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Politics & elections, 1914

18 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Katoomba Municipal Election. To the Electors.—

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 5

Ladies and Gentlemen,—The Triennial Elections of the above Municipality will be held on January 31st, 1914, and for the benefit of Katoomba generally, I…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. Triennial Elections Nomination Day. Overture

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 3

Mr. C. P. Hendry, Returning Officer, presided at the official declaration of nominations for the triennial election of the Katoomba Municipal Council on…

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Final Pre-election Meeting. Aldermanic Felicitations

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 6

The final meeting of the Katoomba Municipal Council, prior to the elections, which take place to-morrow, was held on Tuesday evening. Proceedings…

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The Municipal Elections

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

The Municipal Elections for 1914 are now over and, so far as Katoomba is concerned, the result has been one of the biggest surprises ever recorded in the…

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Katoomba Municipal Elections. Defeat of the Uncrowned King. Goyder, Sands & Craig Rejected

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

The triennial polling for the election of nine aldermen to the Katoomba Municipal Council took place on Saturday and passed off so far as the way in which it…

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Tub Late Elections

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 6

Dear Sir.—Your leader of to-day, re "To-morrow's Verdict," was truly apropos of the occasion. Your regrets, te the lack of interest in B. and C. Ridings even…

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The Municipal Parliament

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

The initial assembly of the new Council on Tuesday evening was a quiet affair. Beyond an exchange of compliments by Aldermen Davies and James over a…

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Extraordinary Election. Municipality of Katoomba To the Ratepayers of Katoomba:—

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 5

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— Do you favor the Katoomba Municipal Council forthwith borrowing £20,000 to establish an Electric Lighting and…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. Extraordinary Election. Six Candidates Nominated

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 2

The nominations of candidates for the extraordinary vacancies in the Katoomba Council, caused by the resignations of Aldermen George James and…

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Extraordinary Election. GOYDER and James Victorious. a Clean Contest

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 3

The vacancies on the Council, caused by the resignations of Ald. Jenkins and James, provided an opening for six goodmen and true to make application to…

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Council Complications. Further Resignations. Another By-election

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 4

When Mr. John F. Tabrett brought the ouster action against the seven sitting members in the Council—(it would have been the nne only two had resigned to…

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Extraordinary Election

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 5

To-day at noon, the Returning Officer de[?] the following nominations for the by-election, to be held on Saturday next in Katoomba, Loura and Sydney:—…

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Extraordinary Election. Nomination Day. Six Richmonds Proclaimed

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 3

About 25 ratepayers assembled in the Council Chamber on Friday last to hear the declaration of nominations for the extraordinary election to be held on…

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Macquarie Federal Elections. Address by E.S. CARR, M.H.R. Sound, Solid Speech

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 3

In spite of the wet night, a fair number of electors assembled in the Congregational hall on Tuesday evening to hear Mr. E.S. Carr, district…

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Katoomba Mayoral By-Election. Ald. John Howie Re-elected

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 6

Notwithstanding that the general public had become somewhat accustomed to the idiosyceracies and ebullitions of its Municipal governors, a wave of mild…

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The Federal Elections. Liberal and Labor Orations. Mr. C. G. WADE

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 3

The meeting addressed in the Congregational hall last Friday evening by the Hon. C. G Wade, was a most successful political gathering and there was…

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The Federal Elections. Labor Party Victorious

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 6

The Federal election of 1914—one of the most momentous while at the same time one of the most spiritless election campaigns that has occurred since the…

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The Federal Elections

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 2

The Federal elections are now a thing of the past, and the final figures show that the Labor party has been returned to power with a substantial majority in…

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