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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1900

179 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 9

Municipal Election

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1900 · page 2

THREE of the five candidates nominated for the extraordinary vacancy in Maclean Council cased by the retirement of Aid. Peoples have Withdrawn, viz., Messrs, H. Joyce, D. T. Burt,…

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British Parliamentary Elections London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1900 · page 5

Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, leader of the Liberal party in the recently dissolved House of Commons, and Sir William Harcourt ex-leader of the party, have issued long…

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Parliament. SYDNEY

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 5

THE Assembly received a message from the Council stating that it still adhered to its amendments in the City Corporation Bill but was willing to consider any further proposal, The Proposal…

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Maclean Municipal Election

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 4

THE polling for the election of an alderman in the place of Mr. W. Peoples in the Maclean Council took place on Tuesday. The candidates whose names rema[?]ed on the ballot paper were…

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Federal Elections

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 3

REFERRING to the anticipated expense pertaining to the candidature for tho Federal electorates, which is now giving pause to many formerly intending candidates, Mr. Barton…

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British General Elections. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 5

THE Marquis of Salisbury, Premier, has issued an address to the electors of Great Britain. He says the Imperial power over South Africa must be rebuilt on durable foundations. All the…

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The British Elections. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 3

MR. BALFOUR says that the actual war was undertaken by Great Britain, but the assistance of the colonies conclusively settled it. The final settlement of the trouble demands…

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Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 5

In the Assembly on Tuesday, Sir William Lyne recounted what had taken placejast week—that tbe Council had made alterations in the City Corporation…

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British Elections. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 5

The Premier, in an address to the electors, issues a grave warning against abstaining from voting. He states that the Imperial power over the Boer Republics was in the…

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Latest Telegrams Parliament. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 October 1900 · page 3

THE Premier has decided, in consequence of the large amount of business to be dealt with, to ask the Assembly to meet in the daytime on Fridays…

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The British Elections. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 October 1900 · page 3

MR. CHAMBERLAIN is continuing the election campaign vigorously. He has been accorded magnificent receptions, being very severe on the past Liberal…

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British Elections

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1900 · page 2

MR. WYNDHAM, Parliamentary Secretary for War, addressing the electors of Dover, admitted that the military forces needed in South Africa had been miscalculated at the outset. He…

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A Putrescent Parliament

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 1

TRUTH says:—"Unless our legislature is forced to make a move, Sydney will at no very remote date become a second New York, as the harvester and some of the vilest vultures that God ever put into…

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Parliament. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 5

THE assembly agreed to [?] on Fridays from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. The Assembly agreed to the motion affirming the expediency of carrying out the Tu[?]kian flood escape scheme, as recommended by…

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Parliament. a Flourishing Statement. a Surplus on the Year's Operations. No Fresh Taxation. Excise Duties to Be Reduced. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 3

THE Upper House last night rejected the Cobar-Wilcannia Railway Bill by 24 votes to 22. SYDNEY, THURSDAY…

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British Elections

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 4

DR. GARVIN B. Clark (Liberal), who attained notoriety by his advocacy of the Boer cause, is persisting in his candidature for Caithness. Mr. John Morley (Liberal) is indisposed, and…

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The British Elections. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 3

THE latest British election returns place the state of the parties as follows:-- Conservatives and Unionists, 110…

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Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 5

In the Assembly on Tuesday, The despatch of a cablegram to the Imperial Government in regard to the policy of annexing the Transvaal and Orange Free State was…

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British Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 5

LONDON, TUESDAY.—At Birmingham last night the following message from Mr. Joseph Chamberlain to the nation was displayed on a lime-light screen. "Patriotism…

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The Imperial General Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1900 · page 4

The present Imperial elections are exciting the greatest interest. In a way the Salisbury Government is on trial, and the jury is the nation at large through the ballot-box. In…

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