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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1906

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 5

Sir RICHARD BAKER, the President of the Senate, took the chair at half-past two o'clock to-day. Senator PLAYFORD, the Minister for…

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Imperial Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—An election has been held to fill the vacancy in the House of Commons for the Bodmin Division of Cornwall, caused…

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Russia's First Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 5

The Czar opened the first Russian Parliament in the Winter Palace at St. Petersburg, and he closed it from the same place, though in a vastly different manner…

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The State Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 14

The practically unanimous passing of the bill to repeal the Act for the separate representation in Parliament of the public servants was anything but complimentary…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 4

Sir RICHARD BAKER, the President of the Senate, took the Chair at half-past ten o'clock this morning. Senator KEATING, honorary Minister,…

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Imperial Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—An election has been held to fill the vacancy in the House of Commons for East Tyrone, caused by the death of Mr. P. C…

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Unnecessary Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 July 1906 · page 4

Now that the elections for Surry Hills and Cootamundra have taken place, and that practical justice has beau done to a member who was…

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Cootamundra Election. Mr. Holman Re-elected. Cootamundra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 July 1906 · page 5

The polling in connection with the election of a member for the Cootamundra district in the State Legislative Assembly, to ill the vacancy created by the…

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Attack Upon Parliament. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1906 · page 5

At the Protestant Hell to-night, Mr. John Haynes addressed a crowded audience, many of whom were ladies, on the subject of the lands and parliamentary…

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A Sydney Letter. the Charter of an Unsovereign Parliament.—should Politicians Know Their Constitution?—the Alleged Blunder of the £1,000,000 Station.—an Old New South Wales Map.—the Work of the Earliest Surveyors.—the Towns-stanbury Race. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1906 · page 7

A sovereign Parliament can do anything; a Parliament which has to work within the four corners of a charter given it by a superior must keep to the…

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Queensland Parliament. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Lindley took his seat on the back Opposition bench, and explained that he had supported the Morgan Government,…

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State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 4

Mr. W. M'COURT, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock to-day. Mr. ASHTON, the Minister for Lands, in…

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REV. H. Worrall. Appears Before Parliament. Censured for Libel. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 5

The Rev. H. Worrall left Bendigo by special train this morning to attend at the Bar of the State Parliament House in connection with his attack on the Chief…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 5

Sir RICHARD BAKER, the President of the Senate, took the chair at half-past two o'clock to-day. Senator KEATING, honorary Minister,…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. the Lotteries Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 5

Sir FRANCIS SUTTOR, President of the Legislative Council, took the Chair at half-past four o'clock to-day. Mr. BRUNKER, Honorary Minister, in…

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Transvaal Parliament the New Constitution. Manhood Suffrage Proposed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 5

In the House of Commons yesterday. Mr. Winston Churchill, the Parliamentary Under-secretary for the Colonies, amidst Ministerial cheers,…

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West Australian Parliament. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 5

The Legislative Assembly spent several hours yesterday in discussing a motion by Mr. F. C. Monger, "That, in the opinion of the House, the union of West…

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State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 5

Mr. W. M'COURT, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, took the choir at half-past four o'clock to-day. Mr. W. W. YOUNG asked the Minister…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 5

Sir RICHARD BAKER, the President of the Senate, took the chair at half-past 2 o'clock to-day. Senator PLAYFORD, the Minister for…

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Transvaal Parliament. Condemned by Lord Milner London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 5

Viscount Milner, late Governor at the Transvaal and Orange River Colony and High Commissioner in South Africa, speaking of the…

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