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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1913

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Irish Home Rule. "Molly Maguire" Parliament. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 5

A meeting of the All For Ireland League in Cork adopted a resolution, fived by Lord Dunraven, seconded by Mr. O'Brien, M. P. and supported by…

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Retiring at Next Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 9

One of the best-known barristers in the House of Commons is Mr. Marshall Hall K.C., who has intimated that he will not seek re-election for the Great…

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The Yass Election. Labour Candidate Leads. Yass

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 5

The polling in the State by-election took place to-day. Each party put forward every effort to secure the return of its candidate. At the general election…

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Yass By-election. Mr. M'girr Returned. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 5

The chief electoral officer this morning received the complete returns for the Yaes by-election, and they show that Mr. M'Girr, the Labour candidate, has been…

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Canadian Parliament. Prolonged Sitting. Ottawa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 5

The Dominion House of Commons ended at midnight a sitting which lasted 129 hours. A feature of the closing speeches…

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Parliament Prorogued. Women's Franchise. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 5

The imperial Parliament has been prorogued. A private bill, dealing with the suffrage, will be introduced next session…

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Gas Strike Ends. Terms of Settlement. Parliament to Meet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 5

The gas strikers, at a mass meeting yesterday morning, ratified the agreement arrived at on the previous evening, and returned to work in the…

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Hungarian Parliament. Fines for Obstruction. Budapest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 5

In order to combat obstruction in Parliament, the Hungarian Government has Introduced new Standing Orders…

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British Parliament. Opened by the King. Misbehaviour by Suffragettes. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 5

The imperial Parliament was opened by King George in state yesterday. The weather was wet, hut there was a large crowd of spectators…

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The Gas Difficulty. Attitude of Companies. Wages Board Agreed To. Parliament May Not Meet. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 5

It is possible that it will not be necessary for Parliament to meet in order to carry out the agreement which brought about the settlement of the gas strike…

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Emigration to Australia. Willing Candidates. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 5

The "Daily Express," with a view to demonstrating the advantages of emigrating to Australia, has offered to pay the passages of five unmarried men…

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The Derry By-election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 6

Enormous interest was taken in the by-election for the Derry seat, which was won by the Nationalist candidate with a majority of 57 votes. A London…

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The Yass Election. Black Range Trouble. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 4

Mr. Coghlan, the chief electoral officer, has received from Mr. Wood, the returning officer at Yass, a report concerning the alteration mode. It the arrangements…

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Russian Parliament. Attempted Slights. St. Petersburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 5

During the celebration of the tercentenary of Romanoff rule at Kazan Cathedral, the members of the Duma Were assigned back seats,…

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Kendall Election. Unionist Victory. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 5

The by-election for the Kendall Division of Westn[?]rland took place yesterday, and resulted as follows:— Colonel Weston (Unionist) 3261…

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Imperial Elections. Liberals Retain a Seat. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 5

The by-election for the Houghton-le-Spring division of Durham, caused through the death of Mr. R. Cameron (Liberal), resulted as follows:—…

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Melbourne Gossip. Melbourne, March 24. a Surprise Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 13

The chief political incident of the week in this State has been the announcement by Mr. W. H. Renwick, that he intends to stand as a candidate…

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Tariff Reform. Discussion in Parliament. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 5

A motion for tariff reform, embodying the policy enunciated in Edinburgh by Mr. Bonar Law, the leader of the Opposition, was rejected in the…

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Australian Elections. Labour Must Succeed. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 5

Mr. Howard Berry, of Melbourne, was interview here yesterday. He said that personally he would sooner see the Dominion join in…

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Farmers in Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 6

Tenant farmers are convinced that the time has come when they should have members of their own order in Parliament. The House of Commons has…

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