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Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1889

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The Argyle Election. a Petition to Be Lodged

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 February 1889 · page 5

MR. THOMAS ROSE, one of the defeated Protectionist candidates for Argyle, has taken steps to petition against tho return of Messrs. Holborrow and Ball, the…

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The Wilcannia Election

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1889 · page 5

WILCANNIA, Wednesday.--The returning-officer declared the poll at noon to-day. In the absence of the candidates, the proceedings were of an extremely quiet nature…

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MUNICIPAL. The Elections

Australian Town and Country Journal · Thursday 28 February 1889 · page 19

The following municipal elections have taken place in addition to those recorded in last week's issue: ELECTED AS ALDERMEN…

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POLITICAL. The General Elections

Australian Town and Country Journal · Thursday 28 February 1889 · page 13

The last of the pollings for seats in the new Parliament took place on Saturday, February 16; and the elections are now completed. The result is that out of an Assembly of 137 members, 70 are freetraders…

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The Opening of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 4

The proceedings which have so far attended tho opening of Parliament are perhaps without parallel in the history of constitutional government…

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Formal Opening of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

Yesterday Parliament was formally opened with all the pride, pomp and circumstance of traditional custom. The business on Wednesday was, so to speak, merely a mustering of the…

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Yesterday's Parliament. Legislative Council

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 8

The President took the chair at 4.80 p.m. PAPERS. Mr. BARTON laid upon the table the quarterly report of the Railway Commissioners for the…

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Parliament of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 2

The formal opening of the fourteenth Parliament of New South Wales, by his Excellency the Governor, took place yesterday. That a large amount of public interest in the event was felt was shown by the large…

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Parliament. Thursday, February 23. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4. 30 p.m. Ordnance Lands Transfer Bill. Mr. BARTON brought in the Ordnance…

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Parliamentary Election

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, February 27.—Mr. Spencer Balfour has been elected unopposed for Burnley. [At the last general election the successful candidate for Burnley was Mr. Peter Rylands, Liberal…

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The Victorian Elections. the Premier's Seat

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Premier was, on Thursday, asked by the electors of the Eastern Suburbs to allow himself to be nominated for the representation of that electorate in the…

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Parliamentary Election. London, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

The election of a member for the Barnsley division of the West Riding of Yorkshire to fill the vacancy, caused by the retirement of Mr. C. S. Kenny (Home…

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Parliamentary Election. Return of a Home Ruler. London, February 27

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

Mr. Spencer Balfour, Home Ruler, has been elected unopposed to fill the Parliamentary vacancy for Burnley, Lancashire…

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The Good Templar Vote at the Elections. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 7

Sir,--Although the above subject has been pretty well threshed but in your columns, still I claim some space to deal further with it. I bare my clam for the…

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The Good Templars and the Elections. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 3

Sir, -- In reply to Mr. J. Wynn, who writes in reference to the Illawarra election, permit me to say that no "mistake" whatever has been made by myself. It is perfectly true that I…

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The Victorian Elections. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The Premier has been asked to become a candidate for the now electorate of the eastern suburbs, but has not yo replied. It is improbable that ho will desert…

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Cable News. Parliamentary Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night. -- Mr. Spencer Balfour, Home Ruler, was to-day elected M.P. for Burnley, there being no opposition…

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Opening of Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 March 1889 · page 13

Pursuant to proclamation, members of both Houses of Parliament met on Wednesday, February 27. A great many people were presont at noon, apparently under the impression that the Governor…

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The New Parliament

Evening News · Saturday 2 March 1889 · page 3

Parliament is opened, The fun will soon commence, And Dibbs and Parkes, like dunghill cock, Will crow with, hate intense…

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Yesterday's Parliament. Legislative Assembly

Evening News · Saturday 2 March 1889 · page 3

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. The SPEAKER reported a notice from his Excellency of the validation of the election of Mr…

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