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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1897

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Candidates for the Public Service

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 January 1897 · page 2

ARRANGEMENTS for the tint competitive examination of candidates for the public service to be held this month are nearly complete. Candidates will be examined…

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The Opposition and the Federal Election.— No Protectionist Bunch

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1897 · page 4

THE Federal Convention has been the most important subject of conversation in the Opposition room for some time past. At first there was a strong feeling in favour of running a protectionist…

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Federal Convention Elections

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 2

Of candidates for the federal convention there will probably be a fairly good master before the day of nomination. To the man who goes in for a thorough canvass of the…

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Municipal Elections

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 2

ANNUAL elections, first week in February. Retiring aldermen, Aid. Richardson (Mayor), Roberto, Knowlman, and Line. The first three will offer for re-election. Aid, Line…

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Parliamentary Election. London, Jan. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 4

Mr. Alfred Edward Pease, the radical candidate, was to-day elected to the House of Commons for the Cleveland Division of the North Riding of Yorkshire, in succession to the late Mr. Henry Fell…

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Imperial Parliament. London, Jan. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 4

When Parliament reassembles on the 20th instant it is the intention of the Hon. Edward Blake, anti-Parnellite member for South Longford, to move an amendment to the Address in Reply to…

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Imperial Parliament. London, Jan. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1897 · page 2

Speaking in the House of Commons upon the motion for the adoption of the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, Sir William Harcourt said he hoped the Government would consider the…

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Cable News. Imperial Parliament. London, Jan. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1897 · page 4

The Imperial Parliament re-assembles tomorrow. The following is a forecast of the Queen's Speech :— The Speech will state that the foreign relations of…

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Imperial Parliament. Forecast of the Queen's Speech. Foreign Relations Friendly. London. Jan. 19

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 3

The Imperial Parliament re-assembles tomorrow. The following is a forecast of the Queen's Speech:-- The Speech will state that the foreign…

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Political & Governmental. Federal Convention Elections

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 5

The Evening News says:—The dates are at last fixed for the convention elections and far the assembling of that body itself. The write are to be issued on the 20th instant,…

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Cable News. Imperial Parliament. London, Jan. 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 4

During the debate in the House of Commons yesterday upon the motion for the adoption of the Address in Reply Mr. P. O'Brien proposed an amendment in favour of granting an amnesty to the…

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The Imperial Parliament. London, Jan. 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 2

Replying to a question asked by Mr. J. F. Hogan, M.P. for Mid Tipperary, in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, said that if Central…

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List of Candidates

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 3

So far as at present known, the following is the list of candidates who have either published their addresses or have announced their intention of coming forward, or in regard to…

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Federal Movement. the List of Candidates. the Position of New South Wales

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 3

The adjourned meeting of the Cabinet was held on Friday morning at the Colonial Secretary's Office, the chief business dealt with being the revision of the regulations for the…

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Prorogation of Parliament

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 3

Parliament has been further prorogued until March 23 ; but it may be explained that it will not then meet for the dispatch of business. The prorogation of Parliament…

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Church of England. Election of Wardens

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 2

A MEETING of parishioners of S. Saviour's was held in the Church Hal on Monday evening to elect three wardens to serve on the Cathedral Council. In the absence of…

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The Labour Federation Candidates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 January 1897 · page 2

AT the initial sitting of the annual conference of the Political Labour League, held on Monday night, the question of selecting candidates to represent labour at the forthcoming Federal Convention…

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The Imperial Parliament. London, Jan. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 4

In the House of Commons last night the debate on the motion of Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary for the Colonies, for the re-appointment of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the Transvaal…

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Cable Intelligence. the Imperial Parliament. London, Jan. 30

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 3

In the House of Commons last night the debate on the motion of Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, for the re-appointment of the Parliamentary Committee of…

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Federal Convention Election. Address by Mr. B. R. Wise

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 2

ON Monday evening Mr. B. R. Wise, a candidate for the representation of New South Wales in the forthcoming Federal Convention, addressed a meeting in Goulburn in the…

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