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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1915

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. Eight-hours Bill. Address by Counsel. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 5

Mr. FLOWERS, the President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Sir JOSEPH CARRUTHIERS asked the…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. Eight-hour Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 November 1915 · page 5

Mr. F. FLOWERS, the President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. FITZGERALD, Vice-president of the…

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State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1915 · page 5

The Legislative Assembly continued the consideration of the Estimates for the Department of Agriculture after our report closed this morning…

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Merthyr Election. Victory for Conscription. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 November 1915 · page 5

The voting in the by-election for Merthyr (seat of the late Mr. Keir Hardie) resulted in victory of Mr. Stanton, who described himself as a…

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Military Disturbances. Questions in Parliament. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 December 1915 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. Levy asked the Chief Secretary if his attention had been called to the extraordinary number of acts of violence…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. Eight-hours Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 December 1915 · page 7

Mr. P. FLOWERS, the President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. WILSON presented a petition from…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. the Eight-hour Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 5

Mr. F. FLOWERS, the President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at halfpast four o'clock this afternoon. The debate on the second reading of the…

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The War. Crisis in Roumania. Parliament Excited. Cries of "Down with Germany!" London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 5

Experts in Rome, as the results of the King of Roumania's speech, believe that Roumania has decided to mobilise directly Russia moves…

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Imperial Parliament. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" says it in understood that the Cabinet has decided to extend the life of Parliament until January, 1917…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. the Liquor Laws. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 5

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

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Italy's Parliament. Premier's Statement. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 December 1915 · page 5

The Chamber of Deputies animatedly discussed Baron Sonnino's statement. Signor Salandra, the Prime Minister, replying to the chief points raised, said…

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Germany Talks Peace. Discussion in Parliament. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 December 1915 · page 5

The Reichstag has allotted Thursday next for the discussion of peace conditions, in response to the demands of the Socialist members…

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Victorian Parliament. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 December 1915 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly to-day Sir Alexander Peacock, the Premier, moved the second reading of the bill to authorise the raising of £3,500,000…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. the Liquor Law. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 December 1915 · page 6

Mr. F. FLOWERS, President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. ROBSON presented a petition on…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. Eight-hour Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 5

Mr. F. FLOWERS, the President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. The Broken Hill Trades Hall Site…

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Newcastle Hospital. Candidates Nominated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 4

The election for the board of management of the Newcastle Hospital is to take place on December 20th. The names of the ten Government nominces have…

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Parliament and Its Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 4

The protest of Mr. Wade, the leader of the Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly, against all-night sittings of Parliament is one that should…

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South Australian Parliament. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 4

Mr. Styles, the Chief Secretary, moved in the Legislative Council to-day that the Taxation Bill be read a second time. He referred to the rejection of the bill on…

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State Parliament. Legislative Council. Roll of Honour. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 4

Mr. F. FLOWERS, the President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. WILSON said that owing to the…

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Life of Parliament. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1915 · page 5

The British Government propose to make the maximum life of Parliament six years instead of five years…

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