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Politics & elections, 1890

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Municipal Matters. North Willoughby Elections

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 3

MR. R. H. HARNETT, Jun., a very old and well-known resident of North Shore, intends to offer himself as a candidate for alderman of the Chatsworth Ward at the…

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Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 4

Parliament has been further prorogued from Tuesday, February 4, to Tuesday, March 4. A Supplement to the Government Gazette was Issued yesterday evening containing a…

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Further Prorogation of Parliament

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 2

A SUPPLEMENT to the Government Gazette was issued yesterday evening further proroguing Parliament from Tuesday, February 4, to Tuesday, March 4…

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The A.j.c. Meeting. the Hunt Club Case. Election of the Committee

Referee · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 1

The annual general mooting of the members of the A.J.C. was held in the Exchange room on monday afternoon last. The attendance was very fair,…

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The Natives' Conference. Election of Vice-presidents. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 5

Mr. Nicol, M.L.A., New South Wales, and Mr. Wise, of Victoria, have been elected vice-presidents of the Australian Natives' Conference…

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Newcastle Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The municipal elections are likely to be very lively here this year. Alderman Moroney will be opposed in the City Ward by Mr. B. Reilly,…

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South Australian Parliament. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Parliament has been further prorogued till March 31. The first batch of the general elections will take place early in April…

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Our Derbv Candidates

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 4

LONDON, January 21.—There is very little betting on the English Derby, but the Hon. James White's colts, Kirkham and Narellan, are still quoted at 50 to 3…

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Municipal Matters. Padding Ton Elections

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 8

A meeting of gentlemen interested in the return of Alderman George Davidson for Glenmore Ward, Paddington, was held at Bassetti's Solferino Hotel on Tuesday,…

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Newcastle Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- The municipal elections are likely, to be, very lively hero this year. Alderman Moroney will be opposed in the City Ward by Mr. B. Reilly,…

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Broken Hill Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Thursday.-- The municipal campaign is being actively prosecuted in view of the approaching annual election of one alderman for each ward…

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Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 4

Tuesday, the 28th inst., will be the last day for receiving nominations of candidates for the vacancies for aldermen and auditors at the forthcoming municipal elections in the whole of the…

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Glebe Elections

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 2

A very numerously and and influentially signed requisition has been presented to Alderman Michael Chapman, M.P.,; asking him to permit himself to be again nominated for the Glebe…

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Election of Trustees for Christ Church Enmore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 3

On Monday evening last a public meeting of the scat-holders, subscribers, and parishioners of Christ Church, Enmore, was held for the purpose of electing trustees for the parish and church property. The…

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The Pelican Club. Re-election of the Committee. The Slavin-Smith Inquiry. LONDON, January 23

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 5

The election of a committee by the members of the Pelican Club in the place of the committee which recently resigned to the non-adoption of their report into the…

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Parliament Prorogued to March

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 16

PARLIAMENT has been further prorogued from Tuesday, February 4, to Tuesday, March 4. A supplement to the GOVERNMENT GAZETTE was issued on Tuesday evening containing a…

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Miners Delegates Meeting. Representation in Parliament. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 6

At a meeting of the minors delegates held yesterday, the following motions were carried:--"That the general secretary inform the secretary of the Maryville…

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Miners' Representatives in Parliament. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 12

At a meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board to-day, it was resolved that three oandidates should be appointed by the members of the Miners' Association to contest two of the seats for Northumberland and o[?] for…

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

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 8

In the House of Lords, the repeal of the Act of Settlement met with some unexpected opposition. All indeed were agreed as to the right of seizing the goods and property…

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Incorporation of Katoomba. Election of Aldermen & AUDITORS

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 January 1890 · page 3

The election of six aldermen and two auditors, to serve on the first Municipal Council of Katoomba. took place on Saturday, and proved a close and exciting contest, as will be seen by the figure below…

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