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Politics & elections, 1894

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Business in Parliament. an All Night Sitting. Slow Progress with the Estimates. a Desultory Debate. an Exciting Finish

Evening News · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 6

Honorable members of the Assembly met last evening to discuss and, if possible, pass the remainder of the less debatable Estimates, but although the sitting degenerated into an all-night…

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The Warringah Election. To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 3

Sir.— Referring to the paragraph which appeared in yesterday's issue of your paper, pointing out some peculiarities in the remarks of Mr. Dugald Thompson, one of the candidates for the…

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The General Election. Botany

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 7

Mr. Alderman Frank J. Luland, the popular Mayor of Botany, has consented at the invitation of a large number of electors to stand in the interests of protection for…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

The Legislative Council sat from half-past 4 until shortly after 10 o'clock last evening, and dealt with several measures. The second reading of the Attorneys' Admission Bill was moved by…

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Parliament. Thursday, March 1. Legislative Council

Evening News · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star

The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. STAMP DUTIES. The Stamp Duties Act Amendment Bill was…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. TEMPORARY SUPPLY BILL. Mr. PRESIDENT reported that the Temporary…

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Parliament of Tasmania. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

Both Houses met to-day. In the Council the Hon. Adye Douglas moved for a fortnight's leave of absence for Mr. Coote. Objection was raised to the district being thus defranchised. After…

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Tasmania. Parliament Adoption of the Address-in Reply. the Financial Statement

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday. -- The Address-in-Reply to the Governor's speech was adopted by both Houses of the Legislature to-day, after a short discussion. The speeches in…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 1. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Temporary Supply Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 6

The PRESIDENT read a message from his Excellency the Governor, intimating that the royal assent had been given to the Temporary Supply Bill…

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The General Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 6

Mr. E. S. Wakely addressed the electors of Sherbrooke at Stephens's Hotel, Baulk-ham-hills, on Tuesday evening, and was well received by a well- attended meeting. A…

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Scenes in Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 10

IN one respect our present Parliament resembles the play of Henry IV— it is full of scenes. Earely a week passes without a breeze of some sort, and rarely does it fail to come from the…

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New South Wales Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 13

In the Legislative Council on February 21, On the motion of Mr. Cox a return was ordered stating particulars of the advances made to the Municipal Councils of Penrith and St. Marys in…

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Notes of the Week. Parliament

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 427

The Assembly, still smarting under the accusations made by one of its members, Mr. Hindle, when preaching at Lithgow, has made another abortive attempt at whitewashing. A whole night…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Wednesday, February 21. the Electoral Acts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 434

Dr. Maclaurin, answering a question by Mr. Jacob, said that no special opinion had been given by the Attorney-General as to whether the Electoral Acts of 1880 and 1893 required to be validated by the Imperial…

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The Character of Parliament. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 9

Sir,--Whilst agreeing to a large extent with your leading article on the subject of the resolution concerning Mr. Hindle's motion, I hope that the calling attention to…

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Cardinal Moran and Saints in Parliament. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 4

Sir.—Speaking at the opening of the new pres[?]ytery of the Church of St. James at Forest Lodge on Sunday uiternoon last, Cardinal Moran in his address says "that of all people he would mistrust…

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Catholic. the Cardinal on Anaechists and Unemployed. Saints in Parliament. Protest Against Usurious Interest

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 18

THE Cardinal-Archbishop of sydney made an important speech on Sunday at the opening of the new presbytery in St. James' parish, Forest Lodge…

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Brazil. the Presidential Elections

Evening News · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 4

LONDON, March. 2.—The elections in Brazil Lave resulted in the election of Dr. P. de Moraes, the present President of the Senate, and Dom J. T. Pereira, now Minister…

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The Randwick Election. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 5

Sir,—With your permission I would like to point out that there are at present six freetraders, one protectionist, and one labour candidate in the fiela for this electorate, and, as the fiscal question is a very…

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