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

Politics & elections, 1906

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The Failure of the Reform Parliament

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

As might have been expected, political speakers on the Grenfell platform the other night made the most of the opportunity offered of dilating before a…

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When Parliament Meets

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 9

IMMEDIATELY Parliament meets, the position of the State Government will probably be challenged by the party hungering for office and increased…

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Electioneering Gold

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 3

In America everything can be done by means of money. In England nothing can be done without money. The two things me quite different…

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Election Items. Little Coincidences

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 3

In Mid-Lanark Captain Campbell (U.) has just distinguished himself by hiring a special train from Glasgow to Wishaw to address a dinner-hour…

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"Apology for a Thrashing." Candidate Fined for Assault

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 4

Mr L. Amery, barrister, who unsuccessfully contested Wolverhampton East against Sir Henry Fowler, was at Wolverhampton on 15th January charged…

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British Candidates. the Frigid Mr Asquith

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 4

"A Casual Observer" writes in the London "Express" of llth January:—"I am trying to bring the matter down—down from the heights of declamation…

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Another Candidate

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 14

MR. GEORGE H. BREWSTER informs the Express that he will be a candidate for Ashburnham at the next State election. Mr. . Brewster is an old…

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He Was a Lad. an Election Rhyme. (Tune: "There was a lad was born in Kyle.")

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 7

Some decidedly clever rhymes have been written during the recent English elections. The following may be taken as a fair example:…

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Election Comediettas. From Gay to Grave. No. I.

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

"No," said the Rector gravely twirling the glass that held his postprandial allowance of port. "No, 1 shall not, vote for Gazebrook."…

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Shire Councils Election

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 1

The Government is hardly to be commended, we think, upon the manner of its selection of provisional shire councillors under the Act…

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Election Items. Little Coincidences

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 6

In Mid-Lanark Captain Campbell (U.) has just distinguished himself by hiring a special train from Glasgow to, Wishaw to address a dinner-hour…

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Electioneering Gold

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 6

In America everything can be done by means of money. In England nothing can be done without money. The two things are quite different. The first denotes a state of…

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The Queanbeyan Election

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 10

THE trail of Willis and Crick was plainly visible in the Queanbeyan election. The principal handle against the Government candidate was the…

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Ancient Scottish Ceremony. Election of Representative Peers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 3

The old Palace of Holyrood had recently one of Its rare awakenings from Its customary slumber. The occasion was the election of the…

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State Parliament

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 7

ABOUT the middle 06 December the members of that august body, the State Parliament, went into recess, and will not be called together again…

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A Canoblas Candidate

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 2

SAYS our Molong contemporary:—"It is reported that Mr. S. P. Reynolds, of Burrawong, has been once more pressed to allow himself to be…

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How a General Election Affects Trade

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 6

When a general election is in the air, many people, look forward with dread to a "bad time" (says the writer of an article entitled " In Dread of a General Election"…

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Meeting ef Parliament

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 20

PREMIER CARRUTHERS states that the date of the meeting of Parliament has not yet been fixed, but members would probably be called together…

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Election of Alderman

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 2

THE ratepayers of the Municipal District of Wyalong are invited to find the extra ordinary vacancy in the Council caused by the retirement of Ald. John Wyllie. That…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Election of Council Clerk. To the Editor of the EXPRESS

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 10

SIR,—I thank you in anticipation, for insertion of the following few lines. I was more than surprised at the action of the Town Council when, at their…

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