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A considerable amount of interest was taken in Saturday's election proceedings, though the constituencies concerned were situated in most cases hundreds of miles from Sydney. The announcements…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir Henry Parkes arrived at Melbourne by special train on Saturday afternoon. He was met at the station by the Premier, Mr. Munro, who gave him a warm welcome. Amongst those who called upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is reported on good authority that the full labor programme for the present is one man one vote, equal electoral districts, and an elective Upper House, with, an appeal to the country…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News of Mr. Tom Rose's success at Argyle was received with much enthusiasm here on Saturday night. It is suggested to invite him to a banquet to mark the event. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The action of the twelve hundred railway employes at the Sydney, Eveleigh and Randwick workshops in abandoning their work without permission for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir--Will yon allow me a small space in your paper to protest against the cowardly way in which one of your evening contemporaries is hounding down Mr. W. G. Higgs?…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A list is furnished below of candidates (other than those already nominated) who have expressed their intention of seeking election to the Legislative Assembly, or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Sir Henry Parkes during his brief stay in Melbourne on his journey to Moama, Deniliquin, Jerilderie and Narrandera, where he proposes to address…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day the fourth batch of elections takes place. There are two electorates, five seats…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Considerably more than half of the members of the new House of Assembly have now been elected--81 out of a total of 141 having been returned, thus leaving 60 still to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There were only two elections yesterday, at the Macleay and Mudgee, and in neither case was the relative position of the parties greatly affected. At Mudgee the old member, Mr. Haynes, came in at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The polling for Camden passed off quietly here, although more interest generally is displayed over this than any previous election. The anxiety on the part of the freetraders was that Morris and Campbell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News from Raratonga states that the Parliament established by the British Resident met on the 4th instant. It consists of 12 members, who are paid 30 dollars each. There is only one House,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From 9 a.m. on Saturday up to 9 a.m. to-day the total rainfall in Sydney was 5-17 points. The city downpour for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day was 0-68 points. In the country and alone The results of yesterday's polling at Mudgee and the Macleay show that four of the members of the late Parliament have been chosen to again represent their old constituents; but Mr. Black, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The lists of the inside scrutineers at the West Sydney election prove that 3392 electors failed to record their votes, and of these fully 75 per cent. were of the mercantile class. The working classes polled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,--An analysis of the results of the elections up to Saturday night shows the following:--35 Ministerial freetraders, 21 protectionists (Opposition), 21 labor party,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--An attempt has been made through the medium of your columns to distort an expression I made use of at the hustings on polling day at Granville…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Out of 74 electorates in the colony 43 have now been disposed of, leaving 31 yet to be dealt with. In all 86 members have been returned, and 55 have still to be elected. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day 21 more seats in the new parliament are to be filled. The electorates which are to provide these members are: Braidwood, Boorowa, Eden, Forbes, Illawarra, Northumberland,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUEANBEYAN, Tuesday.—Unprecedented rains and floods have interfered with to-morrow's polling, which will have to be postponed at three polling places west of the Murrumbidgee River,…
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