Election Appetites
The following may prove interesting to readers, being, as we are, on the verge of a general election. It is an extract from "Harrington's Diary of these exciting…
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Politics & elections, 1903
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Election Jokes
MANY years ago, Captain White was a candidate for a seat in Parliament to represent a northern county. During hie canvass he called at the house of a worthy…
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In the Senate, yesterday, After long debate, the proposal of the Government for selection of the Capital site by a conference of the two Houses was rejected by…
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In the Legislative Assembly, yesterday, Mr. Carruthers asked the Treasurer whether the statement made in the report of the Auditor-General, to the effect that in July last the…
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In the Senate, yesterday, Senator De Largie (W.A.) moved: "1. That in the opinion of the Senate it is in the best interests of Australian prosperity that a settled fiscal policy should be adopted by the…
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In the Legislative Council, yesterday, The Civil Service Superannuation Fund Bill was read a first time. The Stage Carriages Act Amendment Bill…
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IN the Legislative Assembly, Sir John See, the Premier, in reply to Mr Archer, said he thought too little importance was attached to the…
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On Thursday, in the Senate, Senator Sir Josiah Symon congratulated the new Ministry and the (first judges of the High Court. Gratification was expressed by,…
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On Thursday, in the Legislative Council, The Juvenile Smoking Suppression Bill was read a second time, amended slightly in Committee, and reported…
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In the Legislative Assembly, on Thursday. The Premier made a Ministerial statement as to the business of the session, He said that the Government would not deal with any important public measures this session. They…
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The Senate on Tuesday rejected resolutions providing for a joint sitting of the Houses to choose the federal capital site, but the House, at the Wednesday's sitting, passed the resolutions…
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On Tuesday, the Land Bill was recommitted in the Assembly and some further amendments made. The Treasurer moved the second reading of the Old Age Pensions Act amending bill and the debate…
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In the Legislative Assembly, on Thursday. The Premier made a ministerial statement as to the business of the session. He said that the Government would not deal with any…
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Is the Legistative Assembly, The Premier, in reply to Mr [?]uthers, said he intended to move the resolution covering the…
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Mr. J. Chamberlain has telegraphed to Mr. Tuli, the Unionist candidate who has been elected for Rochester, stating that his great victory would strengthen the Government and…
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WHEN the Hunter vacancy became known in Sydney on Thursday night, the first gentleman named as likely to receive invitations to contest the seat…
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A conference was held yesterday between Messrs. Dight, Gillies, and Bennett, Ms.L.A., Mr. H. Sparks, and a member of Sir Edmund Barton's election committee, with Mr. Jas. H. F. Waller, Mayor of East…
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Yesterday, in the House, The supplementary estimates were discussed and agreed to. Complaint was made that the military forces were armed with obsolete…
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Mr. Alfred Edden, a member of the State Labour Party, who represents Kahibah in the Legislative Assembly, has been asked by several of his Labour colleagues to contest the…
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