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Politics & elections, 1894

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Municipal Elections. Waverley

The Australian Star · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 7

Mr. G. E. H. Sanders, solicitor, who polled heavily at a previous election, is again a candidate for aldermanic honors in Waverley Municipal Council at the forthcoming…

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The Coming General Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 6

A meeting of supporters of Mr. H. C. Hoyle, M.P., was held in the Redfern Townhall last evening for the purpose of forming a committee to work Mr. Hoyle's…

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The Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 6

The contest for scats in the Municipal Council of Ashfield is causing much interest. Mr. A. W. Miller will be a candidate in the South Ward, and as the retiring alderman…

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Municipal Councils. Waterloo. Refreshments at Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 2

A meeting of this council was held on 18th January, when there were present the Mayor and Aldermen Navin, Lamond, Williams, Greenwood, Walsh, and Anderson. A letter was road from the…

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Parliamentary Election. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 5

The election of a member of the Legislative Assembly for Windermere to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. M. Butterby look place to-day. The candidates were Messrs. W…

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Labour Candidates. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 7

Sir,—It is easy for the labour electoral leagues to pass resolutions affirming the desirability of returning labour candidates to Parliament pledged to support the labour platform, and easy enough to talk…

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Japan. Parliament Dissolved

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 11

LONDON, January 18— The Parliament of Japan has been dissolved owing to its antiforeign tendencies and hostility to the Government…

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Parliament of N.S. Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 12

In the Legislative Council on January 17, after the Governor's speech- was read (the open ing of Parliament and the Governor's speech were reported in our last issue), Mr…

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PARLIAMENT. The Opening—Legislative Council

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 174

Parliament, after a recess of about eight weeks, was opened by commission at noon on Wednesday, the 17th. There was no display outside the building, and a comparatively small attendance of visitors…

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Political Cant. Parliament and Christian Men

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 10

A MEETING was held on Saturday night in the Congregational Schoolroom, Devonshire street, of "Christian voters" of Cook divi on, the object of which was to inaugurate a movement to secure…

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Scene in Parliament. Mr. Copeland Removed. He Resigns His Portfolio of Minister for Lands. (See portraits on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 29

The session of Parliament opened with an event which led to the subsequent resignation of Mr. Copaland as Minister for Lands. The debate on the address in reply was proceeding on the 17th…

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Forthcoming Municipal Elections. Paddington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 11

The retiring alderman for the Lower Ward in the Paddington Council (Alderman J. Robins[?]n) addressed a large attendance of ratepayers from the balcony of Duffy's Hotel, Oxford and Coomber…

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Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 4

Mr. Albert Guthrey in a candidate for a seat on the new Municipal Council of Annandale A requisition has been presented to…

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The Coming General Election

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 5

Mr. David Storey is announced as a " thoronghgoing freetrade candidate" for Randwiek. Mr. Colonna Close, also a candidate, has fixed the date of his first meeting…

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Sherwood. Municipal Elections

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 9

Mr. H. T. J ones held a meeting at Guildford last Saturday evening; Mr. G. Gee occupied the chair. The attendance was rather meagre, on account of counter attractions. The…

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Dodd's Delinquency. Back in Parliament. a Distinguished Stranger. Mr. Reid and the Active. Service Brigade--Tommy Dodd Wants to Get into the Speaker's Gallery --Mr. Raid and Mr. Dodd

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 5

Some time go the individual known as Tommy Dodd, who has recently forced him self into notoriety as a prominent factor of the Active Service Brigade, behaved in such…

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Thirty Years' Reminiscences of Sydney—n.s.w. Chapter Ii. First Impressions of Sydney and its Environs—Also, of Some of the Public Men of that City. Scene in Parliament on my First Visit to the Assembly

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1894 · page 3

IN stating my reminiscences of Sydney and its environs, I intend to be outspoken and honest, giving my impressions as a stranger, without in any way being "readied up"…

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Municipal Elections. Borough of Annandale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1894 · page 6

A meeting of the supporters of Mr. C. P. Dwyer, who is a candidate for the newly-formed borough of Annandale, was held at the Australian Contingent Hotel Nelson-street, Annandale, on Saturday night…

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Candidates for the Police

The Australian Star · Monday 29 January 1894 · page 2

The general lack of employment has enormously increased the number of applicants for the police service, many of whom come to Sydney from the interior,…

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The Coming General Election. Mr. Sharp, M.p., at Waterloo

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1894 · page 6

Mr. W. H. Sharp, M.P., addressed a meeting on Saturday evening from the balcony of the Mount Lachlan Hotel, Waterloo, Notwithstanding the unsettled state of the…

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