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Politics & elections, 1894

3,775 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 189

The General Election

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 May 1894 · page 6

Mr. H. C. G. Moss, one of the candidates for the Warringah electorate, held a meeting of his Manly committee and supporters at the Steyne Hotel last evening. There was a…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 5

As several of the orders of the day were postponed, the Legislative Council had very little business demanding their attention, and the sitting lasted only half-an-hour. The Noxious…

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Parliament. Thursday, May 10. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at half past 4 o'clock.. NOXIOUS TRADES BILL. The Noxious Trades Bill was passed…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 3

The RRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. STAMP DUTIES BILL. Mr. PRESIDENT announced the receipt of a message…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 10. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Stamp Duties Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 4

The Stamp Duties Bill was received from the Legislative Assembly, read a first time, and the second reading made an order of the day for Tuesday next…

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Parliament. Thursday , MaY 10. Legislative Council. The President took the chair at 4.30 o'clock. a Short Sitting

Evening News · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 3

Business of the Legislative Council last as extremely short. The House only sat ran hour, and during that time the third Trof the Noxious Trades Bill was agreed…

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The General Election. Mr. Chanter, M.L.A. at Deailiquin. MOAMA

The Australian Star · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 6

Mr. Chanter, M.L.A. returned yesterday from an election tour in the Deniliquin district, He received marked approval of his past conduct in the House at the places he…

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General Election. Free-trade at Newcastle. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 5

The attempt made recently to establish a branch of the Free-trade and Laud Reform League in Newcastle line not produced any apparent result up to the present. A…

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Another Labor Candidate

The Australian Star · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 5

Mr. James Wilson, ex-president of the Trades and Labor Council, will contest Phillip division as the labor candidate at the next general election. Mr. Wilson, who…

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The General Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 4

Messrs. Harper and H. H. Macdonnell, labor nominee candidates for the Willoughby electorate, held a meeting of the electors of Willoughby at M'Mahon's Travellers Rest…

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The Imperial Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 12

In the House of Commons on the 13th April the Right Hon. John Morley moved the first reading of the Registration Bill. He said the first registration would go into force in January and the second in…

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Political. the Dissolution of Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 16

AT the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday a general discussion took place with regard to the business of Parliament. An effort is to be made to close the session at the end of the present month…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 12

In the Legislative Council on May 2, The Country Towns and Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Acts Amendments Bill was read a third time and passed…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 2. Glen Innes-inverell Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 954

Dr. Maclaurin, in moving the second reading of the Glen Innes to Inverell Railway Bill, said that it imposed three conditions. One was that the line should not cost more than £7000 a mile, end the second, that…

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Forthcoming General Election. Dr. Morrison's Candidature

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 12

Dr. Morrison, who is a candidate for the Fitzroy Division of Sydney in the freetrade interest, addressed a number of electors from the balcony of the Willow Tree Hotel, Victoria-street North, last…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the British Ministry. Re-election of the Solicitorgeneral. London, May 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 9

Mr. R. T. Reid, M.P., who has been appointed Solicitor-General in the British Government in succession to Sir John Rigby, has been re-elected for Dumfries…

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The General Election. Willoughby Electorate

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 3

Mr. Moodle, at his meeting at Thornleigh on Thursday evening, said that as a candidate for their votes he considered no apology was necessary from any qualified…

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Sherbrooke Electorate. Yet Another Candidate. Interview with Mr. Pigott

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 1

It being announced that Mr. Henry R. Pigott, of Kellyville, Baulkham Hills, has decided to woo the suffrages of Sherbrooke at the coming elections, a representative of this…

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Sherbrooke and its Candidates. to the Editor

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 4

SIR,—In your issue of 26th ult. “Toongabbleite” puts a few questions to me that I will endeavour to reply to. It is a fact that during the late boom, thousands of pounds were…

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Ryde Parliamentary Election. Labour Meeting at Rydalmere

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 2

In completion of the formation of sections of the Ryde branch of the Labor Electoral League, executive officers from Hunter’s Hill, Drummoyne, and Ryde, proceeded to Rydalmere, on…

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