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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1914

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Federal Elections. Get on the Roll To-day. the Last Chance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1914 · page 5

The ROLLS will be CLOSED at 6 p.m. TO-DAY. Persons qualified to vote and whoso names are not on the roll will be liable…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. Supply Bill Passed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 5

Sir FRANCIS SUTTOR the President of the Legislative Council, Look the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. FLOWVERS, the Vice-President of…

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Federal Elections. the Writs Issued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 4

The write for the elections of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives were issued yesterday. The official time of the issue of the…

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Melbourne Gossip. Melbourne, July 30. the Federal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 11

The most important feature of the week as regards platform appearances in the Federal fight was the speech of Mr. Fisher at the Melbourne Town Hall. Mr…

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Federal Elections. Newcastle Electorate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1914 · page 5

Mr. D. Watkins, Labour candidate for Newcastle, addressed a meeting of the electors from the balcony of the Waratah Hotel, Mayfield, last evening. Mr. W…

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Feeling in Melbourne. Parliament Adjourns. Reported Naval Battle. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 5

A proclamation was issued to-day providing for the censorship by Colonel M'Cay of all oversea cable messages of wireless messages. All messages must be…

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A Liberal Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 6

Mr. Edward Powell, who has been chosen as Liberal candidate for the Altrincham Division at the next election, was for many years election agent to the late…

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Parliament Adjourns. in the Council. Cheers for King and Empire. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 4

The members of the Legislative Council were at high tension when the House met this afternoon owing to the receipt of news earlier in the day that Great…

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Federal Elections. Mr. Hughes' Views. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 5

The question of constituting the Australian Parliament and calling it together as soon as possible is being widely discussed…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 4

Sir FRANCIS SUTTOR, the President of the Legislative Council, took the chair in the Legislative Council at half-past four o'clock this afternoon…

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Federal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 6

Nominations in connection with the Federal elections take place to-day. Last night Mr. D. Watkins, Labour candidate for Newcastle, and Mr. D…

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Notes on News. London, June 2[?]. Two-days' General Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 August 1914 · page 4

"While other countries manage to get their general elections over and done with in a single day, we still submit to all the inconvontence and the dislocation of…

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Federal Elections. Senator Rae at Newcastle. the War and the Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 4

From the balcony of the Central Hotel, Hunter-street, Newcastle, last night, Senator A. Rae, one of the six Labour candidates, addressed a moderately sized…

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In West Australia. Parliament Adjourns. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 5

Both Houses of Parliament, to-day adjourned for a week after the statement by Mr. Seaddon, the Premier, that the Government had no intention of proceeding…

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State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Unemployment Question. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 6

Mr. MEAGHER, the Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly, took the chair at half-past five o'clock this afternoon. Mr. CANN, the Acting Premier, in reply…

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Price of Foodstuffs. Questions in Parliament. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly, this afternoon, a number of questions were asked Mr. Cann, the Acting Premier, concerning the price of foodstuffs…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. Relief of Unemployed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 4

Sir FRANCIS SUTTOR, the President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-pest four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. SINCLAIR asked Mr. Flowers,…

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Queensland Parliament. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 6

In the Assembly Mr. Crawford asked the Acting Premier, if anything was being done by the Government to relieve the immediate effect of the war on industry…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 4

Sir FRANCIS SUTTOR, the President of the Legislative Council took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. FLOWERS, the Vice-President of…

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The State Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 2

Up to the time that the outbreak of war suspended Parliamentary business, no attempt at hustling their supporters had been made by the Victorian Ministry…

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