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Politics & elections, 1891

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^ ^V?t-XX~' THE ;:y'^V ■/■•'■.\ General Elections. a "LABOEED'f EFFOET

Evening News · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 6

, A protectionist contemporary yesterday gave, in 1 common with other papers, a classification of the new members elected.. By this classification it is shown, correctly enough, that of the 18 i labor representatives, nine are protectionists. The other nine are-what the classifier is pleased to call "foreign traders." What it may call them, of course, doesn't in the least matter. The point…

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The General Election. a Quiet Day. Movements of the Parties. Return of Two Members

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 5

After the great excitement of Wednesday, yesterday proved rather quiet. There was a general lull in political activity, and the only matter which occupied the attention of the political leaden was the provision…

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The Labor Candidates

The Australian Star · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 3

THE meeting held last night of the Trades and Labor Council was about the most enthusiastic which has yet taken place. The enthusiasm, of course, was the result of the…

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The General Election. Yesterday's Elections. Goulburn

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 3

GOULBURN, Thursday.--The official declaration of the poll was made at noon to-day. There was no alteration in the numbers telegraphed yesterday. Mr. Doyle forfeited…

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Successful and Unsuccessful Candidates. What They Think of the Situation. the Triumph of the Labor Party. Mr, Edmund Barton

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 5

"What do you think of the result of the elections ?" a reporter asked Mr. Barton, yesterday. "Well," he replied, "I expected from the first that a considerable…

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Preparing for the General Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Federated Employers' Association are taking steps to form a powerful political organisation, the objects of which are twofold:--First, to sec the…

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To-day's Polling

Evening News · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 5

Polling is going on to-day in the following places: West Macquarie, Wellington, Argyle, Camden, Hartley, Hastings and Manning, Orange. The places return 13 members, and there are 32…

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Parramatta. the Polling

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 2

The polling at Parramatta was very spirited. the early part of the day there was a steady, strong rush on the part of Mr. Taylor’s supporters and word went round, “Old Greygown…

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Central Cumberland. the Polling

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 2

The polling all throughout the electorate was conducted in an earnest way, as if the voters had suddenly awakened to a sense of their duties and their responsibilities. In…

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The Polling Throughout the County

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 2

In Granville the heaviest polling was, of course, on behalf of the Labour candidates. Word seemed to have been passed round— “Plump for Gannon and Marshall” and the…

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The General Election. Polling in the Country. Two Ministers Returned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 10

The centre of interest in the electoral campaign has how shifted from the city to the country, and all we can do is to stand calmly by and watch the way in which the far away constituencies vote. Elections…

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The New Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 16

So far no Iess than 19 gentlemen who were members of the last Parliament seeking ra-election have been (defeated. and there have been added 27 new members, but some of these have sat in…

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The British Parliament. the Government Programme

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 9

THE Right Hon. W. H. Smith, we are informed by cable, the leader of the House of Commons, announced on Monday that the Government had decided to abandon nine bills of secondary…

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THE Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate. Parramatta, Saturday, June 20. Results of the Local Polling

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 4

WE are glad to say that Mr. HUGH TAYLOR can no longer boast that he represents a majority of the electors of this Borough. As Member for Parramatta in the last Parliament…

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Political an Electioneering Dodge. Alleged Attempt to But Up Labour Candidates

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 17

THE Sydney DAILY Telegraph made a big splash on Saturday with a two column sensation in con­nection with the South Sydney election. Accord­ing to the Telegraph Mr. W. G. Higga, of the…

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The Elections

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 2
Also in Freeman's Journal

N[?]ver since its foundation has Ponrith and her district been involved in such a tumult of exvitement as that winch characterised her on Wednesday. The almost…

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General Elections. The Poll for Wednesday, 17Th June, 1891. the Nepean

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 2

At an early hour on Wednesday morning the roll of vehicles and general air of excitement which pervaded the town spoke of something in the wind, and the residents…

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St. Marys. by Our Own Correspondent. Elections

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 6

Notwithstanding all rumours our excitement settled down at last to the old issue between Freetrade and Protection with on the one hand Labor thrown in, and on the…

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The General Elections The Premier on Tour

Evening News · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 6

JUNEE, Thursday.—Sir Henry Parkes arrived at Junee by special train at midday. He was met by the Mayor and aldermen, and after delivering, an address of some length departed for Wagga…

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