Canadian Conservatives. Election Platform. Vancouver, Tuesday afternoon
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 2
The Conservative platform for the coming election has been' issued The main planks are Reform of public expenditure and removal of present extravagances the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The By-elections Mr Wade on the Position. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 4
Mr C G. Wade the leader of the State Opposition, who has been suffering from indisposition, is still confined to his room, but Ills condition has improved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The By-election Mudgee Won by Labor. Liverpool Plains Secured by Liberals
Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 6
The returns for the by-elections for Mudgee and Liverpool Plains were completed at the Chief Electoral Office in Sydney shortly before 2 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parliament to Meet
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 2
London, Saturday;—Mr Winston Churchill, Home Secretary, stated in the House of Commons' that the Government was taking steps to ensure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament Remains Sitting London
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 4
It has been decided that Parliament shall remain sitting during the crisis. Mr Winston- Churchill , (Secretary or State for Home Affairs) foreshadowed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Political Situation. Date of the General Election
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 2
Surprise and indignation are expressed in Liberal circles at the acceptance by Mr Henry Willis of the Speakership. The view taken is that Mr Willis is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Disorderly Parliament
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 4
It was quite to be expected that with no Speaker to control Parliament, and a somewhat, discreditable arrangement to come under review that Parliament would get…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The State Parliament. Legislative Assembly
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 6
Parliament was opened by commission at noon yesterday. Mr. Black nominated Mr. Willis for the Speakership. He made a brief reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Election of a Speaker. Disgraceful Scenes. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 5
The scenes witnessed in the Assembly this morning were without parallel in the political history of New South Wales. As the member for Middle Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Degraded Parliament
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 4
The scenes connected with the election of Speaker under the happily unusual circumstances of the vacation or the chair by Mr. Cann will go down in history as among…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The State Parliament. Legislative Assembly
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 6
In the Assembly yesterday, Mr. Willis took the chair at half-past four o'clock. There was a full attendance of members, and the public galleries were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Election of Speaker. What Mr. Holman Says
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 7
At the close of the sittings of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Holman, the Acting Premier, gave his version of the circumstances under which Mr. H. Willis became…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Political Situation. Election of Speaker. Mr. Willis Given a Bad Time. Disgraceful Proceedings
The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 2
As was fully expected, from threats that had been made, things are happening in Parliament—things that are most discreditable and degrading to our public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Disorderly Parliament
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 4
It was quite to be expected that with no Speaker to control Parliament, ami a somewhat discreditable arrangement to come under review, that Parliament would get…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament. Election of Speaker. Disgraceful Scenes. Members Mad with Fury
Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 3
The debate in the Assembly, on the proposal that Mr H. Willis should be Speaker, was brought to a conclusion at half-past 7 o'clock on Thursday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Parliament. New Session Opened. The Election of Speaker Disorderly Scenes
Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 2
The third, and probably the last session, of the present Parliament was opened by commission at noon on Wednesday. Owing to the wet weather, there were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr Meehan, M.L.A., Seriously Injured. Fall from Parliament House Staircase
Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 6
Mr Meenan, the member for the Darling, met with a serious accident at parliament House early on Thursday morning. He was coming down the stairs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Election of a Speaker. Disgraceful Scenes. Sydney
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 8
The scenes witnessed in the Assembly this morning were without parallel in the political history of New South Wales. As the member for Middle Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Liverpool Plains Election. Sydney
Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 4
It has been explained that the delay in getting the result of the poll from Rocky Glen, in Liverpool Plains electorate, who was to have taken the message, became ill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Speakership. Mr Willis's Election
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 4
The chief topic of conversation in, political circles is the manner in which Mr H. Willis was elected to the Speakersalp and the possibility of action being taken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →