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Illawarra · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1904

94 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 5

The Allow [?] Election. Mr. Morton Returned

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 10 August 1904 · page 2

THE polling on Saturday for Allowrie resulted in the return of Mr. M. F. Morton by the large majority of 1199 votes, he having secured 3594 votes to…

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The Elections. Victory for Reform

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 2

The final election returns has not altered the numbers of member of the different parties, which as stated in last issue, are as under—…

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Correspondence. the Allowrie Election. to the Editor

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 2

Sir,—Now that the election campaign is over, and Mr. Campbell, after an honorable fight, has suffered defeat, it would be unfair and discourteous to revive any…

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The New Parliament

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 2

THE recent general elections have given many surprices, of course, as such popular expressions of opinion and preference always do. Many…

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Correspondence the Allowrie Election. to the Editor

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 3

SIR,—Now that the election is over, and the excitement has in a measure subsided, I should like to feel assured that our clergymen (or such of them as…

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An Open Letter to Edward Allen, J.P. Candidate for Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 2

SIR,—Hall Caine says—"Lacs, lies, lies. Ah laddie, laddie, to lie, to know you lie, to be know to lie, and yet to go on lying," is the sum total of this "open letter." It is…

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The Elections. Wollongong

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 22

So far as the electorate of Wollongong is concerned, Saturday's Parliamentary election will go down to fame as one of the most exciting ever recorded in the…

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Opening of the State Parliament

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 3

THE State Parliament was opened by Commission at noon on Tuesday, when all the members were sworn in and the Speaker elected. On the motion of Mr. C. A. Lee,…

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The State Parliament

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 2

THE Parliament has opened its session with the usual proceedings as to formalities, of course, and with the usual pecullarities of older members in…

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Election of Mayor by the Ratepayers

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1904 · page 3

Mr. T. H. Nesbit, Town Clerk to the City Council, who is at present having a month's holiday in New Zealand, has been interviewed at Christchurch. Speaking…

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A Lucky Candidate

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1904 · page 2

The electors of Rous have presented Mr. R. D. Meagher (the defeated candidate at last election) with a purse of £453 14s 6d. The electors of another part of the…

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Scene in Parliament. Two Members Ejected

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 2

IN dealing with the Centennial Parks Bill on Wednesday night, after midnight, and, largely by way of obstruction, Mr. McGowen, leader of the Opposition, moved…

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Another Scene in Parliament

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 November 1904 · page 2

As a sequel to the scene in the State Assembly on Wednesday night, Mr. Crick, Chairman of Committees, was, in Parliament the following day, served with a solicitor's…

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The Election... of Shanassey

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 26

'Twas Casey I was talking with, and O my lad, says he, There's no elections nowadays like those that used to be…

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