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Broken Hill & the Far West · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1906

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South Australia. Preparing for Parliament Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 2

Ministers will be closely occupied during the next few weeks preparing the Government policy for the coming session of Parliament…

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The Federal Election's

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 2

A meeting was held at Hamilton (Victoria) last Saturday night to consider the question of running a Labor candidate for the…

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A Questioned Election. Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 4

Another election petition was be fore the Supreme Court yesterday, when Thomas Leishman Brown, who at the general election was the Labor…

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An Election Petition. Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 8

In the Supreme Court yesterday the Chief Justice gave a decision in the case in which Charles M'Dowell, the Labor candidate for the electorate,…

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The Education Bill. Declaration by Mr Joseph Chamberlain. General Election Impending [Reuter's Message.]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 2

Mr Joseph Chamberlain, speaking yasterday at a garden party given by him at his mansion at Highbury, the Birmingham suburb in which he lives,…

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Federal Parliament. Reopened by the Governor-General. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 1

The third session of the second Federal Parliament was opened this afternoon by the Governor-General (Lord Northcote)…

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A Bye-election. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 4

Mr. Davies, a Liberal, has been elected unopposed for the Carnarvon South Division of Wales, in place of Mr. J. B. Roberts, who has been…

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A Senate Candidate

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 3

Mr. H. K. Ewing, late of West Australia, has opened the Federal political campaign for one of the Senate seats for Tasmania, at the forthcoming…

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Sir Edward Clarke. Retires From Parliament. a Conservative in Trouble. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 4

Sir Edward Clarke, K.C., the senior member for the City of London, whose recent emphatic declarations for freetrade and against Mr. Chamberlain's…

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The Dansyz Experiments. To be Discussed by the Federal Parliament. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 2

Sir William Lyne (Minister for Trade and Customs) has expressed thc opinion that the question of Dr. Dansyz's experiments will come…

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A By-election. Mr. Arthur Lyttelton a Candidate. [Router's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 2

Colonel the Honorable H. Legge, the Conservative member for the St. Georges' Hanover-square division of London, has, on account of illhealth,…

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The Federal Parliament. Tribute by the Prime Minister. and Party Leaders. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 2

When the House of Representatives ment yesterday all parts of the Chamber were crowded. Immediately upon the meeting of the…

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Mr. Seddcn's Death. Sir Joseph Ward Probadle Successor. Parting Words to Melbourne Friends. the Federal Parliament Adjourn. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 1

The New Zealanders resident in Melbourne have the almost unanimous opinion that Sir Joseph Ward, now Postmaster-General, will succeed Mr…

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City of London Seat. the Accepted Candidate. Lord Curzon Refuses to Stand. [Renter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 2

The City of London Conservative Association has accepted the candidature of Sir Frederick Bindbury for the vacancy in the representation of the…

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Federal Parliament. the Government Strong. Debate on the Address Collapses. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 2

The debate on the Address in Reply in the House of Representatives collapsed yesterday after Messrs. W. E. Johnson (N.S.W.).F. Liddell (N.S.W.),…

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THE N.S.W. PARLIAMENT. The Approaching Session. Policy Not to be Disclosed Before the House Meets. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 2

The Premier (Mr.J.H. Carruthers) will not now make any policy speech before the Houso meets. He explains that he will be meeting his…

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The Education Bill. an Important Concession. Hailed with Satisfaction. the Debate to Be Closured. Reliance on the Lords. Prospects of a General Election. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 2

Mr. Augustine Birrell, K.C., Secretary to the Board of Education, has offered to accept an amendment in the Education Bill,which will enable a…

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Imperial Parliament. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 4

The Huse of Commons has carried the third reading of the Budget Bill and the second rending of the Irish Laborers' Home Bill…

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Federal Parliament. the Danysz Experiments. the Anti-trust Bill. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

In the House of Representatives last night Mr. W. M. Hughes (West Sydney) moved,—"That this House is of opinion that as the introduction of the…

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A By-election. Mr, Lyttelton to Be Opposed. Mr. Lyttelton's Speech. [Reuter's Message]

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

Mr. Mattick is contesting, in the Liberal interest, thc extraordinary vacancy in the Parliamentary representation of the St. George's division of…

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