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Politics & elections, 1889

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The West Ward Elections. to the Editor

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 7

DEAR SIR,—While attending Mr. Cropley's meeting last Saturday, January 14th, I was somewhat amused to hear one of the aldermen interfering with the meeting by asking…

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The Municipal Election

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 4

SINCE last issue there has been some development in the matter of municipal contests in two of the Balmain wards. The south-west is to be the scene of another…

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Parliamentary Election

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 4

ELECTORS are naturally very eager to know the date of the approaching contests. Nothing definite was known in Balmain up to the time of our going to press, but…

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West Ward Election, Leichhqrdt

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 6

Mr. R. B. Cropley again addressed the [?]topayers from the balcony of Mr. Alex[?]nder's shop, Parramatta-road, on Saturday [?] There was a good crowd of people…

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North Ward Municipal Election Leichhardt

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 6

Mr. Little addressed a fairly representative number of ratepayers of the above ward, in James-street, on Tuesday evening last. Mr. Shelton acted as chairman and…

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The Seine Election. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 118

An intensely bitter party feeling has been imported into the election to the French Chamber of Deputies for the Department of the Seine (Paris), for which General…

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The Elections

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 4

Now that the dissolution is decided upon, it is to be hoped that the Government will so manage the contests as to have the appeal to the country over without delay…

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The Coming Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 5

Mr. C. Bloomfield has bean selected by the Randwick Ratepayers' Association to contest Coogee Ward. Mr. S. Whelan is the first candidate in the…

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Dissolution of Parliament

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 6

His Excellency the Governor signed the proclamation at noon, Saturday, formally dissolving Parliament…

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The Elections. Dissolution of the Assembly. Issue of the Writs. the Nomination and Polling Days

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 5

The Government decided on Saturday to at once advise his Excellency to dissolve Parliament. At a Cabinet meeting held in the morning final arrangements for the election were…

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The Political Crisis. Dissolution of Parliament. the General Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 8

A proclamation was published in a Government Gazette Extraordinary issued at noon on Saturday dissolving Parliament. The dissolution is more sudden than had been anticipated. It had been thought that…

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The County Council Elections. Return of Sir John Lubbock and Lord Rosebery. a Socialist Elected. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 7

Little interest has been manifested in the county council elections, which are taking place under the new Local Government Act. Most of the members of the…

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The Govan Election. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 7

In the Parliamentary election for Govan, which took place to-day, Mr. Wilson, the Gladstonian Liberal candidate, defeated Sir John Pender, chairman of the Eastern…

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The Protectionist Candidates

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 4

A VERY suggestive sign as to how the public feeling is running on the issue about to be submitted to the people is the extraordinary number of Protectionist…

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The Govan Election. Victory for Home Rule. London. January 19

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 5

Mr. Wilson, the Gladstone Liberal candidate for Govan, Lanark, was returned by a majority of more than 1000 votes over his opponent, Sir John Pender,…

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Local Government in England. Result of the Elections. Sweeping Liberal Majority. London, January 18

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 5

The result of the first local government elections under the provisions of the new County Councils Act has been a sweeping majority for the Liberals. Two-thirds of…

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Political Situation. the Premier's Address. Parkes Fickle. No Leader for the Foreign Traders. Protectionist Candidates for Balmain

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 5

THE St. Leonards electors, who for the past three years have been befooled into a state of apathy by the wholesale promises of Sir Henry Parkes, are showing signs of…

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The General Elections. Hartley. Lithgow. This Day

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 7

On Saturday night Mr. J. P. T. Caul- field, the Protectionist and Ministerial candidate for Hartley, commenced his election campaign by addressing the…

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A Parliamentary Election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. Wilson, a Gladstonite Liberal, who has been returned to Parliament as representative of Govan, defeated his opponent, Sir John Pender, who…

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County Councils Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--The local government elections, under the County Councils Act, have resulted in a victory for the Liberals, who have secured a two-thirds…

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