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Politics & elections, 1899

1,968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 99

New South Wales Parliament. Legisla[?] Council. Wednesday, August 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 August 1899 · page 3

The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ADJOURNMENT.—THE CRISIS. The MINISTER FOR JUSTICE said that in…

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The Nield Case. £350 Paid Back. Lively Proceedings in Parliament

The Australian Star · Thursday 31 August 1899 · page 8

There was a rather interesting development in connection with the inquiry respecting the Paddington seat yesterday afternoon. During the day Mr. Neild attended at the Treasury, and…

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Dominican Republic. Presidential Candidate Arrested. LONDON, August 30, 4.14 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 31 August 1899 · page 5

Since the assassination at Moca, in July, of General Henreaux, President of the Dominican Republic, a revolutionary spirit has prevailed in the country…

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The Ministerial Crisis. Want of Confidence Motion. Mr. Lyne's Indictment. Unconstitutional Acts. Parliament Flouted. State of the Finances. How the Money Has Been Spent. Mr. Reid in Defence. the Public Accounts. the Advance to Mr. Neild. Adjournment of the Debate

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 August 1899 · page 5

A little preliminary business having been transacted in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, and the report of the select committee on the advance to Mr. Neild having been presented and read, the…

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Parliament

Evening News · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 4

THE proceedings in Parliament last night were interesting, both because of what, as the grammar would put it, was expressed and what was understood. Mr. Copeland…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 7

Yesterday's proceedings in the Legislative Assembly were of less interest than those of the previous day. The chief phase of the contest which Mr. Lyne commenced on Wednesday…

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Pictures in Parliament

The Australian Star · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 4

They were all like so many little Diogenes when the censure debate was resumed yesterday. They came out of their barrels to search for one straight act in Mr. Reid's political life,…

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Sherbrooke Central Polling Booth Removed to Prospect

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 11

As our readers are aware, an agitation has been for some time on foot for the removal from Castle Hill of the central polling booth in the Sherbrooke electorate…

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N.S.W. Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 13

The main business in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, August 23, was the discussion on the Neild affair, which is reported in another portion of this issue. On the adjournment Mr…

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PARLIAMENT, Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 23

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 555

The President (Sir John Lackey) took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock, and at five minutes short of the hour the House rose. In the meantime a further instalment of consolidating bills were passed through,…

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Illustrated London Letter. The Transvaal and Cape. Men and Women. LONDON, July 22. the Cape Parliament

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 8

From the commencement of the crisis in South Africa opinions have naturally differed as to the effect that would be produced by the debates inseparable from the re-opening of…

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The Cumberland Argus AND Fruitgrowers' Advocate, with Which Are Incorporated The Cumberland Mercury, River Times, Weekly Advance, Cumberland Free Press and Ryde Electorate Press. Parramatta, September 2, 1899. Sherbrooke and Its Chief Polling Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 4

IN the removal of the central polling station for the Sherbrooke electorate from Castle Hill to Prospect, the principal Under-secretary has, to say the least of it…

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The Queensland Referendum. Details of the Polling. Latest Figures

Evening News · Monday 4 September 1899 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday Morning.—After the issue of the last return on Saturday night at 10 o'clock the Premier, Mr. Barton, Dr. Carty Salmon, M.L.A. of Victoria, and others, addressed a large…

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Public Service Maladministration. Work for Parliament. (To the Editor of the Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 September 1899 · page 3

Sir,--The Reid Government being on its trial before Parliament for maladministration of the colony's affairs the time is opportune to ventilate what can only be regarded as…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1899 · page 7

The Legislative Assembly yesterday continued its work of threshing out the censure motion. Its aspects have become as varied and numerous as have the distinct parties which it has been…

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Mr. Reid and Mr. Barton. Explanations in Parliament

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 September 1899 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the debate on the want of confidence motion and amendment was resumed. After formal business,…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 September 1899 · page 7

In consequence, as the Minister for Justice expressed i[?], of action still pending in the other branch of the Legislature, the Legislative Council met only formally yesterday, and adjourned till…

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Pictures in Parliament

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 September 1899 · page 5

The Speaker asserted a strong lead early in the proceedings. He's the greatest authority on Order that ever was, and he took an early opportunity of saying what he…

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Waverley Municipal Election

Evening News · Thursday 7 September 1899 · page 4

Mr. William MacLeod, of Glenelg, Botany-street, Waverley, and one of the proprietors, of the Sydney "Bulletin," has, at the request of a large number of residents of Waverley, allowed…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 5

The stormy proceedings of the Assembly towards the close of Wednesday's sitting were followed yesterday afternoon by an almost unruffled calm. When the House rose at an early…

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