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Mid North Coast · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1921

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Shire Election

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 4

The election to fill the vacancy in the Shire Council, caused by the death of the late Cr. McCarthy, took place on Saturday, and, resulted in the return of Mr…

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Victimised Officers. Revelations in Parliament

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 3

MORE sensational disclosures are expected in the Senate this week regarding the treatment of officers in the A.I.F. during the war…

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Life of Parliament. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 5

Speaking at Junee Mr. McGirr said he favored prolonging the life of the present Parliament to enable the Government to complete the advisable…

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Latest Cables Uister Elections

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 4

A Reuter's message from London on Thursday states that the pallotboxed in connection with the Ulster elections had to be taken to…

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N.S.W. Parliament. New Election Unlikely. Depends on Speaker. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 5

Rumors that the Government contemplates a sudden dramatic appeal to the people in the form of a new election are apparently without foundation. The…

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Municipal Elections

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 2

There has been a discussion among Labor aldermen about getting the Government to introduce legislation early next session to…

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British Election Likely. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 5

There are strong rumors of a British general election…

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North Coast Works. Question in Parliament

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 3

The Postmaster-General, replying in the House of Representatives to a question tabled by Dr. Page (N.S.W.) said the erection…

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State Parliament. Meeting Delayed. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 3

The State Parliament is unlikely to resume before August owing to Storey's arrival being delayed. It is stated that the Government is not too…

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Our Candid Candidates

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 7

From an election address:—"Should I get returned as your representative you will have no cause for regret when my term of office…

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Parliament

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 8

It Parliamentary action is a failure, what is the use of electing members to it? The question implies pitiful simplicity. Parliament controls the…

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Polling for a Vicar

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 1

A poll of the parish, on the lines of a Parliamentary election, was taken recently for the appointment of a new vicar of Baddesley…

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Current Topics Shiral Bi-Election

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 2

The ballot papers have been sued for the election of two Councillors to represent Riding "A" of Gloucester Shire, in the places…

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State Parliament Delayed. Mr. Storey's Health. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1921 · page 5

It is stated that the State Parliament will probably not meet until the middle of September, as Mr. Storey is still slightly unwell. He resumes the…

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Mark Twain on Log-polling

The Northern Champion · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 8

There are a few "precious" fragments of Mark Twain in the life of Whitlaw Reid." When he and charles D. Warner had written a…

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Queensland Notes. The Elections

The Northern Champion · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 4

Excitement ran high throughout Queensland on Saturday, 23rd inst., when the elections look place under the new Local Government…

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MACLEAY A., H. & I. ASSN. Annual Meeting Result of Ballot. Was the Election Constitutional? Secretary Requests Committee of Inquiry

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Macleay A., H. and I. Association was held at the Victoria Theatre, Kempsey, on Friday afternoon last. Owing to the…

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A. H. & I. Association. Annual Meeting. Election of Committee

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 August 1921 · page 6

FRIDAY last, at the annual meeting of the Macleay A. H. & I. Association there were present Messrs. A. C Parker, Alf. J. O'Shea, J. E. Gowing,…

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Call for Mr. Fisher. A.L.P. Organ's Eulogy. Scathing Attack on Candidates. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 5

The official organ of the A.L.P. Executive to-day publishes a remarkable eulogy of Mr. Andrew Fisher, demanding his selection for the seat. A…

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Telegrams. Maranoa Election. Country Party Wins. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 5

Latest figures are:-- Hunter (Country Party) .. 10,111 Dunstan (Labor) ...... 8595 The remaining votes cannot alter the…

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