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

Politics & elections, 1917

236 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 12

Election Day

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 6

Election day here as usual passed off quitely without any undue excitement. The declaration of the poll by Mr…

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Casual Comments. The Elections

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 1

Mr. Benjamin Beetle fills the breach: Most of us took the election, decided last Saturday, as a very, serious matter. And so it was. But…

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TRUNDLE. (From Our Own Correspondent) ELECTION

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 3

Election day passed off very quietly with us, and although there were no marked signs of excitement, still there was a very keen interest being…

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Parents & Citizens Association. Election of School Board. School Roll of Honor

Forbes Times · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 2

There was a large attendance at the council chambers, Town Hall, last night, in response to the meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association…

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State Election

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 2

MR G. A. BURGESS returned thanks to his Grenfell And district supporters from the balcony of the Criterion Hotel on Tuesday night. The Mayor…

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The Elections. Mr. Bavin included in Second Ballot Contest for Gordon. Sydney

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. Bavin takes second place in the second ballot for the Gordon seat. The absent votes are now being counted in the different electorates…

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Polling Facilities

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 4

Replying yesterday to the statement of Mr. John Storey that no provision was made for 500 to 600 voters at the railway works in the…

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The Federal Elections

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 5

MR. F. B. S. EALKINER (ex-Member for Riverina), who is the selected National Candidate for the Hume. MR. H. E. PRATTEN, who with Messrs E. Millen and Josiah Thomas, has been endorsed as a National Candidate for Senate…

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The Election Results

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 2

We reprint the following sample of bile from the last issue of our contemporary, as there are many under whose notice it would otherwise not come:—"In…

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Shire Councillors Ousted On the Application of Mr. John O'Neil. On the Grounds of Insufficient Time Elapsing between the Date of Nomination and Election

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 2

On Wednesday last, before Mr. Treatt, P.M., John McCarron junr., Frederick Charles Rowlands, Harry Marsden Oliver, Lachlan McInnes,…

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Senatorial Elections

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 4

"The forthcoming general election will have been in vain unless it results in a considerable alteration in the relative strength of parties in the Senate. The…

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Forbes Court Matters. After the Elections

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 3

At the Court yesterday, Daniel Boyle was charged with making use of certain obscene language in Lac[?]lan-street, on March 25th…

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Federal Election speeches. the Matter of Reports

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

The following (from the Young " Chronicle") coincides with our inten­tions, and will be adopted by us:—"Now that the State elections are…

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The Elections

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

There are many points of view from which the elections, and their remarkable results, can be viewed. They show, for…

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Senatorial Elections

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 3

"The forthcoming general election will have been in vain unless it results in a considerable alteration in the relative strength of parties in the Senate. The…

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Federal Elections and the Press

Forbes Times · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 2

The Young "Chronicle" says:- "Now that the State elections are over, the Federal candidates and supportors will soon be out addressing the…

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THE Western Champign AND Parkes and District Representative. Thursday, April 12. the Federal Election

Western Champion · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 16

The National Party achieved a splendid victory in the recent State elections, and our own constituency of Ashburnham returned the National…

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Our Ladies' Letter. Lady Riders at Sydney Show.—Costumes at Randwick.—lady Inspector at Fort Street School.— Women Candidates for Federal Elections—Kiddies' Big' Day at Wirth's Circus.—How to Cook "Vegetables

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 2

Perhaps the most popular event at the Sydney Show was the jumping in which Anthony Horden's Ladies' Hunting Contest brought,…

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Federal Elections

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

Mr. H. G. Coggins, National Party organiser, was in town yesterday (Thursday) in connection with the forthcoming elections. Mr. Coggins…

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Federal Politics. The Riverina Division. Labor Candidate Williams at West Wyalong

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 4

Despite the short notice given the public, Rudduck's Hall was fairly well attended on Tuesday evening last, when Mr. A. A…

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