Yesterday was the polling day for all the metropolitan end suburban constituencies, together with some of the country electorates, and in consequence of so many events coming off on the same day, unusual interest was taken in ...
Article : 1,526 wordsThere were nine candidates in the field for South Sydney, which returned four members. There was only one polling booth, the location of which was Belmore Park. The result of this concentration was that the voting proceeded ...
Article : 1,344 wordsThe polling for three members to represent the electoral district of Newtown in the forthcoming Parliament took place yesterday, the polling places being Macdonaldtown, Newtown, Darlington, Camperdown, and the Central ...
Article : 1,052 wordsThe poll for the above constituency has always been keen; but it is questionable whether any contest in the electorate ever excited greater enthusiasm than the present. The poll, opened at the usual hour, and very shortly ...
Article : 503 wordsIn the electorate of West Sydney, for the representation of which so many working men's candidates appealed to the sympathies of so many working men, the contest was earned on with all the energy and beisterous ...
Article : 2,797 wordsThe main interest of yesterday's election undoubtedly centred at St. Leonards, where the Premier of the present was encountered on his own ground by the Premier of the past, and where a hand-to-hand fight ensued for the ...
Article : 1,568 wordsThe election of three members for Paddington was conducted in a most orderly mannor, and, as was generally anticipated, Messrs. J. C. Nield, W. J. Trickett, and Robert Butcher were elected. Polling was carried on ...
Article : 915 wordsFor this constituency, which is entitled to two representatives, there were four candidates nominated. At the general election in 1882, when the electorate returned only one member, two candidates contested the sent. The late ...
Article : 961 wordsThere was considerable excitement in this electorate from the hour when the ballot was opened (8 o'clock) until the declaration of the poll, soon before 7 o'clock in the evening. There were seven candidates in the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 17 Oct 1885, Page 9
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