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Politics & elections, 1894

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The Synod of Grafton and Armidale. the Election of a Bishop. Archdeacon Green, of Ballarat, Chosen. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 6

The Synod has been sitting all day, with the chancellor of the diocese, Mr. Gould, present. Archdeacon Greenway presided. After the preliminaries had been dealt with, it was agreed by a large…

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Municipal Councils. Ashfield. Election of Mayor and Mayor's Minute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 6

A meeting of the above council was held on Tuesday night. Alderman Stanton (Mayor) presided. The Mayor's minute re the collection of municipal rates for 1893-4 was road. The report stated that on…

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The General Election the Gipps Division. Mr. D. O'Connor's Candidature

The Australian Star · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 3

A meeting of the supporters of Mr. Daniel O'Connor in his candidature for the Gipps Division of the West Sydney electorate was held at the…

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Labor Candidates. And the Labor Leagues

The Australian Star · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 5

The efforts of the labor members who follow Mr. Cook and the central executive of the Labor Electoral League to prevent the threatened split in the labor vote are…

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Municipal Matters. Darlington. Election of Mayor

The Australian Star · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 8

At a special meeting of the Darlington Council, held last evening for the purpose of electing the Mayor for the current year, Alderman Hawken proposed, and…

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The General Election. Leichhardt Electorate

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 6

Alderman R. B. Cropley, ex-Mayor of Leichhardt, who during the week has announced himself as a Parliamentary candidate for this electorate in the freetrade…

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Parliament and the Banks

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 9

MR. Hugh M'Kiunon, who has never forgotten that he was ignominiously sat upon at one of the Sydney Commercial Banking Company's reconstruction meetings, demanded in the House on…

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Unemployed at Parliament Buildings

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 9

ON the motion, on Tuesday night, for the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Black said he desired to ask the Premier whether he had given instructions that the enclosure in front of…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 13

There was a large attendance of members when the President took the chair in the Legislative Council on February 7. The second reading of the Mining on Private Lands Bill was the principal…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Wednesday February 7. Alienated Lands

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 330

Dr. Maclaurin, answering a question, said that the area of land alienated previous to the year 1861 and on which deeds had issued was 7,338,539 acres, and the area of land alienated since…

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The General Election. Labor Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 6

The following is the list of candidates selected by the Labor Electoral League to date: -- Ashfield, T. Bavister ; Alma, Josiah Thomas (Broken-hill); Bourke, Hugh…

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Parish Councils Bill. a Conflict in Parliament. Commons Against the Lords. London, February 16

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 5

The Parish Councils Bill, to which the House of Lords had made a number of amendments, was before the House of Commons to-day, when the…

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St. Marys Municipal Council. the Election of Mayor

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 2

On Friday night of last week, a special meeting of the above was held in the Protestant Hall, for the purpose, of electing a Mayor for the ensuing year. There were…

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Election of Mayor at Penrith. ALDERMAN A. Judges Re-elected

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 3

On Thursday night, a special meeting of the Penrith Council was held for the election of Mayor. The following attended: —The retiring Mayor (Alderman A…

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The Election for South Ward

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 2

On Saturday last, the election for the position in the Penrith Council, caused by the vacancy in South Ward, was held at the Council Chambers, where the Mayor…

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Mulgoa Municipal Election

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 7

The second election of Aldermen for the Municipality of Mulgoa was held at the Mulgoa Hall on Saturday last, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., the Mayor…

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Election of Mayor At Mulgoa. Ald. Stephen Re-elected

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 3

A special meeting of the Mulgoa Municipal Council, was held on Thursday at noon when the following Aldermen attended—The Retiring Mayor (Ald A. W…

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Re-election of a Catholic Mayor

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 18

AT a special meeting of the Woollahra Council held on Monday night, Mr. Thomas Magney was elected Mayor of the borough council for the fifth year in succession. Alderman W. J. Trickett…

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An Election Up to Date. the Contest at Horncastle

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon (reports the London STANDARD, January 5) Lady Ancaster met the members of the Stanhope Habitation of the Primrose League, and addreesed them. She pointed out the…

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"Treating" by Election Agents

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 18

FROM New Zealand we learn that the election petition against the return of Mr. Monk for the Waitemata electorate has been upheld, and the seat has been declared vacant on the ground of…

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