The General Elections
THROUGHOUT the country the election campaign is carried on with an amount of energy and on exampled the history of New South Wales, Speaking generally, the fiscal…
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Parliament
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.-- Mr. J. L. Solomon, the legality of whose election was questioned in consequence of his having been an uncertificated insolvent at the time…
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The result of yesterday's voting come as a surprise to many, and especially to the protectionist candidates, whose anticipations in most cases proved woefully far out. In all 53…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Parliament will be opened by his Excellency the Governor at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, and then both Houses will adjourn until half-past 4…
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LONDON, Wednesday.--The Cape Parliament was formally opened yesterday by Sir Henry B. Loch, the Governor of Cape Colony…
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The Cape Parliament was formally opened yesterday by Sir Henry Loch, Governor of Cape Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The General Elections. Yesterday's Polling. Close and Exciting Contests. Unusually Heavy Voting. Successes of the Labor Party. They Win 18 Seats Out of 53. Crushing Defeat of the Protectionists. Their Leader Rejected. General Victory for Freetrade
An enormous crowd assembled outside this office last night, and read the results of the polling in the city and suburban electorates. The announcements as they were posted up were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fiji News. Trade of the Colony. Substantial Increases. The Bananas Failing. Tongan Parliament
THE following Fiji news is to hand today :--The Receiver-General has issued his annual report of the trade, commerce and shipping of the colony of Fiji for 1890. The…
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Yesterday's elections were unquestionably the most important ever held in this country, as they mark the advent of labor as a great political force. Our corrected…
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Of the 62 candidates returned at yesterday's election, 32 are pledged to the platform of the Local Option League. In no less than 10 constituencies, local optionists headed the poll; the candidates who topped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Campaign. the First Fight. Against the Government. Parkes' Prediction Upset. a Win for the Opposition. Return of Labor Candidates. Storming the Ministerial Strongholds
THE election fight yesterday caused the most intense excitement in the city, and at night when the results were being declared the spaces round the hustings were…
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Sir,--As a business man I fail to see the necessity for granting a public holiday on the polling day for the metropolitan electorate. It surely docs not take an elector a…
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The three most striking features of yesterday's elections were (1) the triumph of Messrs. BRUCE SMITH and M'MILLAN over the bitter and malicious opposition…
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ALBURY, Wednesday.-- The proposed visit of Sir Henry Parkes on Thursday, when he is to speak in favor of the freetrade candidate, has caused a spirit of resentment on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The General Election Results of the First I Batch. Return of Messes. M' Millan and Bruce Smith. Remarkable Success of the Labor Party. Defeat of the Protectionist Leader. Ministerialists 26; Independents, 18. Oppositionists, 9. Great Scene of Excitement in the City
The results of yesterday's elections in the city- suburbs, and country, will be read with much interest throughout this and other colonies to-day. Out of the 52 members…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The Commissioner for Works, who has been ill, again took his seat in the Assembly to-day. Mr. Grainger criticised hotly to-day the…
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All political interest is now centred in the country constituencies, although the organising committees representing both sides «f the old Parliament still meet in Sydney and discuss i arrangements. The Ministers 'who have gone through the fight at the ballot-box have gone to help supporters in the country. Under this~pro-frrammn Sir TTenrv Parkas 5r ccAnir to look…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The General Election Ministers in the Country. the Campaign of the Labor Party. Some Interesting Interviews. an Analysis of Wednesday's Polling. Freetraders, 38 ; Protectionists, 15
With the termination of the Sydney and suburban elections the excitement in the city over election matters has considerably subsided. The interest has now been transferred…
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In the House of Assembly to-day, the Chief Secretary, Sir J. C. Bray, in replying to a question, said that provision would be made that after a term of years from the coming into operation of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Glebe Election. "O 7." Booth Not " O.k.*
A rumor was rife, yesterday, in the clubs, on 'Change, and in business circles generally, to the effect that a technical-point, as to the legality of the Glebe election, is likely to be raised •with a view of having the election quashed. Polling booth " 0 to Z," it i8 freely stated, was conducted in a most slovenly fashion; in…
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