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

Politics & elections, 1907

137 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 7

Our Sydney Letter Parliament

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 2

NEW brooms sweep clean. Consequently we are entitled to expect that the new Ministry will make some perceptible inroads on the filth that…

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Our Practical Parliament

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 6

The present House of Commons has, on the whole, a higher average of ability than its predecessors, though it is mors wanting in conspicuous talent, and it is…

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The Election for the [?] gress Committee a Good Nominationx a Sign of Healthy [?] [?] [?]

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 2

On Friday night, Mr M. D[?] Secretary, had received 17 nom[?] tions, and accordingly a ballot be taken to decide as to those…

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Life on the Sheep Station. Some Candidates from the Old Country

Western Champion · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 7

THE life of the jackeroo seems to have a wonderful attraction for many of our British cousins. Almost every steamer now that arrives from the Old Country…

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The Cost of the State Parliament

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 10

[All tax-payers should carefully read the following from the Telegraph, and prepare to organise, for their own defence, in the cause of retrenchment and reform ere…

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The Cost of the State Parliament

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 2

MR. THOMAS ROSE, writing to the "Daily Telegraph," says:— Permit me to supplement your remarks that appeared under the abovementioned heading…

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The Closing Session. Public Feeling. Parliament a Bore

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 3
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

It seems to Mr Sydney Brooks, writing in the London "Dally Mail" of 24th August, indisputable that, as a nation, we, the English, are…

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Last Scottish Parliament

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 10

On 3rd October,, 1703, the. Duke of Queensbery, as Lord Commissioner for the Queen, opened the last session of the last Parliament that ever sat in Scotland…

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Coming Municipal Election

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 2

The Local Government Act, though it has made considerable alterations in the municipal franchise, is not quite the piece of legislation which some persons hoped it…

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Peak Hill Railway. Submitted to Parliament

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 7

ON Tuesday the Minister for Works, Mr. C. A. Lee, subbmitted a motion to Parliament asking the House to adopt the recommendation of the…

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The Approaching Elections

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 2

AT the approaching Shire and Municipal elections, sections 54 and 62 of the Local Government Act distinctly state that any person whose name is…

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Peak Hill Railway. Passed All Stages in Parliament

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 18

IN the Assembly on Monday, the Minister for Works; in Committee, moved that it was expedient to bring in a bill to sanction the construction of…

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The Railway. Narromine to Peak Hill Section. Practically Carried in Parliament. Peak Hill to Parkes Section to be Referred to the Public Works Committee Next Session

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 16

ON Friday afternoon last extraordinaries were issued from the Express Office announcing that the motion introduced by the Minister for Works…

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Federal Parliament Jottings

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 25 December 1907 · page 8

With the professional politician profession is nine points of the law. Neild should have been an oculist-he is such a capital I specialist…

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Federal Parliament Jottings

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 28 December 1907 · page 8

With the professional politician profession nine points of the law. Neild should have been an [?] he is each a capital specialist…

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Shire Elections. Ratepayers Meeting at Wamboyne. Mr W. A. Ewers Nominated for "B" Riding. Mr T. F. Mooney's Candidature Also Supported

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 30 December 1907 · page 4

Ratepayers or the southern portion of "B " Riding having for some time felt oui of touch with the Shire Council, and its policy in certain respects,…

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