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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1908

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The Presidential Election

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 5

Mr. Bryan has witten to President Roosevelt denouncing his partisan use of the President's office in roder to gain a party advantage and advance the interests of…

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State Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 9

In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday the Minister for Lands said he was assured by the president of the Forestry Commission that the Commissioners' report…

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Federal Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 9

The new Defence Bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on Teusday by Mr. T. T. Ewing, Minster for Defence. The measure provides for compulsory…

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The Newcastle Election

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday.—"The Times" states that the silence of the official Nationalist organs on the Newcastle election and Mr. Dillon's latest remarks on Mr. Asquith's…

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The Presidential Election

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Bryan, in his letter to President Roosevolt, hints that the Republican Party obtained £30,000 from Mr. E. H. Harriman, the railway…

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Federal Parliament. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 5

In the House of Representatives yesterday, the Attorney-General (Mr. Groom) moved the second reading of the Marine Insurance Bill, which was…

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The State Parliament

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 5

The financial debate came to an abrupt termination in the State Palliament last night. When the chairman took hie seat after 10 o'clock,…

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State Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 9

In the Assembly on Tuesday, replying to Mr. M'Farlane, the Treasurer said: The receipts for the Grafton-Casino Railway for the year ended 30th June, 1908, were…

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Federal Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 9

The debate was resumed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday on the motion by Sir W. Lyne that consideration of the Iron Bonus Bill be taken up at the…

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Questions in Parliament

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 3

Mr. Briner asked the Secretary for Lands:—1. When will the next Dorrigo subdivisions, comprising about 24…

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Coff's Jetty Improve ments. Statement in Parliament. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 5

Replying to Mr. Briner in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening, the Colonial Treasurer (Mr. Waddell) said that £601 had been…

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British Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, in reply to questions asked in the House of Commons by Mr. Redmond (Nationalist) and Lord Talbot…

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Sate Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 9

In the Assembly on Tuesday a [?]tion by Mr. Nielsen for the appointment of a Select Committee to "inquire into and report upon the whole system of industrial shcools,…

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Federal Parliament. the Defence Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thursday.—In the House of Represemtatives yesterday the debate on the Defence Bill was resumed by Mr. Crouch, who spoke for four hours…

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Parliament House Raided. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1908 · page 5

An extraordinary and altogether unexpected' sensation interrupted the business in the Federal Parliament this afternoon. The House of…

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The State Parliament. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1908 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly last night the Private Hospital Bill was read a second time and taken into committee…

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State Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 9

In the Assembly on Tuesday, the Minister for Agriculture, in reply to Mr. Brinen, said that the regulations dealing with stock crossing the Queensland border into…

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Federal Parliament. No-confidence Motion

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 9

The interest taken in the no-confidence debate was shown by the crowded gallerie in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Mr. Reid was met at the outset by…

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Unemployed Tumult. Federal Parliament House Attacked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 12

Fired apparently by the example set in the British House of Commons by Victor Grayson, some 200 of the unemployed, led by a young man named Laidler, made un onslaught upon…

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Victorian by Election. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1908 · page 5

The result of the Carlton (Vic.) State election, caused through the death of Mr. Bromley, one of the Labor Party, was that Mr. R. Solly…

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