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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1918

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Eve of Elections Momentous Issues Coalition's Certain Win LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 5

To-morrow's elections, for which 21,000,000 voters are enrolled, through described as the most momentous of modern times, is characterised with a…

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British Election Quiet Polling Day Great Women's Vote London, Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 December 1918 · page 1

The polling opened in London at 7 a.m. in mild, muggy weather, but rain fell later. The polling in the early hours was very quiet, and there…

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Corangamite Election. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 December 1918 · page 5

The polling in the bye-election took place in Corangamite yesterday. This was the first election for the House of Representatives in which the system of…

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Imperial Elections. Proceeding Quietly. Lloyd George's Final Speech. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 December 1918 · page 5

The polling opened in London at seven O'clock on Saturday in mild but muddy weather. Rain fell later. The polling during the earlier hours of the day was…

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Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1918 · page 5

Mr. Johnson, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, took the chair at three o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Higgs (Q.) asked whether the…

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British Elections. the Future Ministry. Many Women Voting. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1918 · page 5

The Coalition newspapers express the opinion that Mr. Lloyd George will continue to include in the Government men or business, with push and go. The need…

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German Elections. Fixed for January. the Spartacus Policy. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1918 · page 5

It is reported from Berlin that the National Assembly elections will be held on January the 8th. The programme of the Spartacus Group…

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Scenes on Hustings Election Aftermath Spirited Exchanges LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 December 1918 · page 5

Mr. Lloyd George quickened the languid interest in the election by a whirlwind speech at Camberwell, attacking the Labor party led by pacifists and…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1918 · page 5

Senator Givens, the President of the Senate, took the chair at three o'clock thins afternoon. Senator Bakhap (Tas.) presented a…

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The British Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1918 · page 5

Apart from the strength of the women's vote the uncertainty of the soldiers' vote makes it impossible to forecast the individual results of the elections…

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"Coupon Election" Irish Bitterness London, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 December 1918 · page 1

"The Daily Mail" has dubbed the election contest a "coupon election." The Coalition candidates were "coupon holders," because they all…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 December 1918 · page 5

Senator Givens, the President of the Senate, took the choir at eleven o'clock this morning. Senator Millen, the Minister for…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Mr. Jensen's Case. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 5

Senator Givens, the President of the Senate, took the chair at three o'clock this afternoon. Senator Millen, the Minister for…

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Women in Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 10

We had a little scurry on the women in Parliament question the other day. If members of Parliament gave a vote in accord with their own desires, or in…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Senator Long Resigns. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 7

The Senate continued its sitting after the report closed this morning, discussing the estimates. Senator Long (Tas.), on the vote for…

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Unionist Victory Capetown Election Capetown, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 1

Mr. Vanzyl, the Unionist candidate, gained a clear majority over the two Laborites in the Capetown Harbor division for the seat which was…

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The Social State Single Election Issue SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 5

The Wollongong branch of the Australian Labor Party has lodged the following motions for discussion at the annual conference in Sydney at…

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German "President" Early Election London, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 5

A conference representing the whole of Germany will meet on December 29 for the purpose of electing a President of the German Republic…

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British Elections London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 December 1918 · page 5

The Sinn Feiners are confident of a sweeping victory at the polls. (Reuter's Telegrams) In connection with the London…

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Federal Parliament Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 5

Much fun has been made from time to time of Collins-street farmers, who have engineered themselves into positions on public bodies, where they affected to pose…

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