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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1911

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Municipal Election

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 2

The polling for aldermen in this municipality took place on Saturday. A fair amount of interest was manifested in the election, which was…

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Shire Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 6

Mr. P. Crampton, returning-officer for the Cessnock Shire elections officially declared the result of the poll at the sire office this morning The voting for the…

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Labour's Wave Ebbing. Mr Wade on the Municipal Elections

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 1

"The wave of Labor success reached its highest mark at the Federal elections, but since then has been steadily subsiding."…

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East Maitland Municipality Election of Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6

A special meeting of the newly-elected Council of the Municipality of East Maitland was held in the Council Chambers last evening for the purpose of electing a Mayor. The…

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Labour Party's Pledge. Election of Chairman. London. Thursday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 5

The Leicester Conference, by a three to one vote, has decided to abolish the pledge for Parliamentary candidates. Mr. J. Keir Hardie, M .P., supported the retention of the written…

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Election of Mayor. Ald. Stafford Reelected

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Municipal Council was held at 10 a.m. yesterday, for the purpose of electing the Mayor for current year. There was a tall…

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Canadian Parliament. Proposed Abolition of the Senate. Vancouver, Jan [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 2

A motion seeking the abolition of [?] Canndian Semite was defeated in the [?] of Commons at Ottawa without a divis[?] The Premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier,…

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Mayoral Election. Aldnrman Flanders Re-elected

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 2

Aldermen and a few interested ratepayers assembled in the Council Chambers on Thursday night, when the election of Mayor took place. The Town Clerk, Mr T Barder,…

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Late News by the Mail. the General Elections

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 11

The General election has been rushed through to a finish, and the last returns were made known this week (wrote the "Argus's" London correspondent on Dec…

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Robbing Members of Parliament. Wholesale Peculation

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 2

Members of the State Parliament are loud in their complaints about, the amount of petty pilfering that is going on in the buildings at their expense…

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British Parliament. Opening Ceremony. a Brilliant Assemblage. London. Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 5

The weather was line for the opening of the news Parliament and King George and Queen Mary were vociferously cheered by enormous crowds as they passed through…

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Tarro Shire Council. Election of President

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 6

A special meeting of the recently elected Tarro Shire Council was held at the shire office East Maitland yesterday for the purpose of electing a president for the twelve months…

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Candidates for North Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 5

It is understood that should Mr. Dugald Thomson, who retired from politics at the last Federal election owing to private business, care to contest the North Sydney seat…

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The British Parliament. Address-in-reply. London. Feb. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 5

In the debate on the Address-in-Reply. Mr. A. J. Balfour leader of the Opposition censured Mr. Winston Churchill, Rome Secretary, for withholding the military in connection with…

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Election of Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 2

At the conclusion of the ordinary meeting a special meeting was held for the purpose of electing a mayor for the 12 months commencing March 1. Aldermen Russell and…

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Bolwarra Shire Council. Election of President

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 2

A special meeting of the Bolwarra Shire Council was held on Friday last for the purpose of electing a president for the term commencing March 1, 1911…

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Mayoral Election at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 4

At the special meeting hold by the aldermen on Monday evening for the election of a Mayer to occupy chair until the end of the present month, Alderman W. M…

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Cessnock Shire Council. Election of President

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 7

A special meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council was held at the Shire Office Cessnock yesterday for the purpose of electing a president. The returning-officer Mr…

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Lords and Elections. Two Recent Incidents. London. Feb. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 5

With the consent of the Prime Minister. Mr. Asquith the House of Commons referred the subject of the voting of the Earl of Roden an Irish peer, in the Down (South)…

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The Imperial Parliament. Labour Bills. London, Wednesday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1911 · page 5

A ballet to establish the question of priority in the introduction of private members' bills failed to give the Labour Party a place even in the first thirty…

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