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Politics & elections, 1897

2,161 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 109

Scene in Parliament. The S.A. Assembly. ADELAIDE

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 4

A lively scene occurred last night in the Legislative Assembly, during the discussion oil a proposal to appoint a select committee to inquire into the…

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The South Australian Parliament. Scene in the Assembly. Attack on the Treasurer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The debate on the Address-in-Reply was continued by Messrs. Archibald, Blacker Roberts Miller, Cock, aud Coneybeer, and was further adjourned…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 5

Shortly after the Legislative Council met yesterday Mr. Le[?] moved the second reading of the Municipalities Act Amendment Bill, by which it was proposed to give ratepayers of boroughs…

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Parliament. Legislative Council

The Australian Star · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 3

The Legislative Council met again yesterday at 4.30 p.m. BILLS ASSENTED TO. The President announced that his…

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Parliament. Thursday, July 1.Summary of Business

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 6

In the Legislative Council, Messages were received from the Governor intimating that the vice-regal assent had been given to the Public Roads, Public Works Committee…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, July 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 3

The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ASSENT TO BILLS. Mr. PRESIDENT announced that he had received…

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Addresses From Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 30

Five hundreds members of the House of Commons, headed by the Speaker (the Right Hon. W. C. Gully), in his robes, and preceded by the mace, proceeded…

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PARLIAMENT. Over the Clock

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 18

In his pianissimo as well as his fortissimo moods Mr. Schey generally manages to catch the ears of the scribes in the "Hansard" gallery, but he was horrified to find last week that a personal…

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N.S.W. Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 12

As with business, so with politics. The Jubilee celebrations last week interfered with the progress of business, and private members lost their night. In the Assembly on June 23, Mr. Schey succeeded…

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In Parliament. Tuesday. Assembly

The Australian Workman · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 2

After the formal business, the whole of the sitting was occupied with a motion of adjournment moved by Opposition-leader Lyne regarding the remission of duties…

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A Typist's Mistake. Causes a Session of Parliament

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 9

The "typewriter girl" has been held responsible so long for all kinds of errors, either grave or ludicrous, that the imputation is no longer meant as a…

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Limiting Speech in Parliament. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 5

Sir,—Will you let me make a suggestion in this matter? The danger, as you point out, is that if a hard and fast limit is fixed it may stop men whom all would desire to hear, and who should be heard…

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Our Note Book Turf Talk and Tips. Grand National Meeting. Warwick Farm Racing. the Cup Weights. Likely Candidates. Selections for Canterbury

The Arrow · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 6

To-day the first great meeting of the Winter opens in Victoria, when the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race will be the chief event of the day. There will be…

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A Miracle in Sydney. Case Investigated by a Score of People and Vouched for by a Prominent Member of Parliament. Locomotor Ataxia Long Considered Incurable by the First Physicians of the World Has at Last Been Conquered. a Great Victory for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 22

On Thursday afternoon, our representative made his way to the humble home of Mr. Thomas Jarvis, 45 Crown-lane, Ultimo. He was discovered nursing a two-year-old baby, and his face declared him to…

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Sydney Public Library. Wanted: a Royal Commission. Will Parliament Act? £219!—Why no Auction?—English Purchases—Bookbinding—Copyright Registrarship—Anderson and his Staff

Truth · Sunday 4 July 1897 · page 5

FOLLOWING upon TRUTH'S first article Mr. Hogue, M.L.A., asked in the Assembly the following question:—I desire to ask the Minister of Justice, without…

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South Australia. a Disputed Election. The Seat Declared Vacant. ADELAIDE, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 July 1897 · page 5

The Court of Disputed Returns upset the Albert election to-day. Mr. A. H. Peake was returned to the Assembly for the district, and Geo. Riddocu petitioned against…

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Nuisances Authorised by Parliament

The Australian Star · Monday 5 July 1897 · page 4

A wider and more far-reaching effect than that of settling private rights inter partes and definitely deciding a moot point of law will undoubtedly be…

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A Disputed Election. Adelaide

The Australian Star · Monday 5 July 1897 · page 3

The Elections and Qualifications Committee this morning, after hearing evidence, declared the Albert election null and void, and unseated Mr. Peake, who…

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South Australia. an Election Upset. Some Peculiar Voting

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 July 1897 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The hearing of the petition presented by Mr. George Riddoch against the return of Mr. A. H. Peako for the district of Albert In the Legislative Assembly was…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 July 1897 · page 7

The betting question is exciting widespread attention. In a way it resembles the sad tale of the liquor traffic. There are some who would cheerfully hang the person detected making a bet…

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