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Politics & elections, 1890

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Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 5

Bathurst, Wednesday.-- The municipal elections take place next month. The following aldermen retire:-- East Ward, F. Halliday; North Ward, C. T. Mullins;…

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South Australian Parliament. Election of Representatives to the Federal Council

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—A special meeting of the members of both branches of the Legislature was held at Parliament House this afternoon for the purpose of electing two representatives of…

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Ashfield Aldermanic Election. the Nominations

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 5

ASHFIELD. Thursday.—The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Alderman Elliott from the representation of the East Ward took place at the Town…

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Election of South Australian Representative. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 7

On Wednesday a number of members of the Legislative Council met in caucus, and decided to support the Hon. R. C. Baker as a candidate for the Federal Council. The nomination was previously…

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Marrickville Election

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 2

A large and influential meeting of the ratepayers of North Ward was held at Ipkendanz's Royal Exchange Hotel on Tuesday, night last, January 14, to take steeps to…

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The Federal Council. Election of South Australian Representatives. (By TELEGRAPH.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A meeting of members of both Houses of Parliament was hold to-day to elect two representatives of South Australia to tho Federal Council. Great…

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Wollongong Municipal Election

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- Considerable interest is taken in the forthcoming municipal elections. The retiring aldermen are Messrs. Wiley, Beatson, and Hewlett…

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The Imperial Parliament. a Dissolution Rumoured

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 16

London, Jan. 13.—The NEW YORK HERALD states, on what is regarded as reliable authority, that Parliament will be dissolved after Mr. Goschen's Budget proposals have been passed…

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Shocking Accident in a Railway Carriage. a Member of Parliament Nearly Burnt to Death. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--A terrible accident happened to-night to Mr. J. G. Ramsay, M.L.C. He was coming to Adelaide in the north train, being alone in a first-class compartment, when…

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The Boyne and Aghrim. or the Story of Some Famous Battlefields in Ireland. Chapter I. the Irish Parliament of 1689

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 7

When King James left Derry in such haste on the 20th of April, 1689, his immediate purpose was to make arrangements for opening the Parliament of Ireland, which he had…

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Mr. Gladstone on the Bye-elections

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 7

Mr. Gladstone contributes to the December number of the NINETEENTH CENTURY an article entitled "Electoral Facts of To-day," in which he deals at some length with the bye-elections. The…

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The Australian Candidates for the Epsom Derby. Kirkham and Narellan at Newmarket

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 149

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 for the Epsom Derby:—…

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Municipal. the Coming Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 10

A meeting of the ratepayers of North Ward, Marrickville, was held at Ipkendanz's Royal Exchange Hotel oh Tuesday night to take steps to secure the return of Mr. M. T…

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Australian Horses for England. Our Derby Candidates for 1891, (See portraits on page 31.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 30

Mr. James White, M.L.C., in making such a systematic invasion of England, with Australian bred horses, deserves every credit. The cable from time to time tells how the first lot, which comprised…

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The Municipal Elections

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 4

THERE is a good deal of quiet activity in Parramatta over the Municipal elections. A bomb exploded in Alderman Taylor's next on Thursday when it leaked out that Mr. F. C. Cox had consented to stand for…

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The Duty of a Member of Parliament. (To the Editor of the " Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 3

Sir,--If we may judge by tho view expressed through your columns, I am afraid that Mr. Hutchison (Glen Innes) and myself are not likely to agree as to what are the…

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Municipal. the Coming Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 6

The activity of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Parramatta is making itself felt in the municipal elections in the old borough. In Forrest Ward they have a…

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News by Telegraph. New South Wales. An Aldermanic Election

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 4

JERILDERIE, Monday.-The nominations for the first aldermen, of the municipality were declared to-day, namely-Messrs. Curtin, Wise, Whitby, Holland, M'Vittie, Harris, Powell…

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An Aldermanic Election

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 5

KATTOMBA, Saturday.-The first election of aldermen for the new municipal district of Katoombatook place to-day, and resulted as fol­low: A. A. Smith 97, C. James 90…

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Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 7

Mr. James Murphy, candidate for the Middle Ward in the forthcoming Paddington election, announces in our advertising columns that he will address the electors at…

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