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Politics & elections, 1890

2,213 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 111

The German Elections

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 4

LONDON, January 9.-The elections to the German Reichstag will be held on February 20…

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Australian Candidates for the English Derby

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 19

AT Saturday's race meeting at Randwick the feature of the afternoon was the exhibition of the Australian candidates for the English Derby and other classic events of 1891, the Hon. J. White…

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The German Reichstag. the New Elections. [By Cable.] (From Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 11

The elections to the Reichstag, or Legislative Parliament of the German Empire, take place on February 20 next throughout the Empire…

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The German Reichstag. Date of Elections fixed. LONDON, January 10

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 5

The elections for the German Reichstag have been fixed to take place on February 20…

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The German Reichstag Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The elections for the German Reichstag have been fixed to take place on the 20th prox…

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The Municipal Elections

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 4

THE municipal elections in the town and district are causing some stir. There is not much fresh to report in Parramatta. The Women's Christian Temperance Union,…

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Barrier Miners. Election of Officers. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 6

The local branch of the Miners' Association held a meeting on Saturday, when the officers for the ensuing half-year were elected. Great interest was evinced, and…

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Home Politics. Pending Dissolution of Parliament

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 4

LONDON, January 13.—An apparently inspired statement in the London edition of the NEW YORK HERALD that a dissolution of Parliament is imminent has excited…

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Marriage Law Reform Association, 21 Parliament street, London, S.W.

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 3

To the Honorable the Members of the Federal Council of Australasia, Robert Town, Tasmania. Honorable Sirs.--The Marriage Law Reform Association had the honor of addressing a letter to the…

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Imperial Parliament. Early Dissolution. Seizing an Opportunity. LONDON, January 13

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 4

To-day's issue of the London edition of the New York Herald contains an important announcement on the coming session of the Imperial Parliament. The statement…

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Fatal Cab Accident at Hobart. a Member of Parliament Killed. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 5

HOBART, Monday.--A fatal accident occurred in Liverpool-street this afternoon. The horse attached to a cab in which Mr. John Lord, M.L.C., was riding and which was driven in the…

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The Imperial Parliament. a Dissolution Rumoured. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 7

The New York Herald states, on what is regarded as reliable authority, that Parliament will be dissolved after Mr. Go[?]hen's Budget proposals have been…

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Katoomba Municipal Elections

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Monday.—The following gentlemen were nominated at noon on Saturday as candidates for the position of aldermen and auditors for the municipal district of Katoomba…

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The Australian Candidates for the Epsom Derby. Kirkham and Nar[?]llan at Newmarket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 5

An English correspondent sends the following, under date December 6, concerning the Hon. James White's colts, Kirkham and Narellan, at present in training at Newmarket form the Epsom Derby:—…

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Municipal Elections. North Botany

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 8

Mr. James Thornton, who is a candidate for aldermanic honors in the North Ward, held a most successful meeting in the local council chambers last night. The building…

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Barrier Miners. Election of Officers. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 6

The BARRIER MINER publishes a full return of the election of the officers of the Barrier branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, although not yet…

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Municipal. the Coming Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 6

The aldermen who next month retire by effluxion of time from the Ashlield conucil are the present Mayor (Mr. R. Dongan, J.P.), North Ward ; Aldermen Lyttle, East Ward; and W…

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The British Parliament. the Dissolution Denied

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--An official denial is given to the report, published in the London edition of the New York Herald, that Parliament will be dissolved after the…

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Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondent.) the Imperial Parliament. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 7

The report that the Imperial Parliament would he dissolved after the Budget had been brought down is authoritatively denied…

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The Coming Election. (To the Editor of the "Referee,")

Referee · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 5

Sir,—I read with much pleasure your leading article of the 8th, also the able letter signed "Tambourind Tommy." That Mr G. E. Russell Jones' notice of motion is a good…

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