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Politics & elections, 1890

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Manchester Unity Oddfellows. More Elections

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 6

THE committee of the I.O.O.F., Manchester Unity, met again this morning, in the Temperance Hall, for the election of officers. The ballot for auditors resulted in P.G,…

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The South Australian General Elections. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The elections for nine out of 13 districts of the new House of Assembly, included in the first section, took place to-day. These were-- East Adelaide…

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South Australia. The South Australian General Elections

The Australian Star · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--The Cockburn Ministry have had all the best of the election so far. Dr. Cockburn and Mr. Howe have been returned at the head of the poll for…

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The South Australian Elections

The Australian Star · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 4

So far the elections that have taken place in South Australia have resulted greatly in favor of the Ministry. Two issues were placed before the…

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Our Special Cable Service. Australian Racehorses in England. Plutarch Again Runs Last. Adverse Comments. Decline of the Derby Candidates. LONDON, April 10

The Australian Star · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 5

For the Rothschild Plate, a five-furlong race, run at the Northampton and Pytchley Hunt Meeting yesterday, Plutarch finished last of the four competitors. His…

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The South Australian General Elections. Favorable to the Cockburn Ministry. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The results of the first batch of election for the House of Assembly, so far as they are known, are entirely favorable to the Cockburn Government. For Mount…

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The General Elections in South Australia. the Result So Far Favourable to the Government. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 April 1890 · page 5

At the declaration of the poll for Strathalbyn to-day, the Premier stated that the result of the polling was decidedly favourable to the Government policy. At East Adelaide Messrs…

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A Parliamentary Election

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 9

London, April 5.—Mr. Barry, a Liberal-Unionist, has been elected M.P., for Windsor, in the place of Mr. R. Richardson Gardner, Conservative…

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The Hastings and Manning Election

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

ON Monday at Taree the official declaration of the poll was made by the returning officer, Mr. J. M'Inherney, J.P. He stated that 1236 votes had been recorded for Mr. Vivian and 1117 for Mr…

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Parliamentary Election Government Defeat

Evening News · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 4

LONDON, April 11.-The polling took place yesterday for the vacancy caused in the representation of Carnarvon District by the death of Mr. E. Swetenham, Q.C., who…

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South Australian. Elections. Parties Evenly Balannced So Far. the Government Policy. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 12

So far as can be understood from the tenor of the speeches' and from what is known of the candidates, the probability is that those for and against the Government are about equal. There are really no…

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The Hastings and Manning Elections

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 10

The contest for the parliamentary seat for the Hastings and Manning electorate, which, Mr. C. J. Roberts, C. M.G., lately resigned, resulted on Saturday, in a victory for Mr…

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Carnarvon Election. a Gladstonian Victory. LONDON, April 11

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 5

Mr. George, the Gladstonian. Liberal candidate, has been elected for, Carnarvon district by a majority of 18 votes;…

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The South Australian General Elections. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--The general elections were continued to-day, when the polling took place for the districts of Frome, Newcastle and Flinders, two members being required for each…

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Election of Churchwardens. Castle Hill

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 2

Messrs. J. W. Foster, J. R. Wood, E. G. Crane. DUBAI,. Messrs. E. Fuller, T. S. Best, S. J. Moore…

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English Politics. Parliamentary Election. a Conservative Returned. the Egyptian Question. Mr. Gladstone's Health

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 12

LONDON, April 2.—The House of Commons has adjourned over the Easter holidays until the 14th instant, LONDON, April 2.—Colonel R. Richardson…

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The Elections in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1890 · page 7

In the election for Newcastle Mr. Burgoyne, Commissioner for Lands, heads the poll. Mr. Hancock, who recently resigned his position as a Bible Christian minister, gets the…

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Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondents.) Parliamentary Election. London, April 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1890 · page 7

The election of a member of the House of Commons for the Welsh constituency of Carnarvon, in the place of the late Edmund Swetenham, Q.C., Conservative,…

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The South Australian General Elections. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--The result of the election of two members for the district of [?]rome in the House of Assembly was definitely known to-day. Mr. E. Ward, one of the old members…

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