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Broken Hill & the Far West · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1906

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City Rate Collectors. Their Work on Polling Day

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

At the City Council meeting last night Alderman Marshall moved,— "That in future no employee of this, Council, who is in regular…

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Tasmanian General Election Candidates Marking Time. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 4

The election campaign is proceeding quietly. The majority of the candidates have delivered their first speeches. They are mostly marking…

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King Ward Election. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 3

Sir,—Your correspondent " Freethought" is about as good at making misstatements as the average Devitt supporter. To say that a seniority…

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Tasmanian General Election Candidates Marking Time. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 4

The election campaign is proceeding quietly. The majority of the candidates have delivered their first speeches. They are mostly marking…

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A Bye-election. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 1

The extraordinary election in the Basingstoke division of Hants has resulted in the return of Mr. Salter (Unionist), who spoiled 4852 votes as…

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The King Ward Election. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 3

Sir,—"Keep Cool" has supp[?]ed your readers with another "chapter of his eloquence." Of course, [?] stigmatises my last letter as "a lot of rot." That's…

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Nonconformists in Parliament. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 1

The Nonconformist or Free Church, members of the House of Commons, whilst avoiding the creation of a separate group in the House, have decided…

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Rand Labor Trouble. Chinese Versus Whites. Cheap Labor or Outside Interference. Discussion in the Imperial Parliament. [Reuters Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

In the House of Commons last night there was a debate as to the illegal flogging of coolies on the Rand by an abuse of Lord Milner's oral…

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King Ward Election. Messrs. Scott-bennett, M.l.a., and Saxon

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 3

At Hegarty's Hall, South Broke Hill, last night a meeting was held in connection with the extraordinary election (which is to take place…

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King Ward Election. Odjy-tongtjed Politicians. a Stohmy Meeting

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 5

If anything could with a certait amount of truth be likened to a bear garden it was Mr. Devitt's election meeting at Hegarty's Hall last evening…

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Mr. Broadhurst Ill. Retires From Parliament.. [Reuter's-Message.].'. London.'

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 2

Mr. H. i Broadhurst, Labor ' member, for Leicester, who was accepted by the Chiltern Hundreds, has had a recurrence of the illness from which…

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King Ward Election. a Big Poll. the Result. Saxon Elected by 18 Votes

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 1

The extraordinary election for the King Ward sent in the City Council was conducted'to-day, and a heavy poll resulted. Steady voting continued at the…

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The Tasmanian Elections. Two Ministers Elected. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 2

Nominations for the Legislative Assembly have closed. Altogether 78 nominations: have: been received. In eight constituencies the retiring…

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Internal Russia. a Prison Raided. Lieutenant Schmidt to Be Shot. the Election to the Duma. the Duma Boycotted. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 2

An armed mob captured the prison at Warsaw and released the political prisoners incarcerated there, after killing one warder and mortally…

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Alleged Larceny. Ex-Member of Parliament Charged. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 2

At Queanbeyan Alan Millard, exsolicitor and M.L.A., has been committed for trial on a charge of alleged larceny as a bailee of £60, the property…

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Commonwealth Politics. Labor Candidate[?]. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 2

The following have been selected to represent the Victorian Labor party in the next elections to the Senate:—Messrs. Solly, Tunnicliffe, and…

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Internal Russia. an Editor Imprisoned. the Election to the Duma. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 March 1906 · page 2

M. Alexis Suverin, editor of the "Russ," a St. Petersburg paper, has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment in a fortress for an offence…

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Coming Federal Elections. Mr. Carruthcrs's Support of Liberal Reformers. Mr. Reid's Other Plank. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 2

At a Liberal Reform meeting last night the Premier (Mr. J. H. Carruthers) referred to the forthcoming Federal elections, and said that…

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The Tasmanian Elections. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 2

The elections to the Tasmanian State Parliament take place to-day. The Labor party, whose election campaign has been greatly assisted by…

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Internal Russia. the Duma Elections. Warsaw Workmen Abstain From Voting. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 2

The workmen of Warsaw, the capital, of Poland, have abstained from voting at the elections for the Duma, or Russian Parliament…

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