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Politics & elections, 1891

2,679 stories in Sydney's papers · page 86 of 134

Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 26. The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. PAPERS

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 6

Mr. W. H. SUTTOR laid upon the table the bylaws in connection with the water supply of the borough of Orange and the report of the Board of Water Supply and…

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Election Intelligence

Evening News · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 5

HASTINGS AND MANNING ELECTION. TAREE, Thursday.-At the nomination for the Hastings and Manning yesterday the Hon. J. H. Young, who had to resign his seat in the…

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Central Cumberland Election. To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 6

Sir,-As already announced, in order to avoid such a calamity as a loss of a seat to the freetrade party in the present election, I am prepared to enter on a conference at once with Mr. Garrard and…

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Central Cumberland Election. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 9

Sir,—As already announced, in order to avoid such a calamity as a loss of a seat to the freetrade party in the present election, I am prepared to enter on a conference at once with Mr. Garrard and his friends, and…

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Central Cumberland Election

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

MR. J. T. GANNON is meeting with big receptions throughout the Central Cumberland electorate, and many of the protectionist members of Parliament have arranged to speak…

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

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 3

Sir,--As already announced, in order to avoid such a calamity as a loss of a seat to tho free-trade party in the present election, I am prepared to enter on a conference at…

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The Central Cumberland Election

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 4

On Monday last we expressed the opinion that if the two protectionist candidates for the vacant seat in the Central Cumberland electorate went…

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Central Cumberland Election. Mr. Gannon's Candidature. Addresses by Messrs. Copeland and Toohey, M's.L.A. The Virtues of Protection

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 7

Last night Messrs. Copeland and Toohey, M's.L.A., addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting of the electors of Central Cumberland at Rookwood in the interests of…

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Parliament. Wednesday, August 26. Legislative Council. Post Office-street. Legality of Judicial Sittings. Commercial Treaties. Crown Lands Act Amendment. The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m Military Deserters

Evening News · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 3

Mr. SUTTOR, in reply to Mr. Jacob (for Mr. Creed), said that the number of desertions from the military force of this colony during each year, from January 1,1886, to the present date, were…

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Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday.--In the Legislative Council to-day the syndicate railway bills, the Dundas and Zeehan, Waratah and Zeehan, and the Derwent Valley and Zeehan, were…

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Victoria. Parliament. the Federation Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In the Assembly to-day the postponed clauses of the Federation Bill were further considered in committee. Clauses 57, 58 and 59 were agreed…

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Parliament. Thursday, August 27. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4. o'clock. BOGUS BANKS. Mr. SUTTOR, in reply to Mr. WHITE,…

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South Australia. Parliament. a Government Defeat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--In the Assembly today the Minister for Education stated that the Government intended setting aside several aboriginal reserves in the Northern…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, August 27

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 6

The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. W. H. SUTTOR, in answer to Mr. WHITE, who asked if the Government were…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, August 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. BOGUS BANKS AND SWINDLING SOCIETIES. Mr. WHITE asked the Vice-President of the…

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New Zealand. Parliament. Disorderly Scenes--mr Bryce and the Premier

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Thursday.--A disgraceful scene occurred in the House of Representatives to-night. It arose over an allegation by the Minister for Lands that his predecessors…

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The Cause and Progress of the Revolt. a Stuggle Between a People and a Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 5

Until a few years ago Chili was one of the most prosperous of the unfortunate South American States who were first introduced to old-world civilisation by the Pizarros and…

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Central Cumberland Election

Evening News · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 6

Mr. John Marshall, the Labor candidate, writes: "A statement appears in Thursday's TELEGRAPH from W. B. Smith to the following effect: 'Mr…

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Parliamentary Election

Evening News · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 4

LONDON, August 26.-The election of a member to fill the vacancy in the representation of the Lewisham Division of the county of Kent in the House of…

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