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Politics & elections, 1889

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Sir H. Robinson. a Candidate for Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--Sir Hercules Robinson, the late Governor of the Cape Colony, is announced as the Gladstone Liberal and Separatist candidate for the representation…

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Tasmanian Parliament. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 5

HOBART, Sunday.--Parliament opens on Tuesday next. Mr. Nicholas Brown having relinquished the leadership of the Opposition, it is probable that Mr. W. H. Burgess will be…

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Parliament. Legislative Assemble. Friday, July 6

Evening News · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 O'clock. DULES OF SUPREME COURT FOR ADMISSION OF BARRISTERS…

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Parliament and Local Option. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 8

Sir,--Will you permit me through your valuable paper to ask the local option party are they willing to pay to the Government L30 per year in advance for…

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Parliamentary Election. Return of a Home Ruler. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, July 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 5

A vacancy having occurred in the representation for West Fifeshire in the House of Commons, by the resignation of the Hon. Robert P. Bruce, a Gladstonian…

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Sir Hercules Robinson. a Candidate for the House of Commons. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, July 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 5

St. James's Gazette announces that Sir Hercules Robinson, ex-Governor of the Cape, will stand as the Home Rule candidate for Dover, opposing Mr. George…

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Sir Hercules Robinson. a Homo Rule Candidate. LONDON July 6

The Australian Star · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 4

Sir Hercules Robinson, late Governor of the Cape, is announced as the Gladstone Liberal candidate for Dover, in the room of the late Major Dickson…

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The Redfern Election. Monster Meetings of Electors. Saturday's Final Gallop. The Creature Free-trade--Driving the Last Nail in the Coffin--The Eve Before the Battle--The Stick to Beat the Dog

The Australian Star · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 6

To-day Redfern is in a rather more excited state over a Parliamentary election than it has been for som etime past, not only because the state of parties is so evenly…

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A Parliamentary Election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The vacancy in the representation of West Fifeshire in the Mouse of Commons has been filled by the election of the Gladstone Liberal and…

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The Redfern Election. Mr. Anderson's Meetings

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 4

Mr. Anderson, the freetrade candidate for the representation of the electorate of Redfern in the Legislative Assembly, addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting of the electors from the…

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Good Templars and the Redfern Election. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 4

Sir,--In your issue of Saturday Mr. G. D. Clark, G.D. Superintendental O.G.P., points out that in February last Mr. W. F. Schey promised " to vote for the application of local option to…

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The Redfern Election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 4

To-day Mr. W. F. SCHEY seeks to escape from that position in which it pleased a majority of the voters at the last election to place him, and re-enter…

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Redfern Election. Polling Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 July 1889 · page 7

The election of a member of Parliament to represent the Borough of Redfern, in the room of the late Hon. John Sutherland, took place yesterday, the contest proving a very close and exciting one. There were…

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TASMANIA. Tasmanian Parliament

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 July 1889 · page 5

HOBART, Monday.--The Tasmanian Parliament opens on Tuesday next. The leadership of the Opposition will probably be given to Mr. W. H. Burgess. Mr. J. E…

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To-day's Parliament

Evening News · Tuesday 9 July 1889 · page 5

The Legislative Assembly meets this afternoon at half-past 4, when, according to the business paper, fifteen questions await answers by members of the Government. Following these comes…

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Tasmanian Parliament. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 July 1889 · page 5

HOBART, Monday.--The fourth session of the ninth Parliament of Tasmania will be opened to-morrow. The election of a President of the Legislative Council will take place previously…

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The Redfern Election. The Result of the Poll. Return of the National Candidate. The Tables Turned

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 July 1889 · page 3

At Waterloo, Alexandria, and Redfern polling proceeded quietly, especially at the two former places. The greatest interest--it could by no means be called…

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Redfern Election

Evening News · Tuesday 9 July 1889 · page 5

The Redfern election is over, and Mr. Schey writes M.L.A. after his name. The protectionists in the electorate rolled up to the poll to a man, and the freetraders, in many cases, stopped at…

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The Poll at the General Election

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 July 1889 · page 3

Following is the poll taken at the last general election in February this year:--Sutherland (F.). ... ... 2988 Howe (P.) ... ... ... 2896…

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Redfern Election. Return of Mr. Schey

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 July 1889 · page 4

A majority of 25 votes in favor of the protectionist candidate was the result of the polling yesterday to till the vacancy in the parliamentary representation of the electorate of Redfern…

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