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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1903

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Cooma Municipal Election

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 3

Mr. G. W. Procter, the reform candidate for the forthcoming Municipal Elections, will address the ratepayers from Mr. C. Solomon's…

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Cooma Municipal Election. Address by Mr. G. W. Procter

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 4

ON Monday evening Mr. G. W. Procter addressed the electors of the Municipal of Cooma from the balcony of Mr. C. Solomon's new…

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Cooma Municipal Election. Mr. J. O'brien's Candidature

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 2

On Friday evening Mr. J J. O'Brien who is a candidate for municipal honers, addressed a gathering of ratepayers from…

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Cooma Municipal Election. the Official Nomination

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 2

The official nominations in [?] with the [?] in the Cooma Municipal Council for [?] and [?] took place at the Council Chambers on Tuesday at…

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Cooma Hospital Committee. Election of Officers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 2

A special meeting of the Cooma Hospital Committee was held at the Institution on Wednesday afternoon, for the purpose of electing officers and considering ten…

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Cooma Annual Elections. Aldermen and Auditors. the Polling Day

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1903 · page 2

Since the introduction of municipal government to Cooma, there has not yet-been the interest surrounding an election as was shown…

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Scene at a Municipal Election Meeting

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 6

The following is a slab from the report of the official nomination of candidates at the recent Comma Municipal election. One of the candidates, Mr. Proster, in…

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Cooma Municipal Council. Election of Mayor

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 2

A Special meeting of the Cooma Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers on Friday evening for the purpose of electing a Mayor…

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Election riots in Spain

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1903 · page 2

Serious election riots have occurred at [?] and Oviedo, Spain. Seven persons, including a gendarme, were killed, and many…

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Latest Developments. Parliament Meets. Barricades Erected. Sydney

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 2

A message is posted up at the Sydney Exchange from the Victorian Railway Department. It states that at noon the department was besieged by…

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Dramatic Scene in Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 May 1903 · page 2

The circumstances under which the announcement was made in Parliament on Friday that the strike was off were dramatic. Members were wait…

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Federal Parliament. Opening of the Second Session. Speech From the Throne. Melbourne

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 2

The second session of the First Federal Parliament was opened to-day with the usual ceremony. The Governor-General delivered the following speech:—…

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General Cables. LONDON, Saturday. The Cape Parliament

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 June 1903 · page 2

In his speech at the open ing of the Cape Parliament Sir Waiter Hely-Hutchinson, the Governor, expressed his…

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Official Opening of the State Parliament. by a Lady Visitor

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1903 · page 2

The opening of the New South Wales Parliament on Tuesday at mid-day [?] to me a most [?] ceremony as we drove along [?] street; all the…

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Federal Parliament. Mr. Chapman on Postal Matters. Tuesday, June 30

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 6

MR. AUSTIN CHAPMAN (Eden-Monaro).—I indorse the remarks which have fallen from the honorable member for Cauoblas with reference to the system that has…

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State Parliament Wednesday, July 8

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 5

MR. D. O'CONNOR moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the statement made by Mr Justice Pring in his summing up in the case of Crick v…

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Federal Parliament. Question Re Federal. Capital

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1903 · page 3

In the House of Representatives on Monday, Austin Chapman, the Government Whip, was the first with a question for the Prime Minister…

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Federal Parliament. Question Re Federal Capital

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 6

In the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Mr. Austin Chapman, the Government Whip, was the first with a question for the Prime Minister. Had instructions…

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Independent Candidates

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 2

John Bright once decribed the independent candidates, as s political "Mr. Facing Both-Ways," especially, that which most favoured his own interests. There…

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Election of Pope. Ineffective Ballots. Strict Censorship. London

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 3

The Cardinals before proceeding to the election of a successor to Pope Loo. XIII. attended Mass at 6.30 a.m. It is rumored that the first ballot…

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