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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1919

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Diocese of Newcastle. Special Synod. for Election of a Bishop. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 14

A special Synod of the Diocese of Newcastle was held to-day, in the Parish Hall, to elect the fifth Bishop of the Diocese, who will take office as soon after June 13 as…

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British Government. By-election Set-back. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1919 · page 5

The Hull election figures following the result of the earlier by-elections caused a sensation in the Parliamentary lobbies. They are various interpreted…

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Labour Candidate for Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1919 · page 4

Nominations are invited from persons eligible to contest the Maitland electorate as a Labour candidate according to the Australian Labour Party rules Nominations…

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British Government. By-election Set-back. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1919 · page 5

The Hull election figures, following the results of the earlier by-elections caused a sensation in the Parliamentary lobbies. They are variously interpreted…

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State Parliament. Further Prorogation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 2

No date has yet [?]n fixed for the resumption of the State Parliamentary sittings. The following has passed between the Premier and Mr…

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Orlando and Italian Parliament. Calming Popular Feeling. London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 2

It is expected that Signor Orlando will make a temperate speech in the Italian Parliament With the object of calming popular feeling…

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Paddington By-election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

The National executive has selected Captain Harris, M.C., a returned soldier, to contest Paddington by-election against the Soldiers' and Labour candidates…

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Paddington By-election

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 2

The Council of the Nationalist Party, to-day selected Captain W. D. Harris to contest the Paddington seat…

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Paddington Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 5

Mr. L.J. O'Hara. Labour candidate for Paddingotn by-election, declares that the Government by its trick in suddenly issuing a writ has deliberately disfranchised thou…

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The Federal Arena. Meeting of Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 6

The Melbourne morning paper with the guaranteed circulation is nogging its sometime joss, the Win-the-war Ministry, with quite exemplary savageness. It's another…

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Municipal By-elections. Capetown, May 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 5

A message from Johannesbury status that municipal by-elections to fill 12 vacancies canned by the resignations following the strike of power station employees was…

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Questions in Parliament. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 5

In the House of Commons at question time. Mr. Bonar Law stated that he was at present unable to announce when the debate on the peace terms would occur. This…

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Local and General News Labor Candidate for Maitland Electorate

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 2

Mr W. Brennan, secretary of the Col[?]ry Employees' Federation, has been selected, without opposition, as Labour candidate for Maitland electorate at the…

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Questions in Parliament. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 14

In the house of Commons, at question time, Mr. Bonar Law stated that he was at present unable to announce when the debate the peace terms would occur. This…

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Candidates for Country Seats. Nationalists Would Welcome Farmers' Representative

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 1

Speaking at the Nationalist meeting at Bathurst last week Mr. H. C. Suttor remarked that there was a strong feeling throughout the…

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Municipal By-elections. Capetown, May 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 12

A message from Johannesburg states that municipal by-elections to fill 12 vacancies caused by the resignations following the strike of power station employees was…

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Labour's Easy Win. Paddington By-election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 3

The Paddington by-electric as was generally expected, resulted in a win for labour. Mr. L. J. O Hara, who stood in that…

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Paddington By-election Easy Win for Labor

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 2

As was generally expected, the Paddington by-election resulted in a win for Labour. Mr. L. J. O'Hara, who stood in that party's interest, secured…

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Municipal and Shire Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 4

Under the present Act every alderman and shire councillor should go out of office at the end of January, 1920 and the elections would be held…

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Labour's Easy Win. Paddington By-election

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 15

The Padington by-election, as was generally expected, resulted in a win for labour. Mr. L.J. O'Hara, who stood in that…

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