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Politics & elections, 1892

2,385 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 120

Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. BALACLAVA TRAMWAY BILL. Mr. HOSKINS moved that the Balaclava…

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Parliament. Thursday, March 10. Legislative Council. Electric Light for Newcastle. Infants Protection Bill

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. BALACLAVA TRAMWAY BILL. On the motion of Mr. Hoskins this bill was read a third time and passed…

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Parliamentary Election

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 4

London, March 9.—Mr. G. M. Wolff, a member of the great shipbuilding firm of Harland and Wolff, has been elected M.P. for East Belfast in the room of Mr. E. S…

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The Quebec Election. London, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

At the Quebec elections 54 Conservatives and 19 supporters of the Mercier party were returned…

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Imperial Politics. a Government Defeat. The Churches Bill. East Belfast Election-- The Position Unaltered-- A Repentant Unionist. LONDON, March 9

The Australian Star · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

Mr. Wolff, the Conservative candidate, has been elected by a heavy majority for the East Belfast seat in the House of Commons Commons vacant by the expulsion of Mr…

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Election of a Director. London, March 10

The Australian Star · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

Mr. Anderson Ogg has been elected a director of the English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank, vice the late Mr. F. A. Hankey, M.P. for Chertsey…

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The Quebec Elections. Mr. Mercier to Be Criminally Prosecuted

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The election of members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada, has been completed…

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A Parliamentary Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--A Parliamentary election took place at East Belfast yesterday to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of Mr. De Cobain, the late…

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In Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 13

ON Monday thn House took ,1 holiday, whether in honour of the Crick banquet or for some other equally worthy reason or from sheer weariness of its exhausting labours did not appear. It is…

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Mr. Toohey's Legal Action. Debate in Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 16

IN the House on Wednesday, Mr. Mellville announced that ho had received the writ from Mr. Toohey, and Mr. Dibbs moved that the Chairman should be given leave to appear and that the attorney-general should defend the…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 3. the Divorce Bill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 580

After the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's Bill and the Marriages Validation Bill had "been read a third tune, the House went into Committee to consider the Divorce Act Amendment and…

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Recent Scenes in Parliament. TOOHEY V. the Chairman. the Government to Defend the Case

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 47

As a result of the scenes in the Assembly on February 25, during which Mr, Toohey was removed from the Committee of Supply by order of the chairman, that gentleman issued a writ…

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Parliamentary Elections

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 15

THE election of a member of the House of Commons for the Chertsey seat, vacated by the death of Mr. F. A. Haukey, Conservative (the cable informs us) resulted in the return of Mr. Combe, the…

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Belfast Elections

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 15

MR. Wolf (of Herald and Wolf, ship-builders), Tory, and Sir William Charley, Liberal, have been nominated for the seat in Belfast, vacated by the expulsion of Goblin…

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Election of Transit Commissioner

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 2

A LARGELY ATTENDED meeting of the Cabmen's Union was held at the Temperance Hall, on Thursday night, Mr. J. Harrison occupying the chair. The meeting was called specially…

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The County Council. Election of Aldermen. London, March 11

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 5

The Conservative members of the London County Council have nominated Lord Randolph Churchill, Mr. Herbert Spencer, and Mr. J. R. Dingle (chairman of…

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North Wexford Election. London, March 11

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 5

Mr. Thomas Healy has been elected unopposed for the North Wexford seat in the House of Commons, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. John E. Redmond, who…

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Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Heney Lucy.) Mr. Spurgeon—a Last Letter—pulpit and Pen—looking for Guy Fawkes—a Relio of the Old Houses of Parliament. Westminster, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 4

A little more than three months ago I wrote about Mr. Spurgeon's journey to Mentone, telling how he travelled on prince, Lord Rothschild having placed at his disposal his own luxurious…

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The General Elections in Victoria. the Selection of Labour Candidates. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 6

Last night at a meeting of the central council of the Progressive Political League the list of candidates selected and endorsed by the league to contest the labour constituencies at the…

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Parliamentary Elections

Evening News · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 4

London, March 11.—Mr. Thomas Healy has been returned unopposed to the House of Commons for North Wexford, vacant by the resignation of Mr. J. E. Redmond…

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