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Politics & elections, 1906

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Russian Unrest. Political Candidates Arrested. Cronstadt Mutiny. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 2

All the workmen's candidates at the preliminary Douma elections at Odessa have been arrested for displaying Liberal tendencies. The…

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Pastures Protection Board Election

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 2

Owing to the retirement by effluxion of time, of Messrs E Afford, R. T. Blaxland, and Patrick Burke from the position of directors of the…

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Russian Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 3

The leaders of the Constitutional Democratic party, which has been victorious in the elections in most of the Russian towns, declare that the new Parliament is bound…

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Shire Council Elections

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

ThE Government is hardly to be commended, we think, upon the manner of its selection of provisional shire councillors under the Act recently…

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Battersea Polling. a Struggle in the Night

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 6

This awakening of London is a very real affair. I saw a workman this morning strike his mouth and declare: "If my…

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Old-time Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 7

Discussing the electoral corruption in England Arthur Pottow, in the "North American Review," writes:—"I do not of course personally remember the…

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By-election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 5

Mr. F. S. Stevenson (Liberal) having re[?]member for the Eye Division of Suffolk, [?] election took place yesterday, and…

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The Queanbeyan Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1906 · page 5

The latEst official returns from Queanbeyan give Colonel Ryrie's figures as 1883 and Mr. Hungerford's as 1879. It is expected that the returns yet to come in will swell…

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—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. Wednesday, April 11, 1906. Our Sydney Letter. the Queanbeyan Election

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 2

THE trail of Willis and Crick is visible in the Queanbeyan election. The principal handle against the Government candidate was the alleged…

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Late News by Wire. Sydney. Queanbeyan Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 5

The final returns in connection with the Queanbeyan election are—Colonel Ryrie, 2028; Mr. Hungerford, 1948…

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The Russian Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 3

Half of the provincial and two-thirds of the city elections in regard to the National Douma in European Russia have been decided. One-tenth of the members will support…

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Queanbeyan Election. Awaiting a Return

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 2

Owing to the delay caused by no special messengers being allowed, it is impossible to give the official final numbers in the Queanbeyan election…

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Parliament Adjourns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 5

Parliament yesterday adjourned till April 24 over the Easter holidays…

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The Election. a Village Sketch

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 3

Mr Frank Dilnot writes in the London "Daily Mail":— When even the alow, respectable London suburb is moved by an…

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British Election Songs. a Bright Specimen. "Dear, Old Johnny." (Air, "Dolly Cray.")

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 6

Now you're in the Cabinet, Johnny Burns And two thousand pounds you got, Johnny Burns; But five hundred ia too much…

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Old-Time Elections

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 14

Discussing the electoral corruption in England, Arthur Pottow, in the "North American Review," writes:—"I do not of course personally remember the…

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Affairs in Russia. Religious Outbreak. Defiance of Parliament. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 4

The followers of the fanatical section of the Roman Catholic priesthood in the country districts of Warsaw have attacked the churches, and…

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Local & General. Parliament meets on May 11

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 2

The Maitland Show opens on Tuesday next with 4880 entries. The “mixed sports” at Wollombi, on Easter Monday, were a great success…

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The Man in the Street. He Speaks Out. Oh! it's leave it all to Parliament, lastmakin's their affair When the votes 'as all been counted, and the Speaker's in the chair; But they sing a very different song upon the polling day, And it's then the bloomin' voter 'as to 'ave 'is bloomin' say. (Some distance after Kipling)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 3

I am the Man in the Street. The fate of the Empire is in my hand. Candidates shake me by the hand. My letter-box is crammed with…

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The Queanbeyan Election

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 6

Various writers, more or less wellinformed, are endeavouring to enlighten the public concerning the causes which made the Government majority…

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