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Politics & elections, 1889

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. W. H. SUTTOR, in reply to Mr. Day, stated that the Railway Commissioners had given attention to…

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Parliament Op Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 5

The Assembly had a very short sitting, the business being mostly formal, or of local interest. A motion for the production of correspondence and report of the traffic manager on the conclusions…

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Yesterday's Parliament. LEGISLATIVE The President took the chair at 4.30. Letwisham Station

Evening News · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 3

Mr. W. H. SUTTOR, in answer to Mr. Day, Said that the Railway Commissioners had given instructions to enlarge the Lewisham Station waiting-room…

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The Disputed Elections

The Australian Star · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 4

THE Elections and Qualification Committee have now dealt with all the petitions sent in by defeated candidates, and the result is in each case to…

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The Argyle Election. Result of the Petition

The Australian Star · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 6

THE petition of Mr. Thomas Rose, one of the unsuccessful candidates at the recent election for Argyle, against the return of Mr E. Ball, was decided this afternoon by…

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Election of a New Bishop of Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 4

The Administrator of the Diocese of Sydney (Dean Cowper) has summoned a meeting of members of the synod, to be held in he chapter-house on Tuesday, June 11,…

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Mud Throwing in Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 11

IN Parliament last Friday night Mr. Bruce Smith, Minister for Works, announced that he "had long since come to the conclusion that the most effectual way of behaving when mud was…

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Opening of the Queensland Parliament

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 1087

Parliament was opened by the Governor at noon on Tuesday with all the customary ceremonies. It was a more than usually brilliant affair, the attendance being the largest over known, and included a great…

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Queensland Parliament. the Opening Ceremony

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 41

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Parliament was opened at noon to-day, by the Governor. The weather was fine, and the attendance of the public large. There was a brilliant gathering of ladies in the…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 16. MISCELLANEOUS

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 1078

On the motion of Mr. Hoskins, a return was ordered, showing the amount of public money spent, since the [?]nitistion of Responsible Government, in improving the navigation of the Murrumbidgee and Darling Rivers…

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Opening the Delegates' Letters. a Question in Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 16

IN the Assembly on Tuesday, Mr. Dibbs asked the Postmaster-General if it was true that two letters addressed to a member of the British House of Commons, Mr. John Deasy, now in the colony,…

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POLITICAL. Parliament in Session. Council. Thursday, May 16

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 13

The President took the chair at the usual hour; and, in reply to questions, the Representative of the Government gave information regarding the calibre of the guns recommended in General Schaw's report…

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The Election of Primate. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 5

Sir,—Will you kindly allow me space to offer some remarks upon the letter of "Reminder" in Wednesday's issue. He professedly writes in the interests of the whole Church, but takes a strange way to advance…

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An Aldermanic Election

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 41

YOUNG, Tuesday.—The nominations for the aldermanic vacancy occasioned by the retirement of, Alderman Cohen, were publicly announced to-day in the Town Hall, by the Mayor. Messrs. J…

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First Municipal Election at Dundas. Return of the Oppositionists. a Complete Victory

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 8

THE Polling for the first municipal election at Dundas took place on Saturday and was carried out very orderly if somewhat energetically. All of the…

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Dundas Borough Council. Election of Mayor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 6

THE first mooting of the Dundas Borough Council was held on Wednesday afternoon in the Rydalmere Hall, Rydalmere, for the purpose of electing a…

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To-day's Parliament

Evening News · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 4

On the business papers of the Assembly, after nine questions follow five orders of the day, which are the second reading of the Divorce Extension Bill, second reading of the Electoral Act (Plural…

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The Election of Primate. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 6

Sir,—In common with the Rev. Joseph Barnier and many others of totally opposite ways of thinking I deeply deplore the letter of "Reminder" in your last Wednesday's issue. The appearance of an anonymous…

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The Birmingham Election

The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 3

MR. BEALE'S gallant attack on the stronghold of Dissentient Liberalism has met with a decisive repulse (says the DAILY NEWS). The Tory managers reckoned…

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Rochester Election

The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 7

ROCHESTER is one more proof that Birmingham stands by itself and proves nothing (says the Manchester GUARDIAN), and if Birmingham prefers, in the…

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