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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1910

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The Senate Election

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 11

Attention is drawn to the advertisement in another column requesting the electors to vote for the Liberal candidates—Senators J. P. Gray, J. C. Neild, and E. Pulsford…

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"The Examiner" Established 1859. Grafton: Saturday, April 9, 1910. The Federal Election

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 4

Before the next issue is in the hands of many of our country readers the election will have been fought. The day of decision is very near, and it is a duty obligatory…

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South Australian Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—With a majority of two in the Legislative Assembly, and increased representation in the Council as the result of the general elections, Mr…

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Polling Day Points

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 April 1910 · page 2

Polling Day--Wednesday next, 13th April. The polling booths will be open at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m…

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Federal Elections. The Ballot Papers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 April 1910 · page 4

On April 13 the Federal electors will have placed before them four questions to decide:--(1) Whom they will vote for in connection with the Senate; (2)…

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Commonwealth of Australia. Ballot Paper. State of New South Wales Electoral Division of Cowper. Election of One Member of the House of Representatives

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 April 1910 · page 4

DIRECTIONS.--The elector should mark his vote on this ballot paper by making a cross in the square opposite the name of the candidate for…

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Commonwealth of Australia. Ballot Paper. State of New South Wales. Election of Three Senators

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 April 1910 · page 4

DIRECTIONS.--The elector should mark his vote on this ballot paper by making a cross in the square opposite the name of each candidate for whom…

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Election Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 2

The Federal Labour Party proposer a staff tax on unimproved land values over £5000. Mr. Fisher points out that taxation below that in for the States to attend to. So…

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S. A. Elections. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 3

The final figures in connection with the Northern Territory election for the SA. State Parliament show the position to be altered and a Ministerialist…

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Latest Telegrams. Lismore Alleged Election Libel. £5000 Damages Claimed. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 3

Mr. Venour V. Nathan, the Independent Liberal candidate for The Richmond, has issued a writ against Mrs. Smith, the wife of Ald. John I. Smith,…

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The Elections

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 2

The interest in the elections is far from what it should be here although as the eventful day draws nigh a little more enthusiasm is…

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The Federal Elections Last Election's Sorry Record Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 2

Of 2,109,562 voters in the Commonwealth in 1906, only a fraction more than half recorded their votes. There were just over a million of women…

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Election Incidents

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1910 · page 5

Mrs. Rootes, a resident of Thornley, died while going to vote. William Reeve, 66, a poll clerk in Melbourne, expired almost immediately after…

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The Federal Elections. Labour Leading

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1910 · page 5

The struggle for the supremacy between the Liberal and Labour Parties was brought to a conclusion yesterday, when the electors had a final word…

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Cost of Federal Elections

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 4

The cost of the Federal elections is something about which a groat many persona appear to have but a vague. impression From official returns, it has been…

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The Federal Elections. General Labor Victory! North Coast for Liberalism. Mr. Thomson's Easy Win

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 5

The months of political strife, the marshalling of forces and the din of oratorical and literary war which are inseparably associated with a…

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Election Night in Sydney

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday Night.—Our Sydney representative wires: "The election was characterised by quietness, bordering on dullness. Still there were great crowds in…

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"The Examiner" Established 1859. Grafton: Saturday, April 16, 1909. Lessons of the Election

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 4

The result of Wednesday's election came as a surprise to many thousands of people in the Commonwealth. It was realised that the perfect organisation of the Labour…

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State Bye-Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Exceptionally keen interest was taken in the bye-elections for the Queanbeyan, Upper Hunter, and Darling Harbour seats in the Legislative…

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The Australian Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 9

Many Australians in London are greatly surprised at the result of the elections. Those interviewed agrce that no great change in the Commonwealth policy is…

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