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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1923

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. an Extraordinary Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 6

Full particulars of the British General Elections are now to hand. They bear out, as regards policies, what was said in this column before. There were…

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Newcastle Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 7

Mr. Bonar Law, the Prime Minister, in a message to Captain Gee, V.C., the Conservative candidate for the Newcastle by-election against Mr. Arthur…

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Raising the Wind A.L.P. CAMPAIGN Another Election Possible SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 6

The A.L.P. executive is of opinion that there will be a crisis in the Federal Parliament, and that an election will take place at an early date. In…

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Trades Hall Instruction Union View Dealing With Parliament SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 6

The Electrical Trades Union has Carried the following motions for inclusion in the anemia paper of the next A.L.P. Conference…

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A.J.C. DOUBLE Candidates' Order SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 5

Next to Brachead, Duke Isinglass, who won the Challenge Stakes, is one of the worst horses for double books. Most of the candidates have been…

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A Parliament of Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 6

The question of an "industrial Parliament" has been widely discussed in Britain during recent months, its formation being urged by many candidates in the…

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Fire Board Vacancy Two District Candidates Divided Support

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 8

The names of three candidates for the vacancy on the board of Fire Commissioners were read at the last meeting of the Hamilton Council…

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Over Three Years Parliament at Canberra MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 5

While the political situation remains so uncertain the question of the removal of the Federal Parliament to Canberra as gradually being relegated to obscurity…

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Humours of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 6

The House of Commons is far from being the prosaic law-making machine many imagine it. It has its humours, and, as a bygone Speaker once remarked on the…

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Municipal Election. Newcastle Recount

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 4

At the Newcastle Council Chambers at noon yesterday an announcement was made of the recount of the votes cast at the triennial election held on December 2…

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Fire Board Candidate

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 5

Wickham Council decided at last night's meeting that the seal of the council be affixed to its nomination of Alderman Cornish, Mayor of…

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Fire Board Election

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 5

Carrington Council has supported Alderman Cornish, Mayor of Newcastle, as a candidate for the Fire Board election…

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Election Appeal Gwydir Seat Poll SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 5

It is stated that a petition is being prepared on [?] of [?] unsuccessful Country party candidate for the Gwydir seat at the last Federal…

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Names in Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 13

With a list of the new M.P.'s before [?], says an English correspondent, an odd half-hour may be pleasantly passed in playful analysis of Parliamentary…

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"Coming Events" Is Billy Retiring? North Sydney Seat Molesworth a Candidate SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 5

At a meeting of friends and supporters of Mr. F. H. Molesworth to-day it was decided to support his…

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Key Election Queensland Labor Voters Who Are Dead

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 6

Mr. Theodore's Government is [?]eaying no stone unturned to ensure the return of the Caucus candidate for Rockhampton, on February 17…

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Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, February 2. the New Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 13

Parliament meets next week for a short session to determine whether or [?] the Massey Government will remain in power. The position has already been…

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Futurity Candidate the Hawk New Zealand Record-holder SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 3

By far the most interesting of the late entrants for the Caulfield Futurity Stakes is the New Zealand gelding. The Hawk, joint-holder of the Australians six…

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Federal Politics Meeting of Parliament. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 7

At the conclusion of the Federal Cabinet to-night, Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister, announced that, in view of the shortness of the time intervening between the…

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Post Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 7

We now see in a definite pronounced form in Australia what they have seen in an indefinite vague one in Great Britain, that the Party name at an election is…

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