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

Politics & elections, 1918

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Flinders Seat. Nationalist Candidate. Captain Bruce Selected

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 April 1918 · page 23

Captain. S. M. Bruce, M.C., has been selected as Nationalist candidate for the Flinders seat, rendered vacant by the appointment of Sir…

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Danish Elections LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 25 April 1918 · page 1

Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent states that as a result of the elections, at which women voted for the first time, the new Parliament will…

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Changes in S.a. Parliament. Hon. P. W. Coneybeer

Leader · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 1

April 17th was the 25th anniversary of the entry into the House of Assembly of the Speaker, Hon, W. F. Coneybeer), an Orange native (says…

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Federal Parliament. Mr. Tudor's Censure Motion. Mr. Hughes in Reply

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 4

A good deal of dissatisfaction was expressed by Mr. Tudor and Labor members of the House of Representatives when Parliament reassembled on Wednesday regarding the…

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War Nearer Australia. Question in Parliament. Matter Being Dealt With. Melbourne

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 3

Mr. Riley, member for South Sydney, called attention in the House of Representatives to-day to published statements regarding the possibility of the war being brought nearer…

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Labor Candidates for Cobar

Leader · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 6

The Cobar Electorate Council of the Australian Labor Party has called for nominations for the selection of a candidate to contest the seat in the…

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Won't Meet Governor Labor Alderman's Decision. Too Near the Elections

The Bathurst Times · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 1

Apparently the olive branch of political harmony which was planted at the Recruiting Conference, has not yet spread so far as to cast its grateful…

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Bad Tobacco [?]Mplaints by Soldiers. Questions in Federal Parliament. Melbourne

National Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 6

In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Falkiner asked, "If in view of soldiers' complaints about the quality of tobacco supplied at the front…

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Citizen Forces Called Up. Questions in Parliament

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 29 April 1918 · page 2

In the House of Representatives on Friday questions were asked regarding the reason for the calling up of 40,000 of the Australian Citizen Forces. Mr. Riley (N.S.W.) also…

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State By-Elections. Upper Hunter and Cobar

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 29 April 1918 · page 4

Two State by-elections [?] for the Upper Hunter and the [?] for Cobar—will take place during the next six weeks…

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New Hungarian Parliament. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1918 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam states that Dr. K[?]kerle is forming a new Hungarian cabinet. Dr. Kuhlmann and Count Burian have…

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Flinders By-Election Three Candidates Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1918 · page 1

The nominations for the Finders by-election closed to-day. Three candidates will go to the poll, namely Mr. S. M. Bruce, merchant…

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Federal Parliament Yesterday's Business. Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 2

In the House ol Representatives to-day, Mlr. Green told Mr. Tudor that the price of butter in Victoria and Tasmania had been raised to is 7½d…

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Federal Parliament Proposed Levy on Lotteries

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 4

In the Representatives yesterday the second reading of the Income Tax Bill was discussed. The proposal to take 10 per cent. from Tattorsall's prizes was regarded by Mr. Tudor…

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Questions in the Federal Parliament. Price of Commodities

Molong Argus · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 2

Mr. Pigott: Is the Minister for the Navy aware that within the last month wire netting has risen in price from £80 to £100 a mile, and that…

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Federal Parliament Yesterday's Proceedings. Melbourne

National Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1918 · page 3

In the Senate to-day, Senator Russell [?] Senator Pra[?]en that Major Parcell's statements about the Government buying corn[?]ks from…

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Country Party in Parliament Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 2

The absence of any country representative on the Board of Trade is accepted in political circles as an insult to the country. It is stated that a…

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Alderman Absent Popular Election of Lord Mayor. Labor Proposal Lapses. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 3

A plank in the platform of Labor's municipal organisation is the annual election of the Lord Mayor of Sydney by the vote, not of the City Council,…

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National Candidate for Cobar

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 13

The Executive of the National party has decided to nominate a candidate for the Cobar bye-election, made necessary by the death of…

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Mudgee Pastures Board. Annual Elections

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 15

The election to the annual vacancies in the constitution of the Mudgee Pastures Protection Board will take place on Thursday, May 30…

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