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Politics & elections, 1889

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Parliamentary Election. Home Rule Victory. London, April 17

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 April 1889 · page 5

The election for the Parliamentary vacancy in the representation of Rochester created by the resignation of Colonel Hughes-Hallet, the late Co…

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A Parliamentary Election. a Home Rule Victory

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--A parliamentary election took place yesterday at Rochester, a vacancy having been caused by the retirement of Oolonei Hughes-Hallett, the late…

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Re-election of Ministers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 5

On this subject Dr. Hean, in hil book on the Government of England, writes as follows:- The servants of the Crown form two great classes, the efficiency of each of which is essential to the…

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Slandering a Parliamentary Candidate. an Apology Made and Accepted. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At the Wangaratta County Court this morning H. S. Parfitt, M.P., proceeded against John Henry Tone for slander. Plaintiff and defendant were both…

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In Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 14

The most absorbing question in Parliamentary circles just now, pending the Land Bill and the Budget, is the probable recovery or otherwise from the effects of his late very severe accident of…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, April 11. Detention of Letters

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 798

Mr. Creed moved for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the detention and opening, in the Colonial Becretary's Office, of letters and telegrams addressed to M. Pasteur's agents, MM…

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Parliament in Session. Council. Thursday, April ll. New Bills

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 13

The Newcastle Harbor Improvements Bill and the Newcastle Pasturage Reserve Bill were both read the first time. LETTERS FROM PASTEUR…

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POLITICAL. Our New Parliament. MR. W. W. DAVIS, M.L.A. Fof Bourke

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 13

WILLIAM WALTER DAVIS may be classed among the pioneer squatters of Now South Wales. He is, at any rate, one of those who have had to bear the trials and privations incidental to the opening of a…

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The Re-election of Ministers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 9

IN the Assembly on Tuesday Mr. Hurley moved the second reading of the Ministerial Elections Bill, the object of which is to prevent the necessity of hon. members who accept office going…

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Candidates for Degrees. Faculty of Arts

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 26

M.A.—School of Logic, Moral, Mental, and Political Philosophy: Richard Barber, B.A., George Pitty Barbour, B.A., Jane Poss Bussell, B.A., Constance A. Sutherland, B.A., William Michael Joseph Walsh, B.A. Ad eundem…

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The Time and Work of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1889 · page 4

The March number of the " Nineteenth Century" contains an article on the apparent inability of the House of Commons to cope with the business…

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Half-holidays by Act of Parliament. (From St. James's Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1889 · page 9

It was a grand and glorious time, 30 years ago, when the young bloods of the Radical party were practising obstruction in their nurseries, turning up their little noses at the simple nourishment duly found and provided,…

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To-night's Parliament

Evening News · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 8

On the business paper for the Legislative Council this evening there ara two questions of an unimportant character and four orders of the day relating to Government business. The following…

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Yesterday's Parliament. Legislative Council

Evening News · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 3

The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ILLNESS OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Mr. TRICKETT said he desired to inform hon. members that the Premier had requested him to…

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Parliament. Wednesday, April 24. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Illness of the Attorney-General. Mr. TRICKETT said that he had been…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 4

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ADJOURNMENT—ILLNESS OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Mr. TRICKETT said he desired to inform hon…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, April 24. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 o'clock. Answers to Questions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 6

Mr. BRUCE SMITH, in answer to Mr. STEVENSON. stated that the plans of the railway from Wollombi to Annandale are not completed, and it has been decided not to refer the…

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"Tattersall's Club Elections." to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 7

Sir,--The approaching general election of office beavers and committeemen to the above institution must be my excuse for encroaching on your space. There can be no doubt that since…

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Yesterday's Parliament. Legislative Assembly

Evening News · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 3

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BRUCE SMITH, in reply to a question by…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, April 25

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 6

The SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BRUCE SMITH, in answer to Mr. CHAPMAN, stated that the sewerage of the…

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