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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1911

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Colonial Governors' Pensions. Bill Before Parliament. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 3

The bill introduced into the house of Commons by Mr. C. E. Hobhouse, Financial Secretary to the Treasury to amend the Colonial Governors…

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Federal Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday—The Federal Ministers are preparing [?] next session. The present intention is that Parliament will meet at the end of August…

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Imperial Parliament. Inadequste Military Arrangements

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—In the House of Lords Lord Roberts proposed that in view of the altered strategic conditions on land and sea in Europe the House views with…

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The Parliament Bill. The House of Commons and Finance

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Parliament Bill was taken in committee in the House of Commons. There was a crowded house. Mr. Younger, Unionist, moved to limit…

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King Opens Parliament Pen Picture of a Brilliant Scene. Might of the Worlds Greatest Empire

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 2

Not even in the "Gorgeous East" is it possible for the eyes to feast on a scene of such rich and dazzling splendor as is presented by the…

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Commonwealth Parliament Session at End of August

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—A final meeting of the Federal Cabinet will be held before the Ministers leave for England. The chief business of the session will practically be…

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The Polling Places

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 4

Mr. P. S. Eldershaw, Returning Officer for the Cowper Federal Division, in this issue, published the complete list of the polling places…

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An Election Farce

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 3

Stories of Irish election humor have been copped by one from France (writes the London correspondent of the "Catholic Press"). There was…

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State Parliament. Building Repairs Delayed. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 3

The State Parliament has been further prorogued till May 9. The structural alterations and improvements to Parliament House are…

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List of Polling Places

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 4

Mr. P. S. Eldershaw, Returning Officer for the Cowper Federal Division, in this issue on page 2 published the complete list of the polling…

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Lismore Municipal By-Election. the Ex-mayor Elected

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 5

The election to fill the vacancy in the Lismore Municipal Council, caused by the retirement of ex-Ald. Tickle, took place there on Wednesday. The…

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An Irish Election

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 9

At Cork, a petition was made for a large body of police to be drafted to city to do duty at the Court. Mr. Tim Healy, for the petitioners,…

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Imperial Parliament. The Veto Bill. "Temporary, Pracarious, and Issigoificant."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—In the course of the debate on the Parliament Bill in the House of Commons, Lonsdale (Unionist) moved an amendment to…

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Refused. Lionsville Polling Place

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 4

Mr. John Thomson, M.H.R., has received the following letter from the Commonwealth Electoral Office (Department of Home Affairs). Sydney,…

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The Referenda. Small Polling. Proposals Generally Defeated

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 4

The voting was taken throughout the Commonwealth on Wednesday on the proposals submitted to the people by the Federal Government for the…

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Latest Wires Queensland Politics, Dalby Bye-election. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 5

In the State bye-election for Dalby (Q.), Vowles (Ministerialist) is leading McNeill (Labor) by a small majority…

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The Referendum Returns. Mr. Holman's Views. Simultaneous Surrender, to Federal Parliament. Labour Does Not Accept Defeat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Wade says the verdict of the polls means that whilst Australia is loyal to Federation it believes in making the national machine…

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1913 Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Acting Prime Minister says that the referendum proposals will be re-submitted in 1913 elections. Substantially the same form…

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Latest Wires Executive Council. Meeting of Parliament. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 3

A meeting of the N.S.W. Executive Council this afternoon decided that the State Parliament should meet on May 16…

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The Parliament Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 5

A lifeless debate took place in the House of Commons on the Parliament Bill. The third fourth and fifth clauses were closured and the others passed. The…

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