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Politics & elections, 1894

3,775 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 189

Parliament. Wednesday, February 14. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half -past 4 o'clock. CROWN LANDS VALIDATION BILL. The Crown Lands Validation Bill was…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, February 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. CROWN LANDS PURCHASES AND LEASES VALIDATION BILL…

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The Victorian Parliament. Proposed Early Session. Ministers Consider it Unnecessary. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

A proposal has been made that Parliament should be called together earlier than usual for the purpose of authorising the construction of new works, so that the idle…

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Parliament. Wednesday, February 14. Legislative Council. Mining on Private Lands. Coal and Platinum Struck Out. Nothing But Gold and Silver

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 3

The President took the chair at 4.30 o'clock. The principal business in the Legislative Council last night was the consideration of the Mining on Private Lands Bill in committee. There was…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, February 14. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Crown Lands Purchases and Leases Validation Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

Mr. HEYDON moved the second reading of the Crown Lands Purchases and Leases Validation Bill, and said the measure was one of a series that it had been found…

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Mayoral Elections

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 2

BALMAIN.— A special meeting of the Balmain Council was held last night for the purpose of electing a Mayor. The Mayor (Alderman H. B. Swan) presided, and owing to the unprecedented…

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News by Cable. The N.S.W. Election Law. Redistribution of Seats Act. Validation Bill Passed the Lords

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, February 14— The Colonial Acts Confirmation Bill, chiefly validating the Redistribution of Seats Act, passed by the Parliament of New South Wales, but which…

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Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

BOTANY (NORTH.) --Aldermen: South Ward, Aaron Laycock (unopposed). Central Ward, James Coward, 75 (re- elected); James Stiff, 54. North Ward, David…

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The General Election. Orange

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 5

A labor candidate is announced for Orange. He is a protectionist and a State socialist, and will, so it is said, commence his campaign here at an early date. This is…

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Randwick Aldermanic Election. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 2

Sir,--I shall deem it a great favor if you would kindly allow me a little space in your valuable paper. At a recent meeting of ratepayers of the Borough of Randwick,…

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The General Elections. Mr. Carruthers at Tempe

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

Mr. J.H. Carruthers, M.P., addressed a large meeting of his constituents at Barden's Hotel, Cook's River, on Tuesday evening. The meeting was arranged by the residents…

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Labour Conference. Candidates' Pledges. No Agreement Arrived At

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

The adjourned conference between seven representatives of the Parliamentary labour party and an equal number of representatives of the central executive committee of the Labour Electoral League…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 5

After some formal business had boon transacted in the Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. G. B. Simpson obtained leave to bring in a bill to render penal the inciting of infants to betting or…

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Parliament. Legislative, Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 6

Thursday, FEBRUARY 15. The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ROYAL ASSENT. A message was received from the…

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Parliament. Thursday, February 15. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. M'QUADE ESTATE BILL. The M'Quads Estate Bill was read a…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday. February 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-post 4 o'clock. ASSENT TO BILL. Mr. PRESIDENT announced the receipt of a…

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Parliament. Thursday, February 15. Legislative Council. Mining on Private Property. Amendments by the Council. Gold, Silver, and Lead Only

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 6

The President took the chair at 4.30 o'clock. The Milling on Private Lands Bill was farther considered in committee by the Legislative Council last night…

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Cheap Money. Help for Farmers. Loans at Low Interest; The Victorian Proposal--Opinions of Commercial Men--Bankers Interviewed--What the Farmers' Representatives Think--Questions In Parliament

The Australian Star · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 5

In the Assembly last night Sir George Dibbs stated, in reply to Mr. Rose, that he was not in a position to say that the 9 per cent, rate of interest charged by private…

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A New Bishop. Grafton and Armidale. Election of Archdeacon Green

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 4

ARMIDALE, Friday.— The synod of the diocese of Grafton and Armidale sat yesterday, when it was resolved to rescind the selection of a bishop by delegation, as it was decided upon at Grafton,…

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