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Sir,--I read with considerable wonder tin cleverly concocted article in your issue of the 21st from the pen of the organising secretary of the Local Option League. Being a member of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--So Mr. Wise is of the opinion that the so-called manipulation of the writs by Mr. Dibbs (wily and wicked Premier!) and his colleagues militated considerably against the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--The sub-committee appointed by the Liberal caucus to draw up a, programme for the elections met to-day, when it was generally understood that the abolition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WILCANNIA, Saturday.--Owing to an informality made by the presiding officer at Moama, it will be necessary for him to forward a fresh return. Therefore, the returning officer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--The official declaration of the poll for the Sturt election was made at the conrthouse to-day by the returning officer, Mr. J. J. Williams, J.P. The results…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The position of affairs as between Mr. Bent and the Opposition party was explained by tho former at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--It is reported that an effort made to dissuade Mr. R. B. Wallace from proceeding with the action for slander against .Mr. Jus. Fletcher has proved futile. The action…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARLIAMENT will meet to-morrow at noon. The meeting will, of course, be the usual one, preliminary, to the formal opening on Thursday by the Governor in person…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The future destiny of the colony, so far as Parliamentary action is concerned, has been confided to those gentlemen who have been chosen to occupy seats in the new Parliament. As an old colonist, and feeling…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Some one seems to have found a mare's nest in connection with the Newcastle election. A rumor got abroad that the election was in danger of being invalidated through an informality in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Fitzpatrick, who was arrested by Senior-sergeant Fowler and Constable Waters on a charge of personating William Fitzpatrick, of Bowral, at the Mittagong polling booth on the 9th instant, and voting,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—Owing to a number of wild statements as to the respective votes given in favour of free trade and protection, the executive committee of the national Protection Association have deemed it advisable to analy[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The official declaration of the poll took place to-day at noon, but, owing to the fact that the numbers had been unofficially declared last week, it was only a formal matter. The polling was:—Waddell, 1510;…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A COMPLIMENTARY banquet to Messrs. S. H. Hyam, W. Inglis, W. A. Hutchi[?]son, and D. Buchanan, the four defeated Protectionist candidates for Balmain at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir, -- At the General Election in 1886 the following question was asked every candidate, and the reply was received in writing : -- "Are you in favor of local…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir, -- Ever since the local option vote has been taken at the municipal elections, I have voted for no new licences nor removals. From this out I intend to vote for more…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--It is not usual to ask a newspaper to correct misrepresentations unless such misrepresentations have appeared in its own columns, but a certain evening paper in this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BATHURST, Monday.--The presiding officer at the West Macquarie election states he has been carefully through the rolls used in the recent election and only detected three cases of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The committee appointed by the Liberal caucus met to-day and drew up a draft of the platform which it is intended to submit to a meeting to be held…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MINISTERS were busily engaged to-day placing the final touches to the Viceregal speech, to be read by the Governor, at the formal opening of Parliament…
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