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Politics & elections, 1891

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Central Cumberland Election. Six Candidates Nominated

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 August 1891 · page 5

The nomination of candidates for the extraordinary vacancy in the Central Cumberland constituency caused by the death of Mr. R A [?] took place at the hustings. [?]…

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Payment of Members. Proceedings in the New Zealand Parliament. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 August 1891 · page 7

The Payment of Members Bill, providing for the increase of the honorarium to £240 a year to members of the Lower House and £150 to members of the Council, to be paid monthly, has been read…

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Central Cumberland Election. After the Nomination

Evening News · Monday 24 August 1891 · page 5

After the formal nomination of candidates at Granville on Saturday the various gentlemen nominated addressed the electors from the hustings…

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The Central Cumberland Election

The Australian Star · Monday 24 August 1891 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

FOUR free-traders and two protectionists have been nominated to fill the vacancy in the representation of the Central Cumberland electorate. Such…

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The Death of Free-trade. The General Election. The Federation Proposals. An Opinion from Tasmania--What Another D.T. Says--Free-trade Dies in its Last Trench

The Australian Star · Monday 24 August 1891 · page 3

THE fiscal battle has been fought in Now South Wales, and free-trade in Australia has died in its last trench (says the Launceston DAILY TELEGRAPH). When Sir…

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Newcastle News. Municipal Election. Banquet to a Colliery Manager. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 24 August 1891 · page 5

Mr. W. A. Wooderson was elected to the vacancy in the Islington Ward of the municipality of Wickham on Saturday. Mr. W. B. Pendleton was entertained at…

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Central Cumberland Election. Mr. Gannon's Candidature

The Australian Star · Monday 24 August 1891 · page 8

MR. J. T. GANNON, the labor and protectionist candidate, addressed a crowded meeting from the balcony of Close's Hotel, Liverpool, on Saturday night at 8 o'clock. Mr…

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Meetings of Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 August 1891 · page 5

Labor Parliamentary representatives addressed meetings at Parramatta, Granville and Liverpool on Saturday evening in support of the candidature of Mr. Marshall, and…

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A Parliamentary Election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 August 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Mr. Penn, a Conservative, and Mr. Warmington, a Gladstonian Liberal, have been nominated for the vacant seat for Lewisham in the…

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Central Cumberland Election

Evening News · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 2
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Jacob Garrard addressed the electors of Central Cumberland in the Albion Hall, Liverpool, on Monday evening. Mr. A. G. Carter occupied the chair, and introduced the candidate to…

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Central Cumberland Election. Mr. Gannon's Candidature

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 8

THE contest for the vacant seat in Central Cumberland is waxing hot and strong all over this the most perplexing electorate in the colony. The free traders--or, rather,…

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Central Cumberland Election. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 3

Sir,---If any further proof were wanting of what has become patent during the past few weeks to all attentive observers of local politics, viz., that the Premier and his…

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Election Notes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 3

Which is to win: Majority or Minority? By no means an unimportant or uninteresting question. Unless the majority of Central Cumberland electors prove true to themselves…

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Central Cumberland Election Sir. W. A. Brodie's Candidature

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 2

MR. W. A. Brodie, one of the candidates for the representation of Central Cumberland in the Legislative Assembly in the room of Mr, K. A. Ritchie, deceased, visited various places…

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Central Cumberland Election Public Nomination

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 2

The nomination of candidates for the position of representative of Central Cumberland in tho Legislative Assembly took place on the hustings, Granville, on Saturday last at noon…

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Queensland. Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--In the Assembly today Mr. Barlow presented a petition from 900 residents of Ipswich praying that the age of consent for girls be raised to 16…

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Tasmania. Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 5

HOBART, Tuesday.--In the Assembly today the second reading of the Zeehan, Dundas and Mount Read railway was carried. The total cost will be £75,000. A lease has…

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South Australia. Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The Free Education Bill was further consideration in Committee by the Legislative Council to-day. A new clause was proposed by Mr. Addison for…

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