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Politics & elections, 1893

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The Labor Vote in Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 July 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A meeting of the Trades Hall Council on Friday, adopted a report from the Executive Committee, recommending the members to closely question…

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Parliament. Banking Amalgamation Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The donate on the Address-in-Reply was continued in the Assembly this afternoon and to- night. Mr. A. Grainger, who spoke for two hours,…

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Debating Institutes. Union Parliament

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 3

On Thursday evening the Union Parliament met in the small room of the School of Arts. The premier, Mr. Delohery, brought in a bill to repeal the Parliamentary…

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Queensland. Parliament. the Railway Tariff War. the Proposed Border Tax

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--In the Assembly to-day, in reply to Mr. Morgan's questions about the stranded blacks, whom Messrs. Meston and Parcell conveyed out of the…

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Parliament. the Mercantile Bank Case. Attack on the Government by Mr. Isaacs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The proceedings of the Legislative Assembly to-day were interesting, and after the preliminary business Mr. Vale moved "That this House considers the…

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News by Cable. The Home Bale Bill. an Opposition Fund. Scene in Parliament

Evening News · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 4

LONDON, July 3.—Mr. Balfour, leader of the Opposition, says that at the end of 1885 Mr. Gladstone privately urged him to introduce a measure granting Home…

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Municipal Matters. the Waverley Election. Mr. G. E. H. Sanders' Candidature

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 3

Mr. G. E. H. Sanders, who is contesting the extraordinary vacancy created in Waverley Ward, Waverley, by the retirement of Alderman Reid, addressed a…

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West Australia. Opening of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 4

PERTH, Wednesday. -- Parliament was opened to-day with the usual formalities. The Governor attended and read the opening speech. The speech stated that the…

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Parliament. Mr. Vale's No Confidence Motion

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The debate on the Address-in-Reply in the Assembly and the amendment of Mr. Vale expressing disapproval at the Government administration,…

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The Waverley Election

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 7

The polling for the extraordinary election in the Waverley Ward, Waverley, took place yesterday, and resulted in the return of Mr. F. A. Mackenzie by a majority of 25…

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Parliament. Work for the Unemployed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Patterson (Premier), said that in order to provide for the unemployed, the Government would propose…

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West Australia. Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 9

PERTH, Friday. -- In both Houses of Parliament to-day the Address-in-Reply was agreed to, after a brief discussion. Mr. Dehamel, leader of the Opposition, adversely criticised…

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Intercolonial News. Victoria. Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 13

Parliament was opened on June 28. Ihe Governor's speech stated that the retrenchment of both temporary and permanent must be made to meet the financial difficulties of the country, also…

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The Parliament of Agriculture

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 13

ONE thing at least may be set down as probable from the general result of the Cootamundra conference— that Mr. Copeland will have largely to recast his Land Bill…

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The Late South Meath Election. Mr. Fulham Served with a Bankruptcy Notice

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 5

On May 25, Mr. Patrick Fulham, ex-M.P. For South Meath, was served with a bankruptcy notice by the law agent of the unsucceseful Parnellite candidate for the same division of Month…

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The German Election

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 14

IT appears from the latest reports that the result of the German elections as between the Army Bill and its opponents gives e, majority in favour of the former This is a victory, strange…

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Cable Messages. Miscellaneous. Literary Forgeries. Parliamentary Elections. Charge Against an M. P. Handsome Bequests

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 11

LONDON, June 27.—Mr. George M'Culloch, of Melbourne, who has just purchased Sir Frederick Leighton's "The Daphriephoria," paid £3000 for the…

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The Ulster Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 July 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.-- The Parliament which has been elected by the people of Ulster to protect their interests as against Home Rule will meet on August 5…

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The Ulster Unionist Parliament. London, July 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 July 1893 · page 5

The Ulster Unionist Parliament will meet on August 5…

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Will Parliament Meet? Serious Trouble Brewing. Unpopularity Op the Government

Evening News · Monday 10 July 1893 · page 3

The opinion grows in the city that Parliament will have to be summoned much earlier than was intended at the prorogation, owing to the pace at which developments in the labor…

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