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New England · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1917

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P.p. Board Election

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 5

An election in connection with the Glen Innes P.P. Board is to be held next month, the retiring directors being Messrs. J. Wetherspoon, W. Every,…

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Federal Elections. Voting by Returned Members of the Forces

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 2

Every returned member or the Forces who is not enrolled as a Commonwealth elector, but is elighle to be so enrolled, is entitled to vote at…

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The Three National Senate Candidates

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 3

Senator E. D. Millen Mr. H E. Pratten Mr Josiah Thomas…

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Scene in Equity Court. Parliamentary Candidate and Judge

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 4

All extraordinary scene occurred, in the Equity Court to-day: Alfred Coriroy, one of the candidates for the Parramatta seat in the House of…

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Telegraphic. Sydney. Tuesday. Federal Elections. Progress of the Campaign

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 4

Mr. Cook says a campaign of sectarianism and uhcharitableness is being waged in Queensland by the Labor Party…

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Federal Elections. Voting by Returned Members of the Forces

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 6

Every returned member of the forces who is not enrolled as a Commonwealth elector, but is eligible to Ire so enrolled, is entitled to vote at the…

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From Trench to Ballot Box. Polling in England. Blind Soldiers Record Votes. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 4

Polling in connection with the Federal elections is proceeding briskly at Horseferry-road, Salisbury Plain, and other British centres, and it is expected…

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The Federal Elections

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 2

ON Saturday the Federal Elections will take place. As Mr. P. P. Abbott has been returned unopposed for the House of Representatives, interest in…

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Scene in Equity Court. Parliamentary Candidate and Judge

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 6

An extraordinary scene occurred in the Equity Court, Sydney, on Tuesday. Alfred [?], one of the candidates for the [?] went in the House…

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Federal Election

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 3

On Tuesday night the local Laborites held an open air rally at the corner of Fitzgerald's Great Central Hotel in Grey-street, but the attendance was…

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Polling Pay and Hotels

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—The United Licensed Licensed Victuallers' Association is notifying holelkeepers that hotels will only be allowed to open between the hours of…

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Commonwealth Elections Polling, Saturday, 5th May, 1917. Polling Booths open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Advice to Voters

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 2

Vote at a polling booth in the subdivision for which you are enrolled, if you are in your subdivision on polling day under conditions which will…

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To-morrows Elections. Posting the Returns

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 5

To morrow (Saturday), May 5th, voting for candidates for the House of Representatives and the Senate will take place throughout the…

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Federal Election To-day

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 2

THE elections to day are being fought on [?] identical principles that [?] late state elections in which the Nationals were so successful…

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Telegraphic. Sydney, -Friday. Federal Elections

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 4

Mr. Cook, in a special appeal, says Hie reports are distinctly encouraging. Enthusiasm in South Australia is growing. An emphatic National vote is…

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Federal Elections. National Victory Assured. Mr. Hughes Romps Home for Bendigo. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 4

The Federal Elections took place yesterday. The figures available at an early hour last night showed that the Nationalist Senaic[?] candidates were…

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Australian Elections. London

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 2

The Australian election results have given the greatest satisfaction…

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Federal Elections

Guyra Argus · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 2

ON Saturday the Federal Elections eventuated, and, so far as New England was concerned, interest was confined exclusively to the the election of…

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Mr. Hughes on the Elections. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 4

Mr. Hughes, speaking at the Lord Mayor's dinner in Melbourne, said the elections could not have been a verdict more unanimous, more decisive, or…

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Federal Election. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 4

The latest figures of the Federal poll do not [?]ter the position of the parties. About a dozen seats, however, are still in doubt, and may be decided by…

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