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Politics & elections, 1894

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Transit Elections. The Successful Candidates

The Australian Star · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 8

The election of two transit commissioners yesterday afternoon resulted in the return of Mr. R. Adams and Alderman Griffith Russell Jones, of Burwood. The polling…

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Scene in Parliament. an Assembly Episode. Angry Legislators. Mr. Nelid Worsted--An Unsympathetic House

The Australian Star · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 5

In the course of the discussion on the motion for adjournment in the Assembly on Wednesday night Mr. Neild took the opportunity to make some strong…

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Parliament. Thursday April 12. Legislative Assembly. the Loan Bill. Playing with Figures. Country Towns Water Supply

Evening News · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. THE LOAN BILL. Mr. Ses moved the second reading of the Loan BilL Mr. Rose thought the Treasurer should give…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, April 12. The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Answers to Questions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 6

Mr. LYNE, in answer to Mr. JOHNSTON, said he intended to proceed with the filling in of Rozelle Bay as soon as a sand pump was available, and with the sewer for…

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Yesterday's Election. Tommy Dodd in Trouble

Evening News · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 5

Thomas Dodd, 28, dealer, was charged before Mr. Johnson, S.M., at the Central Police Court today, with riotous conduct in Castlereagh street. He was on bail, and stood at the…

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The General Election. Coonamble

The Australian Star · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 6

Mr. Hugh M'Donald has been declared the labor candidate for this electorate, Mr. Peynton having retired in his favor…

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The Transit Elections. Excitement at the Poll. How the Votes Were Recorded

The Australian Star · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 6

Throughout the day the Protestant Hall has been the scene of intense excitement owing to the Transit Commission elections. From 9 o'clock an immense crowd was…

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Transit Commission. Election of Two Members

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 3

The election of two Transit Commissioners, representing the licensees and the municipalities, was conducted at the Protestant-hall and the Ashfield Town-hall…

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Ministers at Bathurst. Speeches by the Premier. Work, the Salvation of the Colony." a General Election in June or July. the Labor Party No Benefit to the Country. the Central Division Leases

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 5

BATHURST, Thursday.--Sir George Dibbs and Mr. Suttor (Minister for Public Instruction) arrived in Bathurst at 7 o'clock this morning by special train. The Ministerial…

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The General Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 6

On Wednesday night a deputation of the electors of Phillip Division waited upon Alderman Fowler at his private residence, Cranbrook, Camperdown, and presented…

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Transit Commission Election. Return of Alderman Russell Jones and Mr. Adams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 5

The election of a representative of the municipal councils and a representative of the licensees on the Metropolitan Transit Commission took place yesterday, the poll being taken in the Protestant Hall and…

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Political. in Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 16

MR. Want opened out in the Assembly on Tuesday with a motion for adjournment. The hon. member's ground of complaint was that Clark Island was to be ornamented, to be supplied with…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 12

In the Legislative Council on April 4, on the motion of Mr. WHITE a bill to suppress the improper use of the title "bank" was introduced and read a first time…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 4

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 746

IMPROPER USE OF THE TITLE "BANK" BILL. Mr. White introduced a bill, which was read a first time, to suppress the improper use of the title "bank." The bill provides that no person other…

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The Irish Members. Attendance in Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 5

Next week in all human probability will see the end of the present session of Parliament (says a Dublin paper, March 3), after an unprecedentedly long sitting, extending over thirteen…

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Newfoundland Politics. Parliament Declared Corrupt. the Governor Asked to Dissolve

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 11

LONDON, April 9.—Sir William V. Whiteway, Premier and Attorney-General of Newfoundland, a few days since requested Sir Terence O'Brien, the Governor of the colony,…

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New Zealand. Women's Franchise and Local Option. Female Members of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Friday.--A deputation of the women of Gisborne has waited on the Premier to demand the right of women to sit in Parliament. Mr. Sedden replied that female…

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Tee Coming Elections

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 2

Mr. William Ewart, who has announced himself as a candidate in the protectionist interest for Granville at the approaching Parliamentary election, has arranged to…

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The General Election. Mr. M'millan, M.p., at Mortlake. an Address to Working Men

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 5

Mr. W. M'Millan, M.P., who will be a candidate for the electorate of Burwood at the general election, addressed a meeting of the electors at the Mortlake-hall, Mortlake,…

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Granville Labour League, Nomination of Candidates. The Squabble with the Council. Lively Discussion

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 6

A meeting was held on Tuesday, Mr. E. Thomas presiding over a large attendance. NON-UNION BAKERS…

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