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Broken Hill & the Far West · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1911

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Edition. General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Empire Parliament Scheme. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 8

Replying to questions in the House of Commons to-day. Mr. Asquith (Prime Minister) declined to be drawn into a discussion on the Empire…

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Imperial Parliament. Payment of Members. Anglo-american Arbitration Treaty. [Router's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 March 1911 · page 2

Mr. Asquith (Prime Minister) in the House of Commons yesterday, announced that provision had been made for payment of members this year…

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Altering an Election Poster. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 6

Mr. Illingworth, Liberal Whip, has been mu[?]cted in £50 damages in connection with the alteration of a Conservative poster at Shipley, depicting…

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Federal Parliament. When It Will Meet. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 5

The present intention is that the Federal Parliament shall meet at the end of August. The business for that session is being prepared…

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British Politics. Parliament Bill Amendments. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

There were 900 amendments in the Parliament (Veto) Bill, when it reached the committee stage to-day…

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Negroes Entering Canada Strong Protest in Dominion Parliament. [Reuter's Message.] Ottawa

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 2

A strong protest was made yesterday by the Opposition in the Dominion Parliament against American negroes entering the Canadian prairie…

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An Election Libel. Sleath v. "Sydney Morning Herald.". Further Details

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 4

The claim for £1000 compensation in No. 2 Jury Court, before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four, by Richard Sleach, ex-M.L.A., against the…

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Wonthaggi Municipal Election. All Labor Candidates Successful. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 4

At the election yesterday of the first Council for the Borough of Wonthaggi, the Victorian State coal mine township, all the successful candidates were…

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China Awakening. Establishing a Parliament. Views of Rev. F. H. Paton

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 2

The Melbourne correspondent of the "S.M. Herald" on April 1 wired:— "There is no doubt that China is awakening very quickly, and the…

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The Referendums. Polling-places for Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 5

The people of the Commonwealth will be given an opportunity on April 26 of saying whether they wish to have the Federal Constitution altered or…

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Tasmanian Labor Conference. Resolution Regarding Payment of Members of Parliament. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 4

At the Labor Conference now sitting at New Norfolk a resolution was passed that members of Parliament should be paid £200 a year, and there should be…

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Parliament Further Prorogued. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 2

The State Parliament was further prorogued yesterday until May 9…

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Implement Makers' Strike. Laboe Members Op Parliament Attacked. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 2

The Labor members of Parliament came in for a further criticism over the implement trade strike yesterday. When the men met as usual at the…

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Workhouse to Parliament. Mr. Will Crooks, M.p. How He Fought His Way

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 6

Born in Poplar, brought up there I (says Mr. Will Crooks, M.P.) have lived the greater part of my life with the people and for the people. Our…

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Haddington By-election

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 4

The Haddington by-election, rendered necessary through the elevation of Mr. R. B. Haldano (War Minister) to the peerage, took place to-day, the result…

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A.N. A. Conference in Sydney. a Series of Resolutions. Election of Officers. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 5

At the conference of the Australior Natives' Association yesterday the following resolutions were agreed to:— That the official name of the Federal…

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East Cork Election. How It Was Won. Mr. Tim Healy's Statement. Bands, Torchlight Processions. Free Railway Tickets, Drinks and Meals. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 4

During the hearing of the petition to unseat the present member in the House of Commons for East Cork to-day at Cork a large body of police was…

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The Wreck of the Lusitania. Off South African Coast. Further Particulars. Captain Refuses to Leave Ship. Four People Drowned. Discussion in South African Parliament. [Reuter's Message.] Capetown

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 4

Captain Dafaria, of the Lusitania, which was wrecked during the week at Cape Point, on the South African coast, refused to leave the ship…

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The Canadian Parliament Not to Be Dissolved. [Reuter's Message.] Montreal

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 4

Mr. Sydney Fisher, Minister for Agriculture, announced at Montreal today that the Canadian Government would not dissolve Parliament pending…

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Polling in Sydney. Failure to Arouse Electors. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

Notwithstanding the tremendous enthusiasm of the respective political parties for and against the referendum proposals during the past few months,…

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