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

Politics & elections, 1922

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Women's Reform League. Assisting with Electioneering Work

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 2

Goulburn members of the Women's Reform League held their ordinary meeting in St. Saviour's hall on Thursday evening. In the absence of the…

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The Elections. Mr. McGIRR Again on Top

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 4

Mr. Gregory McGirr, M.L.A., topped the selection poll taken on Saturday for Labour candidates for the Sydney electorate. The other four places on…

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Candidates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 2

For Goulburn the nominations of Messrs. T. F. Rutledge, M.L.A., E. J. Halliday, and J. P. O'Reilly were on Monday endorsed by the Progressive…

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Election Tactics

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 2

Flapdoodle, which is the food of fools, will be much in evidence shortly. At every election it is the same. Candidates assume, sometimes…

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Goulburn Election. Assistant Returning Officers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 4

Mr. L A. McDougall, State Returning Officer for the Goulburn electorate, has appointed the following gentlemen to act as Assistant…

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Goulburn Election

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 4

At the Amber Tea Rooms on Tuesday afternoon Mr. H. J. Bate, one of the Coalition candidates for Goulbulrn, entertained a party of about 50 members…

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Cootamundra Elec­torate. National Candidates Se­lected

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 2

A meeting of delegates was held at Cootamundra on Wednesday, last week, to select candidates for the forthcoming…

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Labor Policy. Outlined by Premier. Mr Dooley Announces Date of Elections. Bathurst

Young Witness · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 4

The Premier, Mr J. Dooley delivered his policy speech here last night before, a large and orderly meeting. Mr. Dooley announced that the…

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Andrew Fisher Likely Candidate

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 1

The Standard says that Mr. Andrew Fisher is likely to be a Labour candidate for Kilmarnock at the general election…

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The Election

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 2

Sir George Fuller made a critical analysis of the Premier's policy speech on Friday. He trenchantly condemned the Premier's evasion of a…

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A Candidate Withdraws

Young Witness · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 2

Mr Spicer, one of the endorsed candidates for Cootamundra in the Progressive interest, [?]a shad to abandon the campaign owing to ill…

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Goulburn Election

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 4

On Saturday Mr. W. P. Bluett, of Queanboyan, general secretary of the Goulburn Electorate Council of the Progressive Party, was in Goulburn…

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Senate Labour Candidate

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 2

The official announcement of the result of the selection ballot for the three Senate Labour candidates showed that Mr. A. McDougall topped the score with…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday. The Election. Sir G. Fuller's Speech Criticised

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 2

Mr. M'Girr, Minister for Health, likens Sir George Fuller's policy to a patent medicine advertisement warranted to cure anything. Mr. M'Glrr…

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Goulburn Election

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 4

Col. Rutledge M.L.A., was in the town on saturday (says the Queanbeyan Age). He occupied the chair at the meeting of the Pastures Protection…

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Goulburn Election. Candidates Slow in Nominating

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 4

Although about nine possible candidates for the Goulburn seat have been mentioned only seven nominations had been lodged up till 3.30 p.m. on…

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Goulburn Election

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 2

In addition to those mentioned on page 4 the following candidates had been nominated up to 11 a.m. to-day:— F. J. Grogan, Strathfield,…

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The Election

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 4

A very enthusiastic meeting of the Comma National Association was held at Comma on Tuesday night. Representatives from Queanbeyan, Goulburn, and…

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State Elections. Nomination Day

Young Witness · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 4

Nominations for the coming State Elections closed on Saturday. The nominations total 303, compared with 313 at the previous election. In…

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Goulburn Election

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 2

Mr. Halliday Progressive candidate, opened his campaign at Nowra, where he had a well attended meeting and a very encouraging reception. He also…

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