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New England · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1918

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Coranganite By-election. Postal Voting

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 2 December 1918 · page 7

The Postal Voting and Preferential Voting provisions of the Commonwealth Electoral Act, 1918, will apply to the by election for Corangamite Division to…

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Employment of Soldiers Questions in Parliament

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 3 December 1918 · page 5

In the legislative Assembly yesterday, the Leader of the Opposition asked the Premier if he knew that many employers were asking returned…

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Lord Mayor Defeated. City Elections

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 3 December 1918 · page 5

The City elections resulted in the Labor and Civic Reform parties polling about equal. The Lord Mayor was defeated…

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Telegraphic. Sydney, Tuesday. Labor Wins City Elections. Lord Mayor Defeated

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 December 1918 · page 4

The City Council elections resulted in the return of thirteen Labor Party candidates, 11 Civic Reformers, and two Independents…

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The City Elections

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 December 1918 · page 4

The elections for the Sydney City Council on Monday attracted considerable interest throughout the State, chiefly for the reason that the contest…

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British Elections. Nationalist—Sinn Fein Agreement

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 December 1918 · page 4

The Nationalist-Sinn Fein conference has decided to divide six Ulster electorates equally. The candidature of three others has been submitted to…

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Corangamite By Election Postal Voting

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 3

The Postal Voting and Preferential Voting provision of the Commonwealth Electoral Act, 1918, will apply to the By…

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Correspondence. Proportional Election and the Women's Vote. (To the Editor Inverell "Times.")

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 3

Sir,—The victory of the proportional system of voting in the House has been received in the country with a feeling of satisfaction almost…

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Elections in Britain. Enemy Questions Foremost

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 2

The British election campaign is hardening on three points—the punishment of the Kaiser and of others guilty of cruelties, heavy indemnities…

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British Elections. London

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 4

One hundred and seven members have been elected unopposed in the British elections. Mr. Lloyd George, Prime Minister, is opposed by the…

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Returning Transports. Federal Parliament's Demand

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1918 · page 4

Mr. Watt (Acting-Prime Minister) has urged Mr. Hughes to see that transports bringing back troops are seaworthy and properly fitted up, also…

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Telegraphic. Sydney, Friday. German Colonies. Parliament Urges Confiscation

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1918 · page 4

In the Legislative Council, Mr. Meagher's motion urging the retention by Britain of the German colonies, was unanimously adopted…

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British Elections. Nominations Analysed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1918 · page 4

In connection with the British elections, 107 members had been returned unopposed up to midnight, including 41 Coalition-Unionists, 27 [?]…

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State Parliament

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 4

The Lesislative Assembly sat throughout Wednesday night. Mr. Fuller moved the second reading of the Parliamentary Elections Bill…

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By Telegraph. PARLIAMENT

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 4

Sydney, Monday.—The Assembly meet this afternoon for the purpose of disposing of the remaining business of the session. Counsel will address the House…

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Correspondence. Proportional Election and the Women's Vote. (To the Editors)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 2

Sirs.—The victory of the proportional system of voting in the House has been, received in the country with a feeling of satisfaction almost comparable to…

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Guarantees of Stability. Election of German Assembly Requisite

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 December 1918 · page 4

Reuter says the "Daily Express" correspondent at Berlin interviewed Schiedemann, who said the election of the National Assembly at the earliest…

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National Candidate

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 December 1918 · page 4

Captain Leeper, National candidate for Corangamite bye-election, was seriously injured in a motor-car accident. The car ran over a cutting and rolled…

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To-day's War Cables. Britain's Financial Position. Churchill Confident. Germany's Assets Considered. Acute Position in Berlin. Full of Distrust and Parties. Uncertainty of Control. Eberet Striving for Power. the Cotton Strike. Freedom of the Seas. Liebenicht's Annuoncement. Martial Law in Berlin. British Elections. the Kaiser's Statement. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 December 1918 · page 4

Reuter states that the preliminary Allied peace conference in Paris is expected to start in the new year. Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at…

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Election Probabilites

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 December 1918 · page 4

The very considerable degree of electoral reform represented in the adoption of the system of proportional representation by the State Parliament…

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