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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1901

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The State Parliament. The Work Before it

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 3

Freetraders find protectionists will surely agree that the fiscal question will have nothing what ever to do with State polities, and…

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The Commonwealth Assembling of Ministers in Melbourne. the Question of When Parliament Will Sit

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 2

The Federal Ministers will assemble in Melbourne about the end of next week. Mr. Barton and Mr. O'Connor leave Sydney on Wednesday. Some important Cabinet…

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Gulgong News. After the Election Brittle. Death of Mr E Brenuan General Gleanings

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 7

The election is over and Gulgong has resumed its former quietude. During the progress a little excitement prevailed, but on the day…

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The Elections

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 12
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Small returns continue to arrive, but there is no possibility of any further change in the position of candidates for either House. Mr…

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The Monmouth Election. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 3

The petition in connection with the Monmouth election has resulted in Mr Harris, the elected member, being un seated…

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The Recent Elections. What the S.A. “Register” Says. Adelaide

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 2

The “Register,” commenting upon the Federal elections, states: “The Commonwealth poll is a moral victory for the cause of freedom. The non restrictionists having…

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The State Elections. the Question of a Labour Candidate

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 4

A meeting was convened for Wednesday night, in the Protestant-hall, of all workers who desired to see the return of a labour member to the State Parliament. At about 8.15 some 40 or 50…

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THE Federal Elections A Bartonian Majority. The Results

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 1

THE result of the polling throughout the Commonwealth is anything but satisfactory to premier Barton. The position of the parties is as follows…

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State Parliament. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 3

There is no lack of candidates ready to fill the vacancies in the State Parliament caused by the Federal elections…

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Those Bogus Candidates

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 4

One of the most frequently and universally expressed opinions in the streets on election night was that a deposit or some oilier means of preventing bogus candidates…

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The Commonwealth the Macquarie Election

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

An instance of the vote given in New South Wales for Freetrade (says the " S.M. Herald ") is furnished by the case of the Macquarie electorate. Mr. Sydney Smith…

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The Federal Parliament. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 3

It ia reported that Mr. Edmund Barton intends to ask the Federal Parliament to adjourn over the 24th of May, out of respect to the memory…

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Federal Parliament. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 3

Mr. Edmund Barton, Federal Premier of the Australian Commonwealth, leaves for Melbourne to-day…

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The State Parliament. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 3

The Hon. John See has not yet sufficiently advanced in the rearrangement of portfolios to enable him to make any definite announcement. He…

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The Federal Parliament. a German Cruiser. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 3

The German cruiser Hansa, which is at Hongkong, has been ordered to Melbourne for the Federal festivities,…

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Selecting a Candidate

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 2

A MEETING of those "who wish to secure the return of a labour member in the State Parliament" was held here last week. Owing to the inadequacy of the notice given the…

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Summoning Parliament. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 3

A meeting was held at the Protestant Hall to-night to consider the question of Parliament being summoned together forthwith…

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The State Parliament Further Prorogued

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 3

A proclamation as a special supplement to the Government Gazette is to be issued forthwith, with, further proroguing the State Parliament from April 10 till May 21. The…

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Convening of Parliament. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 3

A largely attended meeting, presided over by Alderman Mackenzie (Mayor of Strathfield) was held in the Protestant Hall, Castlereagh-street, last night, to insist upon the…

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