumberland. Granville, This Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 5

The polling for the election of four members to represent the Central Cumberland electorate, in the Legislative Assembly commenced at 8 o'clock…

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Political Situation. the Parramatta Election. How Mr. John Meeks Became a Free-trader. Protest Against German Labor. the Free-trade Workhouse. the English Mechanic. Superseded by German Labor. the Rich Richer, and the Poor Poorer. South African Maize. a Lesson for Our Farmers

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 6

JUST before the nomination for the Glebo Mr. John Meeks, who has now announced himself as a Free-trade candidate for Glen Innes, waited upon Mr. Dibbs in his room…

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The Victorian General Elections. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The general elections are to be held on March 29. The present Parliament will be allowed to expire by effluxion of time on March 16, and the writs for…

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Election Incidents and Arguments

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 4

It is seldom the case that we see a great electoral contest which is fought out in so straight a fashion on a single issue as the present one. All sorts of tricks…

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The Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 6

The following have been elected aldermen, auditors and mayors for the undermentioned municipal councils:-- BATHURST.--The following have been elected…

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POLITICAL. The General Election

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 14

The real business of the election began with the polling for the contested seats on February 1. In our last issue we noted the results of eight elections in which there was'no opposition, and for…

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The Silver Country. the General Election

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 17

The people of Broken Hill and Silverton are now folly exercised in their minds as to the coming election, the polling day for which is fixed for the 13th instant. Mr. Wyman Brown, the late warden, is a…

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Parliamentary Elections. Central Cumberland. Nomination Day. Freetrade in Excelsis. the Liberal Policy Upheld and Cheered. Farnell, Nobbs, Ritchie and Linsley Get the Show.l Lively Personalities

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 2

At the time of writing up this report of the nomination proceedings of Central Cumberland, we regard the contest as all over, although the "formality" of taking a poll was…

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THE Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate. Saturday, February 9. the Parramatta Election

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 4

THE parliamentary election struggle in Parramatta will in some sort resemble what the Borough has witnessed many times before, namely, a political battle…

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The Central Cumberland Election

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 4

IN all likelihood each elector of Central Cumberland has already chosen the candidates, or the "bunch," for whom he means to cast his vote to-day…

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Municipal Elections

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 7

THE nominations for Aldermen in the various municipalities in the district look place on Tuesday, noon. Consequent upon the nominations for…

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The Elections. Saturday's Polling. Central Cumberland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1889 · page 5

The result of the polling in Central Cumberland on Saturday was, as we predicted, a decisive victory for freetrade, the four candidates being returned with large majorities. Every…

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Polling. the Parramatta Electorate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1889 · page 7

The polling for the electorate of Parramatta was conducted on Saturday, and pussed off quietly and orderly, Mr. Hugh Taylor, the free-trade candidate, securing a great majority over Mr. C. J. Byrnes, the…

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The General Elections. Saturday's Nominations. Tenterfield (1)

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1889 · page 6

TENTERFIELD, Saturday.-The nomination for the election of a member to represent tHe electorate of Tenterfield took place at noon to-day: Mr.Chas. A. Lee, freetrader, was nominated by…

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The General Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1889 · page 7

Nineteen electorates, returning 30 members, pronounced their verdict on Saturday, and the result of the day's proceedings was a very considerable accession of strength to the free-trade party. On Saturday…

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Municipal Nominations and Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1889 · page 5

The following are the results of additional municipal nominations and elections:— ALBURY.—The following aldermen were elected:— Arthur Phillips, Thomas H. Griffith, Cenrad Ten…

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Saturday's Elections

The Australian Star · Monday 11 February 1889 · page 4

As everybody expected would be the case, the elections on Saturday resulted in favor of the Foreign traders. Out of the 30 seats that…

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