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Politics & elections, 1891

2,679 stories in Sydney's papers · page 77 of 134

Parliament. Wednesday,august 5. Legislative Council. Criminal Law Amendment. Electric Light in Sydney

Evening News · Thursday 6 August 1891 · page 2

Leave having been obtained, the following bills were introduced and read a first time: A bill to enable the Cumberland Building, Land, and Investment Co., Limited, to amend its association;…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, August 5. The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Messages From the Governor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 August 1891 · page 6

Messages were read by the Speaker from the Governor asking the Legislative Assembly to make provision for the necessary expenditure in connection with the following…

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Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday. -- The debate on the second reading of the Onkaparinga Waterworks and Agricultural Holdings Bill was continued, and the Blockholders Loans Bill…

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Queensland. Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- In the Assembly to-day the Water Authorities Bill was read the third time and passed. In reply to Mr. Black, Sir Samuel Griffith said he hoped next…

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The Imperial Parliament

Evening News · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 6

LONDON, August 5.-All contentious business having been arranged the Imperial Parliament was prorogued to-day…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 5

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 6

The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. CRIMINAL LAW AND EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL…

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Death of a Member of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- In the Assembly, to-day on the Speaker taking the chair, the Premier said he regretted to announce the death of Mr. W. J. Wilkinson, the member…

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Parliament. Thursday, August 6. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at the usual hour. QUESTIONS. Mr. SUTTOR, in reply to Mr. HOSKINS,…

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Victoria. Parliament. the Railway Act Amendment Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- In the Legislative Council Mr. Zeal moved that any future appointment to the County Court bench be on condition that a judge reside in some…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, August 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PAPERS. Mr. JACOB brought up the first report of the…

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Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondent.) Prorogation of the Imperial Parliament. London, Aug. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 5

The business before the House of Commons likely to lead to debate having been satisfactorily arranged, Parliament has been prorogued…

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Parliament. Thursday, August 6. Legislative Council. Intercolonial Railway Rates. the Gambling Nuisance. Criminal Law Amendment. The President took the chair at half-past 4. PAPERS

Evening News · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 3

Papers relating to an agreement and guarantee for the reduction of telegraphic rates between Europe, India, and Australia were laid upon the table of the House by Mr. Suttor; also the annual…

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The General Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 4

A return was laid upon the table of the Assembly last night showing the number of electors on the rolls of the several electoral districts of the colony, and the number of…

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In Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 14

THE first appearance on the political stage of the "female voter" cannot be said to have been encouraging. She was introduced by the gay old Premier partly, as he put it, to fill up an idle…

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Parliament of N. S. Wales

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 5

IN the Assembly on Tuesday, the Premier stated that it was the intention of the Government to proceed at once with the Electoral Bill, until it was finished, and that nothing would…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 5. MISCELLANEOUS

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 300

Private bills were brought in by Mr. Humphery (for Mr. Trickett) to amend the memorandum of association of the Cumberland Building, Land, and Investment Company; Mr. Humphery, for the…

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POLITICAL. New South Wales Parliament. Council. Wednesday, August 5

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 12

The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. NEW BILLS. The following bills were introduced and read a first time: Cumberland Building, Land, and…

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British Politics. Speech by the Premier. an Insulting M.P. Prorogation of Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 11

LONDON, July 29.—The Marquis of Salisbury, speaking at a banquet at the Mansion House to-night, maintained that the prediction that Ireland required resolute…

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Latest from Adelaide. the Shearing Troubles. Peaceful Conclusion. Proceedings in Parliament. the Governor Censured. Marine Board Condemned

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 12

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—A large meeting of shearers was held last evening in the Town Hall to consider the action of the delegates in agreeing with the Pastoralists' Union for a settlement of…

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The Election of Three Additional Aldermen for St. Marys

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 4

The polling for three aldermen to represent the Municipal district of St. Marys took place on Monday last, the voting places being the Protestant Hall, St. Marys, and Mr. Wainwright's premises,…

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