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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1903

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Latest Telegrams Glen Innes Election

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 October 1903 · page 2

The latest returns to hand are:—Thomas (Opposition) 838 Votes. Hay (Government) 592 Votes. The above returns are incomplete…

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Glen lanes Election

Western Champion · Friday 30 October 1903 · page 11

Our Sydney correspondent wires:—The Glen Innes election caused considerable interest locally. Mr O'Sulli[?] was engaged during the day…

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The Federal Ministry. Speech by the Premier Praise for the Parliament

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 2

Mr. Deakin has delivered a public address at Ballarat, in course of which he sought to justify the legislation curried out by the first Federal…

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State Elections. the Kiama Seat. Reform Candidate Announced

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 2

Sir James Graham has definitely decided to contest the Kiama [?] at the coming State elections in the interests of good government…

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The farmers' and Settlers' Parliament in Session Eleventh Annual Conference. "Closer Settlement" in the Common Wealth

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 8

The conditions which preceded the Closer Settlement experiment of New Zealand largely prevail in the Australian States. Here as there is the same,…

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In Parliament

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 1

Speaking one day of a public man Daniel O'Connell said in his presence that this gentleman should not be against the government, as they…

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The Federal Elections

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 4

Now that the preliminary organisation of the Federal elections is well in hand, it is possible to get some idea of the immensity of the work that will…

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The Farmers' and Settlers' Parliament in Session Water Conservation

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 November 1903 · page 2

It wag hardly to be expected that a gathering like the F. & S. Conference would let the experiences of the past long and disastrous drought (through…

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Federal Elections

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 November 1903 · page 4

Replying to a deputation, Mr. Deakin said the question of polling day being made a public holiday, would be considered by the Cabinet on his…

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The Lady Candidate

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 13 November 1903 · page 2

Mrs. M. Moore-Bently, who is described as the woman's candidate for the Senate, set out last week from Sydney with the intention of touring the whole of the West…

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The Federal Election

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 13 November 1903 · page 2

It is probable that the Federal elections will take place on December 16th, whist probably the 3rd or 4th of the month will be fixed as nomination day…

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Praised in Parliament. MR. G. Stevenson. Lauded by Mr J. HURLEY, M.L.A

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 3

In his speech during the discussion on the Estimates in the State Parliament, Mr. John Hurley, M.L.A, dealt at somo length with matters of mining…

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Cape Colony the General Election

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 2

The general election is in progress in Cape Colony. The incomplete returns foreshadow an Afrikander majority in the Upper House…

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The Farmers' and Settlers' Parliament in Session Where the Most Effective Conservation Work May Be Done

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 18 November 1903 · page 7

The man on the land sometimes has to fight flood but more often he has to fight drought, and he knows the disadvantages of both extremes. His…

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Federal Election Campaign

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 18 November 1903 · page 2

Mr G H Reid had a most enthusiastic reception from a large Maitland audience last night. Sir William McMillan has delivered…

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The Federal Elections. Macquarie. Mr. Sandford’s Candidature

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 21 November 1903 · page 2

Mr. W. Sandford, “The National Candidate” for the Macquarie seat in the House of Representatives, addressed a meeting on Wednesday night in the…

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Senate Election. MR J. P. Gray at Parkes

Western Champion · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 11

On Friday evening last Mr J. P. Gray, of Sydney, who is a candidate for one of the vacancies in the Senate, addressed the electors at the Royal…

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The Degradation of Parliament

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 4

IT in impossible to conceive a lower depth of political degradation than that exhibited night after night, or rather morning after morning, by Ministers and their supporters in the New South Wales Parliament…

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Latest Telegrams SYDNEY, Friday. State Parliament

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 3

The session closed yesterday. Mr. J. H. Carruthers, in a cordial speech, expressed the hope that the House adjourned with no trace of personal…

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The Federal Elections the Bland Seat. Labour Leader Watson's Visit

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 2

No vast amount of interest as y[?] appears to be taken locally in the approaching Federal election. Mr. J. C. Watson, the leader of the Federal…

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