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Politics & elections, 1901

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The Singleton Argus Thursday, April 4Th. 1901. the Elections

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 2

THE results of the elections for the first Commonwealth Parliament show clearly that the people of the States outside Victoria are not prepared to…

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Victorian Election Act. State Members Barred. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 3

THE King has assented to the bill passed by tha Victorian State Parliament prohibiting members of that Parliament sitting in the Federal…

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Election Notes

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 3

Mr Lonsdale, who was beaten by Mr Sawers for the New England electorate is challenging Mr Sawers' election on the ground of certain…

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The Federal Parliament

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 2

The Federal elections have come and gone, and although the Re[?]ites were victorious in point of numbers in New South Wales, there is a fair working…

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The State Parliament

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 2

Mr John See has not yet formed his administration and the fact that Mr Wise (Attorney General) and Mr Wood (Minister for Justice) were not…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Elections

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 2

FREETRADERS are jubilant over the result of the elections, and claim it as a triumph for the principles of Cobden. They won every city and suburban…

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The State Parliament

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 4

The stars in their courses fight against a meeting of the State Parliament before it expires by effluxion of time. The only interval in which it can meet is between the…

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The Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 4

Classification of the numbers of the Commonwealth Legislature in relation to the fiscal issue has been attempted. One such classification appears elseswhere. Bat these…

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Our Sydney Letter. [From Our Correspondent]. The Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 7

Sydney Freetraders are jubilant over the elections. In Sydney and suburbs, as I predicted, they simply swept, the poll, not a single Bartonian…

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Some Lessons From The Elections

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

The community can derive some information from the recently-completed Federal Elections. It is evident that henceforth the "bunch"…

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The Elections No Changes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 3

THERE are practically no changes in the results of the elections for the Commonwealth Parliament. The latest figures for the Senate are as follows:—…

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Prorogation of Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 April 1901 · page 3

A proclamation as a special supplement to the Government Gazette is to be issued forthwith further proroguing the State Parliament from April 10th till May 2lst. The proclamation will not make the…

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The State Parliament Again

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 2

A COUNTRY member, writing last week to the Daily telegraph, essays to show that while certain interest of city and suburban constituencies would no wise suffer by a reduction…

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Political Matters. Me. See's Cabinet Not Yet Formed Mr. Brunker a Stumbling Block. Meeting of Parliament. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 3

Up to noon to-day Mr. See had not succeeded in forming his Cabined, though it is not thought he, will experience any difficulty, in getting a team together from his own side of, the House. It is,…

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The State Parliament

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 2

THE State Parliament cannot remain long now without facing the people, to whom it will have to account for its good and evil deeds. Freetraders who…

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The State Parliament

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

A supplement to the Government Gazette of the 9th instant contained a proclamation farther proroguing the Parliament of the State of New South Wales to the 21st May…

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The State Parliament Again

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 4

A COUNTRY member, writing last week to the Daily Telegraph, essays to show that while certain interests of city and suburban constituencies would ne wise suffer by a reduction…

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The Federal Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

Now that the smoke is elearing away from the battlefield, it is possible to take stock of the results of the elections. Although the…

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Reducing the State Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

A CONSIDERABLE body of opinion exists in favour of lessoning the number of the members of the Assembly by taking the federal electorates, and giving each three members…

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The State Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 3

Quite a plethora of candidates are already out for seats in the State Assembly, which will shortly be vacated by members who have been elected to serve in the Commonwealth Parliament…

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