Obstruction in Parliament
We have reached the month of July, and Parliamentary obstruction is developing even faster than is usual at this season. The Licensing Bill in the Commons and the…
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Politics & elections, 1904
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The Federal Parliament House of Representatives. THURSDAY. In the House of Representatives
Mr Cook (Vic.) moved, "That, in the opinion of this House, the existing Customs tariff is unscientific in its operations and mischievous in its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →—THE— Muswellbrook Chronicle O, sacred weapon, left for truth's defence Sole dread of folly, vice and insolence, Reverent we touch thee! but with honest zeal To rouse the henchman of the public weal. Saturday, Aug. 6, 1904. Polling Day
BY the time this issue is in the hands of our readers the ballots will be falling past. They will be cast, we may fairly believe, with an honest…
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THE meeting addressed by Mr. Flem ing in the local School of Arts on Thursday night was she largest and most enthusiastic political gathering…
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To-day, Saturday, August 6th, every adult man and woman who has taken the trouble to acquire an elector's right, and who is not either…
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There is not a great deal of excitement over to-day's polling in the city or suburbs. Voting up to noon was not heavy, but a rush was expected during the afternoon. The…
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The principal witness examined to-day by the Federal Parliamentary Select Committee which sat. to hear evidence concerning the administration of the Federal Electoral Act…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Singleton Pasture and Stock Board Election
Yesterday, the election of a director of the Singleton Pasture and Stock Board in lieu of Mr James Andrews (decea ed) took place, the poll closing at 4 pm. At 5.15…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Lost Candidate. search Parties Out. MOAMA, Thursday Night
Considerable anxiety has been occasioned here concerning the where abouts of Mr John Lewis, Opposition candidate for the Douiliquin electorate…
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The greatest interest was everywhere evinced in the results of the polling for the general elections on Saturday, though the voting as a whole was not nearly so heavy…
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ALTHOUGH the general election has not resulted precisely in the way the Reformers desired, one thing is evident, even though the returns are yet incomplete, namely that the…
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Alderman Fitzgerald, who was badly defeated by Mr. O'Sullivan on Saturday for Belmore electorate, to-day forwarded his resignation to the Lord Mayor, giving as his…
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At the election to fill the vacancy in the representation of Reading in the House of Commons, due to the resignation of Mr. George William Palmer (Liberal), Mr. Rufus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Elections the Polling in Singleton. Intense Excitement
From an early hour on Saturday morning it was evident that intense interest was being felt in the issue of the Singleton electorate. Stirring…
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In the House of Commons yesterday, the Welsh members obstructed while in committee a Bill giving the Board of Education power to act in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Election. Celebrating the Victory a Great Demonstration
Last evening the friends and supporters of Mr. (John Gillies, W.L.A. for the new and enlarged electorate of Maitland, assembled in High-street in front of his committee rooms in West Maitland,…
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Mr. Haynes is confident of winning the Mudgee seat on the protest…
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DENILIQUIN, Friday.—Mr. John Lewis, of Moama, Liberal and Reform candidate for the Deniliquin electorate, who was yesterday reported to have…
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THE elections are now all over, and as far as our town is concerned everything passed off pleasantly; nothing but good natured bantering took place…
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THE polling in the Upper Hunter on Saturday last was remarkable for the great amount of interest that was manifested in the contest. Not…
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