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

Politics & elections, 1901

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The Werriwa Election

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 2

IN an interview with the Cathel Press MR. conrey knowledge the kinders be has received everywhere from all classes and [?] and says that if be had been…

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Federal Elections. Werriwa. Declaration of the Poll

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 2

The formal declaration of the poll took place at noon on Saturday in the Town Hall. The building was crowded. Many persons were unable to gain…

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Federal Elections

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

THE Federal elections are now over and before very long the Parliament which is to guide the destinies of Australia as a whole will assemble in…

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Commonwealth Elections. Interview with Sir William Lyne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

SIR WILLIAM LYNE, Home Secretary in the Commonwealth Government, was asked on Friday, before his departure for Melbourne, by a reporter, his impressions of the late elections. He replied :…

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The Result of the Federal Election. Sir William Lyne’s Opinion

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 2

Secretary had something to say to a DAILY TELEGRAPH reporter on Friday about the result of the elections. He would not speak earlier because he was “unlike Mr. Reid, who…

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State Parliament Prorogued

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 2

A proclamation was issued on Tuesday by the Lieutenant-Governor further proroguing the State Parliament from April 10 till Tuesday, May 21…

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The Federal Parliament

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

THE people have spoken, and the first Federal Parliament of the new Australian nation has been brought into existence. The will of the majority in…

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The State Parliament

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

ALL the efforts made by Mr. Bee to secure the co-operation of the petty on the left hand of the Speaker in the formation of a ministry having failed, the Premier on Wednesday…

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The Parliament of England. Written for the Yass Courier. -- (Continued.)

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

It is, however, due to the courage and love of freedom of the people rather than to the House of Commons that we owe our deliverance from tyranny. In…

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Formation and Composition of the New Ministry.—present Parliament Should Meet in June and Dispose of the Estimates and Reduction of Members.—reasons for Continued Watchfulness by Freetraders

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

THE attempt by Mr. See to form an administration in which freetraders and protectionists were to be equally balanced at first sight seemed to be…

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State Parliament

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

At last Mr See has succeeded in forming a Ministry,, and it is made up of politicians who have seen, a deal of active service in the State Parliament…

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The State Parliament. Mr. Wise on the Fiscal Issue

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 2

MR. B. R. WISE on Friday referred to the proposal to keep the fiscal issue alive in state politics. "The thing is absurd," he said, "What is wanted in state politics is to get…

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The State Parliament. Mr. Wise and Fiscalism. Meet or Dissolve

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 3

THE writs for the vacancies in the Cowra, Robertson, and Camden electorates, in consequence of the acceptance of office by Messrs. Waddell, Fitzgerald, and…

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Visit of the Duke and Duchess.—a Good Opportunity for Calling Parliament Together.—two or Three Measures All That Need Be Passed.—fallacy of Supposing Parliament Cannot Work in Its Third Year.—reasons for Continuing Present Parliament Till August; No Good Reason for Dissolving Early

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 2

ADVANTAGE might be taken of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to call together the parliament of New South Wales. We could…

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The Next Election

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 2

Speaking at Grafton on Friday Mr. See (Premier of N.S.W.) said Parliament would either meet or dissolve immediately after the departure of the Royal…

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The Parliament of England

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

The case came before the judges and they gave a decision against Holies and Valentine, and subjected, them to a fine. It is very interesting that this matter…

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The Feeling at Parliament House

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

A knot of members, both of the State and Federal Parliament, was at Parliament House on Wednesday afternoon discussing the personnel of the new Ministry…

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The Elections. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 4

SIR,—Now the excitement of the elections is over a few words on the subject may not be out of place. We have received such a thorough lecturing on freetrade that…

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The Election Returns

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

At the electoral office the compilation of the final returns is delayed by the non-receipt of the numbers polled at one polling place on the North Coast. It prevents the completion…

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