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Politics & elections, 1902

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Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 2

Yesterday, in the House. A Supply Bill covering a sum of £329,955 was passed through all stages. In Committee, the tariff was further considered…

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Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 February 1902 · page 4

Yesterday, in the Senate, which met after the adjournment occupied in inspecting the sites propose a for a Federal terriory. The Supply Bill for £380,955 was passed…

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Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 2

Yesterday in the Senate. Debate on the motion for second reading of the Electoral Bill was resumed and further adjourned till Friday…

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Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 3

Yesterday in the Senate. Debate was resumed on the Electoral Bill, and further adjourned. The House rose at ten minutes to four o'clock…

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The Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 4

On Tuesday, in the House, A Supply Hill covering a sum of £329,955 was passed through all stages. In Committee, the tariff was further considered…

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News by the English Mail Topics of the Week. Opening of Parliament

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 13

Parliament was opened yesterday by the King in person, accompanied by the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the usual Court attendance. As a spectacle the proceedings made a brave show…

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Our Singleton Letter. Stock Board Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 6

The annual election of the directors of large stock to the Singleton Pastures and Steek protection Board was conducted yesterday. The voting was steady early in the day, though towards the close of…

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Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 2

Yesterday, in the House, In reply to Mr. Wilks (N.S.W.), Mr. Barton, Prime Minister, said he was aware that Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. were making arrangements to…

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Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 4

Yesterday, in the Senate, Senator Higgs (Q.) moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the administration of the Kanaka Restriction Act, which he considered unsatisfactory,…

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Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 2

In the Senate, yesterday, Further debate took place on the motion for reading a second time the Electoral Bill. An amendment "that it is not expedient to deal further with the…

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Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 2

Yesterday, in the Senate, Senator O'Connor, the Vice-President of the Executive Council, moved that the Senate record its sense of the loss Parliament sustained by the death…

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The Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 4

On Friday in the Senate, Debate was resumed on the Electoral Bill, and further adjourned. The House rose at ten minutes to four o'clock. In the House, on Friday…

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Late News by Cable. London, March 7. the Imperial Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 3

In the House of Lords, last night, Earl Carrington moved for a return of all contracts entered into for the supply of wines and spirits for the troops in South Africa. The motion was opposed by the…

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Federal Parliament. The Tariff. Printing Paper Free. [By Telegraph]. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 5

IN the House of Representatives today the tariff was futher considered. The advalorem duty on printing paper was rejected, and it was made…

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Imperial Parliament. an Attack on the Colonies. Repelled by the War Secretary. Their Exceptional Services. Army Estimates Passed. London, March 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1902 · page 3

In the House of Commons last night Mr. St. John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War during the course of the debate on the Army Estimates said that after the crisis in South Africa, bad passed, it…

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Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 4

Yesterday, in the Senate, The Electoral Bill was further considered in Committee. On clause 20, providing that notice of the…

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Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 2

Yesterday, in the Senate, The Electoral Bill was further death with in committee. Provision was made for a tri-annual collection of rolls and for paymont of witness at special…

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The Queensland Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 2

CONGRATULATIONS are deserved by the electors of Queensland upon their determination to keep in office the Philp Government with its programme of economy and the development…

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The Queensland General Elections

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 3

THE results, in chief, of the Queensland general elections, which were had on Tuesday, give the return of Government members at 42. and four…

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Commonwealth Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 2

Yesterday in the Senate, Senator Druke, the Postmaster-General in reply to a question, said he had satisfied himself without taking any special measures that the sense of the…

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