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Politics & elections, 1891

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The General Election. Polling in Sydney. (See illustrations on this page and pages 27 and 28.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 26

In this number we give illustrations of some of the scenes at the elections in Sydney last week. These pictures include waiting for the result of South Sydney, showing Mr. Dibbs in the crowd…

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Opening of the Victorian Parliament

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 1428

The third and last session of the fourteenth. Parliament of Victoria was opened at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon with the usual ceremony, in the presence of a brilliant assemblage. Madame Sara Bernhardt was…

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To-day's Polling. the Namoi Returns. Cable From Sir George Grey

Evening News · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 5

Yesterday saw the close, of the election campaign in the Namoi, wHere Mr. C. Collins, the old freetrade member, and Mr. John Sheldon, a labor protectionist, were returned. This return,…

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The Opening of the New Parlia­ment

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 16

IT is expected that within the next few days the date of the opening of Parliament will be defi­nitely fixed by the usual proclamation. As a matter of fact, the opening of Parliament cannot…

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Responsible Government and the New Parliament of N.S.W.

The Australian Workman · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 2

As it is evident that the elections now proceeding will bring together a House whose members are split up in three or four groups of various strengths, and that the…

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The Influence of the Labour Party in the New Zealand Parliament

The Australian Workman · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 2

New Zealand of late, for many years the home of boy and blackleg Labour, for many years a colony carrying a huge burden of depression and unjust taxation, is on the road to prosperity, and…

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Catholics and Canadian Politics, They Hold the Leading Positions in the Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 14

IN connection with the cablegram announcing that the Hon. J. C. Abbot, a leading Canadian Catholic, who succeeded the late Sir John M'Donald in the Premiership of Canada, having…

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The Nepean Election. To the Editor of the Nepean Times

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 3

Sir,—The following words appear in your otherwise correct report to the Nepean polling. "It was then found that owing to the rough state of the various figures, an approximate estimate could not…

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The General Elections

Evening News · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 6

Mr. M'Millan intended to visit the Monaro electorate in support of Mr. D. O'Connor's candidature in that electorate, but a few minutes before the train started a telegram was received…

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Home and Foreign Ireland. Home Rule Speeding On. What the General Elections Will Bring About

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 5

The by-elections of the last few weeks (writes the Pail Mall Gazette, May 14) have indeed been only six, but thes. they are only the last in a long series, by which more than one-sixth…

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POLITICAL. The General Election

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 1428

The Parliamentary elections have been continued during the past week, the excitement having been removed from the metropolis to the country. Sir Henry Packes and others of the Ministry are in…

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The Elections

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 1437

Our readers will have gathered, from the reports in our last issue, that there was intense excitement in the city on the day of the metropolitan elections. Special arrangements were made by the Sydney Morning…

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How Some Politicians Make Sure of Election

The Australian Workman · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 2

It is said that some of the candidates during the late city elections resorted to the corrupt practice of buying votes at £1 each. This may seem somewhat difficult, even when a candidate…

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The Labour Candidates

The Australian Workman · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 1

Attempts were made during the electoral battle fought last week in Sydney to dishearten the Workers for and supporters of Labour candidates by telling them that…

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The General Election. Latest Country Telegrams and Items. Boggabri

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 4

An active canvass has been made here on behalf of the Protectionist candidate. It got 'so deuced active that last night it was run in and charged with painting the…

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The Melbourne Cup, 1891. a Review of the Weights. Prospects of the Candidates. No. 1

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 5

FROM the Gulf of Carpentaria to the southernmost point of Australia the Melbourne Cup is the turf event of the year, and this year the big spin of our neighbor's…

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The Labor Candidates for Young. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 10

Sir,--I wish to draw attention to the fact that Messrs. Sharp and M'Gowan, labor Ms.P., are engaged up country advocating the claims of Messrs. Gough, Mackinnon…

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Elections and the Electric Light. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 10

Sir,--Citizens and visitors to Sydney must have been agreeably pleased and surprised by the grand display of the illuminations of various of our newspaper offices, the…

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South Sydney Election and the Police. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 6

Sir,--I will be thankful if you will allow me to say a few words on the peculiar neglect of the police in collecting the names of the citizens in the district of South Sydney…

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The General Election

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 6

Two members were yesterday added to the list of those who will constitute the representatives of the people in the new Parliament, one being a Government supporter and…

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