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Politics & elections, 1904

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The Ministerial Candidate

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 30 July 1904 · page 2

Mr. J. L. Trefle, the Ministerial candidate for the Upper Hunter, announces in our business columns that he will address meetings of the electors on Tuesday next,…

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The General Election. the Nominations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1904 · page 13

Following are the nominations for the country constituencies:— ARMIDALE.-Sydney Joseph Kearney, Michael John MacMahon…

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Candidates at Law

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1904 · page 3

A writ was issued to-day on behalf of John Norton against Alderman J. C. Waine in which £2000 damages is claimed for alleged slander. Both parties are candidates…

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Muswellbrook. Aldermanic Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1904 · page 3

Mr. William Campion was elected alderman to-day to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. John Edwin McIntyre. Mr. J. W. Humphries' nomination papers, though…

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The Election. BUNNAN

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1904 · page 2

Mr. TREFLE, the Ministerial candidate, addressed about 50 of the electors here on Friday night last, and received an attentive hearing…

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Election Repartee

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1904 · page 2

MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S definition of a candidate deserves to live: "A man who is asked to stand, wants to sit, and is expected to lie." When…

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The Election. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1904 · page 2

SIR,—In your paper of the 26th inst is a letter from Mr. W. E. Abbott giving Mr. Fleming a helping hand. As to the preamble of his letter—…

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Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. Tuesday, August 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1904 · page 5

The debate on the Site of the Federal Capital Bill was resumed in committee. Mr. M'Lean (Vic.) said the first thing to do was to determine the conditions which…

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Municipal Election

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 August 1904 · page 2

Pursuant to notification, a meeting of ratepayers was held at the Council Chambers at noon on Tuesday, for the purpose of nominating and electing an…

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Upper Hunter Election. To the Editor of the Chronicle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 August 1904 · page 2

Sir,—As a public man, and at the present time a candidate for a public position, I purposely refrain from writing letters to papers, and so…

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Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. Wednesday, August 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1904 · page 3

Mr. Watson, Prime Minister, stated that the average number of individuals using the refreshment room at Parliament House during a sitting was 250. The average…

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The General Election

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 August 1904 · page 4

Sir,— I venture to submit the following estimate of the result of the po[?]ling on Saturday next for the whole of the State, merely for the sake of comparison when…

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State Elections. Voters Must Have Electors' Rights

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 August 1904 · page 4

Next Saturday is polling day. No one can vote without an elector's right. If the supporters of the Liberal and Reform party record their votes,…

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Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. Thursday, August 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 3

Mr. Deakin presented a petition from the Australasian Women's Christian Temperance Union, praying that the sale of intoxicants in New Guinea be absolutely prohibited…

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The Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 3

[?]ing at the various centres in the State rates to-morrow will be conducted from [?] clock in the morning until 6 o'clock in evening, when the polls will close, and…

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The Election. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 2

SIR,—As there has been a report circulated to the effect that the Rev. Father M'Grath has been influencing his congregation from the altar during…

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Correspondence. the Election. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 2

SIR.—I notice in your Weldun news, reparding Mr. Fleming's meeting, that I asked several questions which were satisfactorily answered. As the two…

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The Election. Mr. Fleming at Aberdeen

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 2

Mr. W. M. Fleming, the selected candidate of the Liberal and Reform Party, addressed a meeting of the ladies in the local School of Arts on…

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The General Election. the Polling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 5

There was a great amount of enthusiasm observable among the electors last evening, in consequence of the election to-day. Some thousands of the "free and independent," in…

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Federal Parliament

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 4

In the House on Tuesday, The debate on the Site of the Federal Capital Bill was resumed in committee. Mr. M'Lean(Vic.) said the first thing to do was to determine the conditions which…

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