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Broken Hill & the Far West · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1906

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Victorian Parliament. Censure Motion Negatived. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 4

The leader of the Opposition, Mr. Prendergast, concluded his speech on the motion for the adoption of the Address in Reply on Tuesday night…

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THE S.A. PARLIAMENT. To be Opened This Afternoon. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 4

The second session of the 18th Parliament of Smith Australia will be opened by the Governor (Sir George lc Hunt) this afternoon…

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Unrest in Russia. Military Mutiny in Asia. Fight Between Cossacks and Peasants. Many Peasants Killed. Duma Quashes Elections. Land Settlement and Emigration. a Government Scheme. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 2

Two battalions of tirailleurs and one railway battalion at Askabad, a garrison town in Russian Central Asia, south of the Khivan Desert,…

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South Fremantle Vacancy. Labor Candidate Selected. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 1

The Labor party has selected Mr. J. Dale as their candidate for the South Fremantle vacaney in the Assembly, occasioned by the death of Mr…

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Federal Parliament. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 4

In the House of Representatives yesterday the Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin), replying to interrogations, said that the proposal for the…

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Victorian Parliament. Censure Motion Negatived. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 4

The leader of the Opposition, Mr. Prendergast, concluded his speech on the motion for the adoption of the Address in Reply on Tuesday…

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THE S.A. PARLIAMENT. To be Opened This Afternoon. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 4

The second session of the 18th Parliament of South Australia will be opened by the Governor (Sir George le Hunte) this afternoon…

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Opening of S.A. PARLIAMENT. Sessional Programme. Reduction of Council Franchise. Progressive Land Tax and Compulsory Land Resumption

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 4

The State Parliament was opened at noon to-day by the Governor, Sir George le Hunte, with the usual ceremonies. The Governor's Speech…

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Federal Parliament. Molbourne, Friday. the Representatives

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 8

In the House of Representatives last. night the Postmaster-Gencral (Mr. Austin Chapman) said, in answer toa question. that at the earliest possible…

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The Norton-holman Contest. a Plethora of Candidates. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 4

Messrs. John Norton (Surry Hills) and W. A. Holman (Cootamundra) having resigned their respective seats in the Legislative Assembly as the…

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The Federal Parliament. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 4

In the House of Representatives yesterday (the Senate did not meet) the Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) promised that he would lay papers…

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W.A. Parliament. a Wearisome Debate. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 4

The debate on the motion for the adoption of the Address in Reply drags slowly on in the Legislative Assembly. The whole of yesterday's sitting was…

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Federal Politics. W.A. Labor Candidates. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 4

It is stated on good authority that the results of the Labour selectionn [?] to determine the three candidates to be run for the Senate in the Labour…

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An Election Petition. Motion of Censure on Justice Grantham. "Honest But Intemperate Partisan."

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 2

The Government, in obedience to a memorial signed by 347 members of the House of Commons, has granted a day for the discussion of Mr…

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W. A. BYE-ELECTIONS. Three Vacancies. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 4

Keen interest is being taken in the bye elections for the Legislative Assembly, pending at South Fremantle, Coolgardie, and Guildford. The Labor…

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B[?] H[?] Tuesday, July 10, 1906 About Parliament

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2

Now that the State Legislative Assembly has got rid of the censure motion it will, it is to be hoped, without any further delay dispose of the…

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THE S. A. PARLIAMENT. Short Session Probable. The Franchise Bill to be Demanded. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 4

Before Parliament met there were many rumors that the second session would be shortlived, for the reason that the Assembly would again pass…

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American Presidency. Bryan Willing to Be a Candidate. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Bryan, who was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the American Presidency in 1896 and in 1900, has intimated his willingness…

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King Ward Election

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 3

A meeting of the Devitt-Wiseman committee was held last night at the Prince Consort Hotel, South Broken Hill, Mr. J. A. M'Leish presiding over…

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N.S.W. Parliament. the Land Scandals. Mr. Chick to Appear at the Bar of the House To-day. Last Week's Scenes. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly last night the Minister for Education, Mr. B. B. O'Conor, in reply to Mr. A. Gardiner (Orange), said that the matte[?] of…

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