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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1906

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Imperial Parliament. Attempted Economy. London

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

In the House of Commons yesterday, a motion to cancel the salary paid to the Lord President of the Council, a position which is now held…

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Commonwealth Elections. Melbourne

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

In the course of some remarks about the state of preparedness in which he now finds the electoral branch of his department, Mr. Groom, the Minister for Home…

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Imperial Parliament. the Education Bill. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 5

Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, writing to a correspondent, says that the Unionists are unanimously opposed to the religious provisions of the…

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New South Wales Alliance. an Election Challenged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 3

When the president of the New South Wales Alliance, the Rev. Cannon Boyce had declared the result of the ballot for the election of office-bearers of the…

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Imperial Parliament. Discordant Coalition. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 5

Mr. A. J. Balfour, the ex-Prime Minister, in an address delivered at a meeting of the Primrose League, referring to the present Government,…

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Federal Elections. Views of Mr. G. H. Reid. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 5

Sr. G. H. Reid stated, in the course of an interview to-day, that he cordially endorsed the requests which had been made to the Prime Minister that the…

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Anti-socialism Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 4

The election which is to take place next week in the Glenelg division of Victoria, to fill a vacancy in the State Parliament, raises some…

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London News. Sir John Forrest's Address to City Men.—anglo-colonial Wool Statistics.—senator Pulsford on the New South Wales Federal Elections.—the Australian Apple Market in London.—a New South Wales Legislator on Immigration.—hull and Australian Wool.—wages in Australian Goldmines.—australian Contributions to the Imperial Forces. London, March 30

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 11

Sir John Forrest, Treasurer of the Australian Commonwealth Government, delivered an address on "The Trade and Production of Australia" in the Merchants'…

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French Elections. Radical Gains. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 5

The French elections are proceeding in an orderly manner. Ministers profess to be delighted with the results so far as they are…

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Parliamentary Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Mr. A. Bonar Law is the Conservative candidate for the representation of Dulwich in the House of Commons, vacant by…

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The French Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The French elections so far show that the Ministerialists have had 36 gains, while they have lost eleven seats…

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Russia's Troubles. Rights of Parliament. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 5

Although the new organic laws just promulgated in Russia omit most of the objectionable clauses Inserted by Count de Witte, the late…

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Russia's Parliament. the Duma Meets. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 5

Great efforts are being made to create the impression that St. Petersburg is jubilant at the opening of the National Duma. The day is…

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Melbourne Gossip. Melbourne, May 9. the Glenelg Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 14

It has been a matter of complaint for a long time past that the savour has gone out of politics, and that electioneering is now a tame and spiritless thing compared…

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Russia's Parliament. the Czar Listens. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 5

The Duma has unanimously demanded a full amnesty to all who have been found guilty of religious, agrarian, or political offences…

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Imperial Parliament. the Education Bill. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 5

Among the Ministerialists in the House of Commons nearly one hundred churchmen are supporters of the general principles of the…

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Russia Seeks Liberty. Demands by Parliament. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 5

Although it is respectfully drafted, life Address-in-Reply carried by the Duma to the speech from the Throne, is practically an ultimatum to the…

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Imperial Parliament. Education Contest. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 5

The Earl of Portsmouth, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for War, speaking at Andover, said that unquestionably the two main principles…

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Russia's Freedom. Demand of Parliament. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 5

The draft of the Address-in-Reply to the Speech from the Throne, submitted to the Duma, evoked general manifestations of approval from that…

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Parliament Rises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 7

Yesterday the House of Commons broke up for its Easter holidays. During the vacation members of all parties will be afforded plenty of time to take stock or…

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