The Referendum. Polling Day. Saturday Next, October 28
Polling Booths will be open between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. An Elector should vote at the polling place in the Subdivision for which he or…
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Politics & elections, 1916
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At the Booths. Polling in Newcastle. Peaceful Conditions
The facts that polling day was proclaimed a public holiday, and that a War Precautions regulation was issued to cause the closing of all hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Plot in Mexico. To Attack United States Border. Presidential Election Manoeuvre. Washington
The United States War Office has received definite information that opponents of the Government's policy, who are in Mexico, have arranged,…
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As at most other polling booths on Saturday, quietness and orderliness prevailed at Kurri Kurri. There was the usual early morning rush, of…
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The result of the appeal to the people on the question of military service oversea has not yet been definitely ascertained. The total votes counted up to the time…
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Mr. F. FLOWERS, the President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Dr. NASH resumed the debate on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Imperial Parliament. Notes on Careers. NO. 5: Viscount Grey. German Guiles Baffled
Membership of the House or Commons for more than 30 years uninterruptedly, with occupancy during almost the whole of that period of a…
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Mr. F. FLOWERS, President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. The Government Railways Amendment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imperial Parliament. the Enlistment. Question of Man Power. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
In the House of Commons to-day there were lively discussions on the subject of man-power, food prices, the Channel fight, and other subjects, resulting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imperial Parliament. Notes en Careers. No. 6.—Mr. Churchill As an Expert in Commerce
An old man in a hurry was the expression once applied by the present' Mr. Churchill's father to a veteran Parliamentarian; possibly the…
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Mr. FLOWERS, President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. The Liquor (Amendment) Bill (No. 2)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Imperial Parliament. Notes on Careers, NO. 7: MR. A. J. Balfour. a Mollyfying Influence
For a man born to a private fortune, which rendered any vocation for its emoluments a superfluity, Mr. Balfour proved his natural amiability…
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Parliamentary institutions are not of divine origin, they are merely the contrivances of human wisdom and experience to manage the complicated affairs…
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President Wilson yesterday addressed the people in Madison-square Garden. There was the most tremendous crowd on record. The police lost control of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imperial Parliament. Sketches of Careers. No. 8: Viscount Haldane. a Lawyer "Strategist."
Mr. R. B. Hablane was a lawyer, a barrister, when he entered the House of Commons in 1885, and a man of high scholastic attainments…
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The speeches in connection with the election of the President have now closed. The betting is nearer evens, the result being most doubtful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imperial Parliament. Sketches of Careers. No. 9. the Earl of Rosebery
"An elderly raven croaking from a withered branch, was the Earl of Rosebery's description of himself upon one occasion. Born one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Q.C. Examinations. South Maitland Candidates
There were 224 candidates for the qualifying certificate examinations at the Cessnock and Kurri Kurri Public Schools yesterday. Of these 117…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Australian Parliament. Perth
The Parliament met to-day, in the Legislative Assembly Mr. Wilson, the Premier, stated he was unable to say when the Estimates would be introduced…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →State Parliament. Legislative Council. Liquor Amendment Bill. Sydney
Mr. F. FLOWERS, President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. The Liquor Amendment (No. 2) Bill,…
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