Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Politics & elections, all years

Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1890

2,213 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 111

Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, May 13

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 5

The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BRUCE SMITH, in answer to Mr. CLARKE for Mr. Garvan, who asked if he had…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, May 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 5

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BRUCE SMITH, in answer to Mr. Clarke for Mr. Garvan, said that when the time came for dealing…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Tuesday's Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Western Australia. the Farley Accident. Lake Illawarra. Government Opposition

Evening News · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 3

The Speaker took the Chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. PRISON LABOR…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, May 13. The, SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 3

Mr. BRUCE SMITH, in reply to Mr. GARVAN, said that the report on the Eden to Bega railway was not yet fully considered. When the documents were ready…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Parliament. Wednesday, May 14. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at the usual hour. Business in the Legislative Council occupied hon. gentlemen until half-past 10…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council Wednesday, May 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. NAVIGATION OF THE DARLING AND THE MURRUMBIDGEE. Mr. HOSKINS asked the Vice-President of the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 14. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Answers to Questions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 6

Mr. W. H. SUTTOR, in answer to Mr. HOSKINS, who asked if the Government had taken into consideration the resolution adopted by the Council on July 25, 1889, expressive of the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Yesterday's Parliament. Legislative Council. Reducing the Quorum. Lodgers' Protection Bill Thrown Out. Divorce Extension. The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. Laid on the Table

Evening News · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 3

Mr. W. H. SUTTOR laid on the table a number of papers, including the Prisons Report 1889, the University Report 1889, Amended Bylaws of the Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Boards…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Floating Foundling Institute. a Waif From the Railway Smash. Sending a Baby to the Vernon. His Mother Murdered -- Father Dead. Country J.'sP. -- The Policeman Testified that the Baby Bore a Good Character, and Had Not Pre[?] [?]viously Been Before the Court -- A Case for[?] Parliament to Deal with

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 7

THE Quirindi bench of magistrates, consisting of Messrs. Andrew Semple and R. J. Pollock, a couple of the recently-appointed J.'sP., must have had a grim sense of the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

PARLIAMENT. Thursday, May 15. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 3

The President took the chair at the usual hour. DOWER ABOLITION BILL. The second reading of this bill was moved…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 3

The PRESEDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ANSWER TO QUESTION. Mr W. H SUTTOR, in answer to Mr Hoskins, said that Mr Leopold Yates was still a member of the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Yesterday's Parliament. Legislative Council. Dower Abolition Bill Withdrawn. the Divorce Extension Bill. Second Reading Carried

Evening News · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 3

The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. LAID ON THE TABLE. Mr. W. H. SUTTOR laid on the table a number…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday. May 16. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. the Council's Quorum

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 6

Mr. W. H. SUTTOR moved for leave to bring in a bill to reduce tho proportion .of members of the Legislative Council required to corm a quorum…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

A Floating Foundling Institute. a Waif From the Railway Smash. Sending a Baby to the Vernon. His Mother Murdered--Father Dead. Country J.'sP.--The policeman Testified that the Baby Bore a Good Character, and Had Not Previously Been Before the Court--A Case for Parliament to Deal With

The Australian Star · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 6

THE Quirindi bench of magistrates, consisting of Messrs. Andrew Sempie and R. J. Pollock, a couple of the recently-appointed J.'sP., must have had a grim sense of the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

In Parliament

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 2

ON Wednesday in the Legislative Assembly it was agreed, on Mr. Melville’s motion, that there should “be laid upon the table of this House copies of all agreements, contrasts,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

At the Wesleyan Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 5

It is not generally known, maybe, that we have two Parliaments at present in session in Sydney. Such, however, is the fact. The first, of course, as everybody is aware, is the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 8. MISCELLANEOUS

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 1086

Mr. W. H. Suttor, in answer to Mr. Creed, stated that officers in charge of divisions of the Naval Brigade had reported that the rifles used by the Brigade were generally in a worn-out condition…

Continued on Trove, page 1086 →

POLITICAL. Parliament in Session. Council. Thursday, May 8

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 13

The President took the chair at the usual hour, when a few unimportant questions were answered. DIVORCE EXTENSION…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

The Opening of the Victorian Parliament. Forecast of the Vice-regal Speech. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 9

The second session of the fourteenth Parliament of Viotoria will be opened by the Governor at 2 o'clock on Wednesday, this being his Excellency's first public appearance in Parliament House. The…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Parliamentary Election. Return of a Home Ruler for East Bristol

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 16

London, May 19.—The election for the vacancy for East Bristol, in the House of Commons, caused by the death of Mr. Handel Co[?]sham, the late member, took place yesterday. It resulted in the…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →