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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1912

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S.A. Elections. the New Government. a Popular Personnel

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Talk in political circles has changed from the great Conservative, victory to the personnel of the new Government…

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imperial Parliament. Opened by the King. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 5

King George opened the Parliament. The speech referred to the Durbar visit, the grave British labor…

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Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 2

The State Parliament meets next week. The situation is essentially Gilbertian. The first business, it might be supposed, would be to rectify the Gilbertian…

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State Parliament. Opens on Monday. No Sign of General Election

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The N.S. Wales House of Assembly will meet next Monday, and will sit five days each week till Easter, then the long vacation will…

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Imperial Parliament. Opened by the King. Anglo-German Relations

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—The Imperial Parliament was opened by the King in person. In the Speech from the Throne the…

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South Australian Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 11

Mr. C. G. Wade sees in the results of the South Australian elections something much more than a mere swing back of the political pendulum. They were fought…

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Senate Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Senate elections this time will be more strenuous on the Liberal side than previously. For organisation purposes candidates will be…

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Latest Wires Opening of Parliament. Speaker "Hansard" Trouble. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 3

The State Parliament meets this afternoon. Ministers are maintaining a curious reticence as to the course of…

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To Business Again. Assembly of Parliament. a Rowdy Sitting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—There was no official opening of Parliament this afternoon. The HOuse only met and carried on the business as though it had only…

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South Australian Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 2

Mr. Mccowen thinks that the reverse Labour has sustained in South Australia was a merely local phenomenon. It is natural that he should try and put as good a…

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S. A. Elections. Liberal Victory. The New Ministry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 2

The election returns coming in still show an increase to the Liberal Party. Mr. Peake, who formed the new Ministry, issued the following letter on Friday:—…

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Latest Wires. State Parliament. Business Resumed. Another Censure Motion. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 3

There was a lull attendance of members, and crowded public galleries were waiting expectantly when the Speaker took the chair…

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State Parliament. No-confidence. Dorrigo Tourist Roads

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the House of Assembly this afternoon, Mr. McGowen stated he could not grant permission for householders driven from their homes…

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South Australian Election. Discredited Administration. A Gloomy Outlook

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 2

The "Telegraph's" Melbourne special correspondent says:—The disaster sustained by the Labour Party at the South Australian elections has had an…

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State Parliament. Another Censure Motion Defeated. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

In the Assembly last night Mr. Wade moved in motion of censure. Ha based his attack upon the Robinson case, describing the conduct of the…

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Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 3

Parliament is once more in session, and the Government is confronted by a diffi[?]ntly which has its rise in its own timidity and irresolution. Rather than…

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British Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 6

"In times like these," it has been written, "we must look to men and not to pedigrees. Times of action make princes into peasants, and boors into barons." There…

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Parliament. Forthcoming Business

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 9

In the House of Assembly on Monday next (26th instant), Mr. Thrower will table a motion to the effect that the City Tattersall's Club Bill be referred…

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Is Parliament Degraded?

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Holman has stated that he does not dispute the fact that Parliament is degraded as it is patent and deplorable. When Mr. Willis…

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State Parliament. Censure Motion Lost. The Robinson Case

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Wade proposed in the Legislative Assembly a motion of censure based on his attack upon the Robinson case, describing the conduct of…

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