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Politics & elections, 1893

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 9, the Civil Service

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 550

Mr. Hoskins moved the adjournment of the House to call attention to the question of the Civil Service. Some time ago a commission was appointed to inquire into the Civil Service, and that commission…

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New South Wales Parliament. Points of Proceedings. Legislative Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 13

In the Legislative Council on March 8 the principal business was the consideration of the clauses of the Electoral Bill, which had been recommitted. An attempt to reduce the number of…

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An Aldermanic Election Upset. Married Women and Aliens

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 3

The Full Court yesterday ousted Henry Vernon, builder and contractor, from his position of alderman of the Surry-hills Ward, Redfern borough. The application to make…

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Country Complaints. Elections of Stock Boards

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 17

Our correspondent at Mundawaddera writes: Very great dissatisfaction is expressed at the recent election of the Wagga Wagga, Urana, and Albury Stock Boards, resulting in the return of all squatters, not a…

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Latest Telegrams. Parliament and the Eight Hour Bill. St. Patrick's Celebration. Murderous Assault. the Appeal of the Makins. Ministerial Libel Action. Sydney, Friday, 3.10 p.m

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 3

The Assembly sat till 5.30 this morning. After a protracted and exciting discussion, in which Labor Members were prominent, and several sharp passages of arms took…

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General News. Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 4

The first matter to be taken in the Assembly to-day in connection with private business is the resumption of the debate on Mr. Tonkin's motion in favor of the abolition…

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South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) the Approaching General Elections. Government Employees As Candidates. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 5

The House of Assembly will be dissolved to-morrow, 21st March, being the date to which Parliament was prorogued. The writs for the general elections will be issued to-morrow…

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Railway Employees As Parliamentary Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--Messrs. Wood (expresident of the Trades and Labor Council), Batchelor, Archibald Price, and Adams, employed in the railway service, who have been…

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Parliament. Tuesday, March 21. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. COAL MINES BILL. The Coal Mines Regulation Bill was…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, March 21

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 5

The President took the chair at 4.30p.m. ROYAL ASSENT. A message was received from the Acting Governor intimating that the Royal assent…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 5

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. CITY BANK OF SYDNEY BILL. Mr. PRESIDENT reported the receipt of a message…

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The Uganda Question. Vote Passed by Parliament. London, March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 7

The vote for Uganda has been passed in the House of Commons by 368 to 46. Mr. Gladstone denied that Sir Gerald Portal, the British Commissioner, had been…

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The Labour Candidates. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 7

The labour candidates for the Assembly who are in the employ of the Railway Department have refused to resign their positions, as called upon to do by the Railway Commissioners. They have…

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South Australia. Dissolution of the Assembly. Issue of Writs for the General Elections. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 7

A Gazette extraordinary was issued to-day announcing the dissolution of the Assembly. Writs were issued to the returning officers of the electoral districts of the colony, calling upon them to…

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West Australia. Labor Candidates and Their Positions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday.--The labor candidates who were informed by the Railway Commissioners that they would be dismissed if they did not resign or withdraw from the…

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Queensland. Sir Charles Lilley and the Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Sir Charles Lilley, in the course of an interview to-day, was asked if he had come to any decision as to seeking a seat in Parliament. In reply, he…

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Parliament. Tuesday, March 21. Legislative Council. a Call of the House. Mining on Private Lands. a One-sided Debate. the Bill Rejected. a Call of the House

Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 3

In the Legislative Council last night Mr. TRICKETT gave notice of his intention to move for a call of the House when dealing with the Mining on Private Lands Bill, the Income Tax Bill and…

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The Tariff Question. Petitioning Parliament

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 2

A petition was presented to the Assembly last night by Mr. Hugh M'Kinnon, M.L.A., from the electors of the Hastings and Manning district, asking for the imposition…

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Parliament. Wednesday, March 22. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. LUNACY BILL. Mr. R. E. O'CONNOR moved the second…

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The Volk Case. Discussion in Parliament

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 2

Mr. G. D. CLARK moved the adjournment of the House to call attention to the case of Motor-driver Volk. He pointed out that the correspondence had been published,…

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