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Politics & elections, 1891

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The Victorian Parliament

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 4

AS a matter of course great prominence was given in the vice-regal speech delivered at the opening of the Victorian Parliament yesterday to the…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Polling. Hartley. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 8

The formal declaration of the poll took place to-day at noon. The weather was wet and gloomy, and the attendance small. The speakers were very brief. Mr. Cook declared that his efforts in the House would…

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Parliament. the Taxation Proposals

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--In the House of Representatives to-night Mr. John Bryce, leader of tho Opposition, strongly criticised the financial proposals of the Government…

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Newtown Young Men's Parliament

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 8

THE members met last Friday for the first time since the elections. There was a bare quorum present, and in the absence of a business paper very little was done. A letter…

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Victoria. Opening of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The last session of the fourteenth Parliament of Victoria was opened by his Excellency this afternoon. Greater interest than usual was taken in the…

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Victorian Parliament. the Opening

Evening News · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Parliament was opened to-day with the usual ceremony by the Governor in person. There was a larger attendance than on any previous occasion, and a great crowd…

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Tonga. Opening of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The steamer Wainui, which arrived to-day from the islands, brings particulars of the opening of the Tongan Parliament. The opening ceremony was…

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Victorian Parliament. The Opening Ceremony. The Governor's Speech. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 6

The third session of the 14th Parliament of Victoria was formally opened, with great ceremony by Lord Hopetoun, Governor of Victoria, to-day. His Excellency was…

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Australasian Parliaments. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Opening of the Victorian Parliament. the Governor's Speech. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 7

The third and last session of the fourteenth Parliament of Victoria was opened at 2 o'clook this afternoon with the usual ceremony, in the presence of a brilliant assemblage. The Usher of…

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The General Elections

Evening News · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 5

Mr. Carruthers, the Minister for Public Instruction, has issued. an address to the electors of Canterbury, expressing his grateful thanks to the 7231 gentlemen who supported him at the poll, as…

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The General Elections In the Country

Evening News · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 6

SCONE, Tuesday—The election is creating intense excitement, and it is thought the polling to-morrow will be the heaviest ever recorded in the Upper Hunter. Mr. Danahey, M.L.A…

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The General Election. a Lull in the Proceedings. Party Movements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 8

There was a general lull in the electoral proceedings yesterday. Neither election nor nomination took place, and consequently there were no sensational results to awaken public interest and keep party…

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The Elections. (To the Editor of the " Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 3

Sir,--Another way of looking at the results of the elections, so far as they have gone, is the following:--No less than 40 members of the late Parliament have either…

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Gloucester Election. (To the Editor of " the Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 3

Sir,--A Gloucester journal contains the following statement as to what took place at a meeting of the " friends and supporters" of Mr. Hart, one of the candidates for the…

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The General Election. To-day's Nominations and Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 5

The final list of nominations will be disposed of to-day, and the fifth set of elections settled. There will then remain six batches of constituencies in which elections…

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Central Cumberland Election

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 3

Mr. C. E. Fuller, writing under this heading to the Daily Telegraph, says:— An attempt has been made, through the medium, of your columns, to distort an…

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Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 June 1891 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The Treasurer stated in the Assembly to-day that tho total cost of the South Australian delegation to the Federal Convention was £1299, each…

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The General Election. Yesterday's Polling. the Position of the Parties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 June 1891 · page 5

Elections were held in 12 constituencies yesterday, and 21 members were returned to the new Parliament, which is rapidly approaching completion. Altogether 107 members have been elected, and there are only 34…

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Wednesday's Polling. Twenty-one More Members Returned

Evening News · Thursday 25 June 1891 · page 5

Yesterday's polling did not result in any great surprises. Five members of the late Parliament have been rejected by their constituents, namely; Messrs. Ryrie (P), for Braidwood; H. H. Cook…

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The General Election Results of Yesterday's Polling. Five More Old Members Defeated. Protectionists and the Labor Party

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 June 1891 · page 5

As was anticipated, the Opposition yesterday were enabled to secure the majority of the scats, most of the constituencies in which the polling took place being strongholds of…

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