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Politics & elections, 1901

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The Singleton Argus Thursday, March 28th. 1901. the Elections

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 March 1901 · page 2

As the great Commonwealth fight goes on evidence is developing which serves to show that a determined effort by freetraders earlier in the day would…

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The Federal Election Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 2

TO-DAY is another of the historic days in connection with the federation of Australia. There have been many such days in the course of the Federation movement. That…

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The Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 3

Judging by reports to hand from the city und suburban electorates, a very heavy poll should be recorded. The return of Messrs. G. H. Reid, W. M. Hughes, Sir William McMillen, Messrs. Bruce…

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The Federal Elections

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 2

IT must be a source of great satisfaction to the friends of Mr Burton to know that he has been returned unopposed. It is certainly a credit to the…

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Federal Election

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 6

The Right Hon. G. H. Reid has been returned for East Sydney by a large majority. Other returns were incomplete when our wire came…

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The Federal Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 2
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

MODERN conveniences expedite alike the processes of popular election and the declaration of results. We give the figures of the Federal contest elsewhere; and, though of course some…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Federal Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 4

The election of representatives for the Senate was conducted very quiety here yesterday, and a fairly large number of votes was polled, the electors of Muswellbrok selecting four Ministerin list candidates,…

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Elections Notifications

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 2

ALTHOUGH a small portion of the people of Singleton bowed down and worshipped Mr Barton as the head of the Federal Government when he was…

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The Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 April 1901 · page 2

PENDING receipt of the full results of the Federal elections, we take a the opportunity to note that the State electors, of New South Wales have honoured themselves by choosing…

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Tuesday, April 2, 1901. the Commonwealth Parliament

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

CLASSIFICATION of the members of the Commonwealth Legislature in relation to the fiscal issue has been attempted. We gave one such classification yesterday. But these…

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Informal Votes at the Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 3

Very few New South Wales returns for the Senate came in this morning, and the additional figures are not worth mentioning. A rough count, however, was made to-day of the number of informal votes so…

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Election Notes

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 2

Mr Reid's triumphant victory in East Sydney is all the more marked when it is considered that he made only one speech in its boundaries…

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A Fatal Blow. An Election Quarrel. [By Telegraph] Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 2

DURING an election diecussiou on Saturday, in Brunswiek Street, Fortititude Valley, Brisbane, an altercation took place between two men named…

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The Imperial Parliament

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

In the House of Commons last night a bill rendering unnecessary the funeral reappointments of Government officials to their positions on the demise of the Crown, was read the second time by 155 votes to 72…

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The State Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 2

THE stars in thier course tight 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 Federal Elections

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

No further election returns were issued to-day. All interest is now over, as no alterations in the position of candidates can take place…

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The Imperial Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 3

The Imperial Parliament adjourned yesterday over the Easter holidays till the 18th instant…

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The State Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 3

Mr. Gormley, M.P., interviewed the Premier-Eloct, Mr. See, this morning, and arranged for him to receive a deputation on Wednesday next for the purpose of impressing on the Government the…

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New England Election. The Official Returns

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 2

The Electoral Returning Officer reports that the official state of the poll for New England, without Pino Ridge, which cannot niter the result, is:—…

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