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Politics & elections, 1889

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Yesterday's Parliament. Legislative Council

Evening News · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 3

The President took the chair at 4.30. Mr. BARTON laid upon the table a number of papers similar to those laid upon the tabla of the Assembly…

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Parliament. Wednesday, March 6. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. After some formal business had been transacted the Hon E. Barton, Attorney…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, March 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the Chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PAPERS. Mr. BARTON laid upon the table a statement of the…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, March 6. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.50 p.m. PAPERS

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 5

Mr. BARTON laid on the table a number of papers identical with others laid on the table of the Assembly. BROKEN HILL WATER SUPPLY BILL…

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The South Sydney Election. a Petition Presented

Evening News · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 5

It will be remembered that a paragraph appeared in the EVENING NEWS a few days since, explaining the defect which existed in connection with the South Sydney election. This explanation…

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South Sydney Election

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

A PETITION was laid on the table of the Assembly yesterday, appealing against the election of the four members for South Sydney, on the ground that it was…

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The Orange Election. Alleged Double Voting. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 5

ORANGE, Wednesday.--William Payne was charged this morning with having voted at two polling booths, viz., Lawis Ponds and Orange, at the late elections. It was admitted that…

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The Victorian Elections. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--On account of the irregular manner in which the electoral registrars compiled the rolls, the date of the general election will have to be postponed, as in…

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News by Telegraph. a Defeated Candidate Banqueted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 5

BOWRAL, Wednesday.--Alderman Hodgson, A defeated candidate in the late political content, was banqueted at the Grand Hotel last night, the Mayor (Mr. J. J. Campbell) in the…

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British Parliament

Evening News · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 6

LONDON, March 7.—The Address in Reply to the Queen's Speech has been adopted in the Souse of Commons…

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Yesterday's Parliament. Legislative Council

Evening News · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 3

The President took the chair at half-past 4. TRIAL BY JURY. Mr. BUCHANAN was granted leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to trial by jury in…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 7

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 5

The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. PAPERS. Mr. Barton laid upon the table correspondence and other papers relating to the case of…

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The British Parliament. London, March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 7

The Address in Reply to the Queen's Speech has been adopted in the House of Commons…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the Chair at half-past 4 o'clock TRIAL BY JURY IN CRIMINAL CASES. Leave was granted to Mr. Buchanan to bring in a…

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Parliament. Thursday, March 7. Legislative Council. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Criminal Law Amendment

The Australian Star · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 2

Mr. BUCHANAN asked for leave, which was granted, to bring in a bill amending the law of trial by jury in criminal cases. Water for Broken Hill…

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Impersonating at Elections. Walter Hawkins Before the Court

The Australian Star · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 4

AT the Quarter Sessions this morning, before Judge Macfarlane, the man Walter Hawkins was arrigned on an indictment charging him with attempting to…

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In Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 13

APART from, if not to many people above and beyond the main issue, a strong object of interest during the late Parliamentary battle was the new members— the young "braves" who might or…

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PARLIAMENT. The Opening

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 482

Parliament was formally opened at neon on Thursday, February 28, by his Excellency the Governor. The usual ceremonies were observed, and there was a large attendance of the general public, who evinced…

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Yesterday's Parliament. Legislative Council

Evening News · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 3

The President took the chair at 4.30. p.m. LIEUTENANT HAMMOND. Mr. Barton laid upon the table of the House certain further papers respecting the case of…

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