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Politics & elections, 1893

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South Australian Elections

Evening News · Wednesday 19 April 1893 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—The election for the southern district of the Legislative Council resulted in the return of Mr. J. Gordon, who scored 1261 votes against the second candidate's…

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Single Taxers and the Elections To the Editor

Evening News · Wednesday 19 April 1893 · page 3

Sir,—Why don't the single taxers, who at present find their liberty of conscience and political action hampered by the restrictive rules of the L.E. Leagues, come right out and "speak a piece"…

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The Queensland Elections. Manifesto by the Labor Party

Evening News · Wednesday 19 April 1893 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—In connection with the elections the Labor party has issued a manifesto which criticises the past Administration and asserts that the arbitrators' award in the…

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The General Elections in Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1893 · page 7

Mr. M. Battersby, Ministerialist, has been returned unopposed for the Mo[?]eton electorate Another candidate was nominated, but his nomination was declared informal. The following…

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The General Elections in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1893 · page 7

The electors entitled to vote for the House of Assembly in the districts of Flinders, Frome, and New castle will be called upon to-morrow to exercise their franchise. Two members to serve in the…

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Queensland Elections. the Labor Platform. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 April 1893 · page 6

The manifesto of the Queensland labor party was issued today. It is divided into two parts--past and present. The former consists chiefly of a criticism of the acts of…

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The South Australian Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1893 · page 5

ADULATOR, Tuesday. -- The scrutiny in connection with the first butch of Assembly elections has been completed. The returns for the remaining country districts resulted…

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Paris Elections. Radicals and Socialists in a Majority

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday, 1.40 p.m. -- Telegrams from Paris report that a majority of Radicals and Socialists have been returned at the municipal elections in that…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 6

THE sitting of the Legislative Council, which commenced at half-past 4 o'clock yesterday, was a protracted one, lasting until after midnight Members concentrated their attention upon…

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Parliament. Wednesday, April 19. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. RETURNS ORDERED. Mr. DAVIES moved that the return…

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Parliament. Wednesday, April 19. Legislative Council. the Income Tax

Evening News · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 3

The Legislative Council lost no time last night in resuming the debate on the motion for the seconded reading of the Income Tax Bill. Mr. Joseph led off by contending that as all…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 5

Mr. PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. TRADE MARKS BILL. The PESSTDSNT reported the receipt of a message…

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Ministers and Parliament. Approaching End of the Session. the Government Measures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 7

It is not improbable that the present session of Parliament will shortly be brought to a close Members have now been in attendance at Parliament House for eight months, and are becoming weary of their…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 19. The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Trade Marks

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 6

The PRESIDENT intimated that he had received a message from the Lieutenant- Governor stating that he had given his assent to the Trade Marks Act Amendment…

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South Australian Elections

Evening News · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Speaking at the declaration of the poll at Barossa yesterday, Sir John Downer, the Premier, said he saw much hope for the colony in the constitution of the present…

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South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Geneneral Election. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 7

The polling took place to-day for the electoral districts of Flinders, Frome, and Newcastle. The scrutiny is far from complete, but at present the old members for Frome (Messrs. Giles and…

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Queensland Elections. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 6

It is proposed that two Ministerial candidates to contest South Brisbane shall be selected by plebiscite. Mr. Donaldson has decided to retire from the contest for…

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The Elections in South Australia. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 2

Sir,--As a visitor to your colony from Adelaide perhaps you will not deny me space in your valuable journal for a few words on the subject of the elections at present going on…

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The Queensland Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1893 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Mr Hodgkinson has decided to stand for Burke as an Opposition candidate. Mr. Kingsbury addressed the North…

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