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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1912

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Queensland Parliament. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 5

The Legislative Council this afternoon. The Legislative Assembly's message relating to the Liquor Hill was further…

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German Elections. Government Manifesto. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 5

An election manifesto has boon issued by the Government. This emphasises the need for the Reichstag to be ready to prolong the…

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A Novel Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

As an old Parliamentarian I was much interested in a novel kind of Parliament held here last week by the Australian Deaf and Dumb Association. There was…

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German Elections. Results Eagerly Awaited. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 5

During the election campaign much comment has been caused through the Government confining itself to advising the electors to vote against the…

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German Elections. Fight Against Socialism. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

The "North German Gazette" publishes an official manifesto which states that the Government' seeks to exclude socialism from the next…

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Queensland Parliament. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-day a message was received from the Governor withholding the Royal Assent to the bill to restrict the leasing of land to aliens…

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State Parliament. Programme for Next Session. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

Speaking this afternoon of the meeting of Parliament next month, Mr. Holman, the Attorney-General, said there was no doubt that the session would be…

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German Elections. Heavy Polling. Success of Socialists. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 5

The polling for the general elections commenced yesterday, and has, proved to be very heavy. The Socialists held five seats in…

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German Elections. Socialists Congratulated. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 5

Mr. J. Ramsay MacDonald, secretary of the English Labour party, has forwarded, on behalf of British Labourites, a telegram congratulating the…

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German Elections. Distribution of Votes. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 5

The total number of votes polled at the first ballots in Germany in connection with the Parliamentary elections was 12,188,000…

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A Historic By-election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 6

Sir Edward Clarke, K.C., who has denied the report that he intends to return to Parliamentary life, was first elected to the House of Commons at the historic…

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German Elections. the Second Ballots. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 5

The second ballots in connection with the general election for the Reichstag have resulted in the election of nine Conservatives, six of the Imperial…

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Imperial Preference. a Welsh Election. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 5

A firm claiming to be the largest shippers of Welsh tinplates to Australasia has telegraphed to Mr. Bond, the Unionist candidate for Carmarthen,…

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German Elections. From Prison to Parliament. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1912 · page 5

The red-flag victory at Potsdam is all the more notable because Herr Liebkneckt was recently in prison for eighteen months for circulating…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1912 · page 6

The election to fill the extraordinary vacancy in, the West Maitland. Municipal Council caused by the resignation of Alderman Chant took place on Saturday…

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Presidential Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 6

The election of a President for the Tarro Shire Council for the [?]uing twelve months took place at the office, East Maitland, yesterday morning. There were…

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Stockton. Election of Mayor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 6

The Stockton Council held a special meeting last night, Aldermen T. Griffiths (Mayor), Hudson, Blaxell, Scott, Rees, Ball, Asquith, Felton, and Stratten being…

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Election of Mayor. a New Ordinance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 5

Mr. E. Scott Holland, town clerk, Newcastle, has submitted the following report to the Newcastle Council:— "The council will remember that at the…

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South Australian Elections. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 5

The Liberal campaign closed last night by a rally in the Exhibition Building. An address was delivered by Mr. Deakin, [?].H.R. The gathering was the largest…

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Election of Mayor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 3

A special meeting at the council was hold last night, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the ensuing year, there being a full attendance…

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