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Politics & elections, 1899

1,968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 99

The Dublin and Cork Councils. Return of Labour Candidates. London, Jan. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 7

Fifteen labour candidates have been elected to the Urban District Council of Dublin, and nine to the Urban District Council of Cork…

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The Federal Movement. Queensland Delegates in Sydney. Interview with Mr. Dickson. Strong Federal Feeling in the Northern Colony. the Ensuing General Elections. a Forward Public Works Policy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 5

Queensland's representatives on the Federal Council, which meets in Melbourne early in February, arrived, with one exception, in Sydney yesterday. The party comprised Mr. G. R. Dickson…

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The Municipal Elections. Parramatta and District

The Australian Star · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 4

Parramatta Candidates --Forrest Ward: Mr. J. Toohey, Mr. E. K. Bowden Gore Ward: Alderman Moxham (Mayor), Mr. John Thorpe. Anderson Ward: Allerman J. J…

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Federation. Position of Queensland. Prospects of the General Election. Interview with the Premier

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 5

It has already been notified that the Premier of Queensland, Mr. J. R. Dickson, has been invited to be present at the meeting of Premiers which is to be held in Melbourne at the…

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Municipal Elections. Manly

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 6

In connection with the approaching municipal elections, an open revision court, for the purpose of revising the municipal lists for 1899 and 1900, is to be held at the Manly Council-chambcrs on Monday evening next…

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Ancient Acts of Parliament

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 3

E. R. H. T. S. Forbes has an article in the "Cornhill Magazine" in which are the names of a number of…

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Municipal Elections

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 3
Also in The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate

A very large and influentially signed requisition is to be presented to Mr. Thomas Fanning, builder, of 280 Abercrombie-street, Golden Grove, Redfern, asking him to contest the Golden Grove Ward…

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Auburn Municipal Elections. To the Editor of the "Evening News."

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 6

Sir,—Will you kindly allow me to correct a misstatement that appeared in your issue of the 18th re the Auburn municipal elections, that the Auburn Bijou Dramatic Company is running a…

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Municipal Elections. (Continued from page 3.)

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 5

NARRANDERA, Saturday.—Municipal matters are quiet. Messrs. T. H. Elwin (Mayor), J. J. Quirk, and Aiex. Brown are the retiring aldermen. The latter, it is understood, will not offer…

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Parramatta and District the Election Fines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 11

A stay of proceedings has been granted in reference to the case of Mr. J. J. Miller, of Parramatta, fined £1[?] each on two separate charges of neglecting to puncture certain papers at the…

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Ryde Municipal Elections. Serious Allegations. "Stuffed" Rolls

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 7

It is pretty freely stated in several quarters, as mentioned in a previous issue of THE ARGUS, that the Ryde municipal rolls have been systematically and shamefully "stuffed,"…

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Life in London and Thereabout. Chronicled by Henry W. LUCY. Some Royal Customs-A Lord Mayor and Thackeray—Black and Blackmore—The Cambridge Don—Parliament-streat. WESTMINISTER, Dec. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 5

There is, I hear, somo probability that the present year will, among other things, be memorable by reason of the abandonment of the custom of a Cabinet Minister being in attendance on tho…

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Australian Biography. the Life and Times of William Charles Wentworth, Patriot, Orator and Statesman. Chapter Ix.--the Dawn of Brighter Days (1830-31). The Second Petition to Parliament--M'Ar- thur's Party Try to Run Wentworth Out of the Field--Collisions on the Platform--Monitor Hall Gets His Revenge--The First Civil Jury--The Tyrant Goes--A Day at Vaucluse--The Ox-Head Story--Governor Bourke's Arrival--Wentworth Writes an Address, but Refuses to Speak

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 4

The failure of the first petition to Parliament was a source of great rejoicing among the M'Arthur party, and they lost no opportunity for improving the occasion by pointing…

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America's Recent Elections

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1899 · page 3

SIR, — The Democrats of Australia are watching with keen interest the doings of their Democratic cousins across the Pacific and will be glad to learn the true state of affairs,…

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Municipal Elections

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1899 · page 7

Mr. Enos Hawker, one of the Granville, has, in response to a large requisitions decided to contest the North Ward at the Granville election in opposition to the sitting…

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Municipal Elections. Manly

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1899 · page 6

A public meeting of the electors of the municipality of Manly in to be held in the local council-chambers, Sydney-road, at noon on Tuesday, February 7th, for the purpose of nominating three aldermen. one for each…

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Municipal Elections

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Singleton.—In addition to the three vacancies in the Singleton Borough Council, caused by retirments by effluxion of time, Aldermen Reuben and Aikin have both tendered their…

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Newcastle City Elections. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 8

A good deal of interest is already being manifested in connection with the forthcoming annual municipal elections. Alderman Moroney, the retiring representative of the City Ward, will have a strong…

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