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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1923

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Election Prospects. Labour Organising. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1923 · page 4

The belief current in Labour and other circles that a State election will be held next year was responsible for a conference at the Trades Hall…

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Cape Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1923 · page 5

A Capetown message states that the Cape provincial elections are taking place. Like those of theTransvaal they are largely fought on national rather than…

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New Issues British Elections Trade Circles Uneasy LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 November 1923 · page 1

The chances of the parties at the polls are not baffling because the doctrines on which the election will be fought Introduce many new elements…

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Statement in Parliament. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 5

Mr. Oakes, the Chief Secretary, made a statement in the Legislative Assembly to-night in reply to a question by Mr. Connell…

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State Parliament Legislative Assembly the Mining Commission Not to Be Appointed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 4

The Legislative Assembly continued the consideration in committee of the Lands Department Estimates, £585,988, after our report closed this morning…

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The British Elections. Chamberlain and Birkenhead Not to Join the Ministry. Liberal Campaign Starts. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 5

The "Morning Post" understands that Lord Birkenhead's overtures to the Government have not been accepted. He will not be a platform protagonist, through in…

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Asquith Opens Fire Mr. Baldwin's "Jumble Policy" Start of Election Campaign London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 1

Mr. Asquith, addressing a Queen's Hall meeting, which denounced the dissolution as being a defiance of tradition, common-sense, and fairness, said that Mr. Baldwin's protection proposals were a nebulous. ill-thought-out, incoherent jumble, consisting of worn-out…

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Parliament Prorogued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 5

Parliament has been prorogued. The King's prorogation speech regrets the failure to secure the assent of the French Government to the proposals for…

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State Parliament Government Beaten. on a Snap Vote. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 5

A serious position arose in the Legislative Assembly shortly before, half-past five o'clock this morning, when the Government was beaten by one vote on…

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Imperial Parliament Censure Vote Defeated. the Fiscal Issue. Lloyd George Sarcastic. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 5

The Labour motion in the House of Commons of want of confidence in the Government was defeated yesterday by 285 votes to 190…

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Popular Election Cry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1923 · page 5

The Central News Agency states that a popular cry in the Government's appeal to the country will be summed up in the phrase: "A Free Empire Breakfast…

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The British Elections. Campaign Opened. a Triangular Fight. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 November 1923 · page 5

A Royal Proclamation in the "Government Gazette" announces that the new Parliament will meet on January 8. December 20 is the date to which…

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Election Prospects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 November 1923 · page 5

The political correspondent of the " Sunday Times" states that the Government expects to lose seats in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Scotland, but counts on…

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What the British Election Means to Us

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 November 1923 · page 4

To the man in the tram the possibilities of a State election are Infinitely more Important than the present election campaign In Great Britain. For him there is only the faintest academic Interest In the…

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Lorna and Toots Discussed in Parliament

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 7

So famous were Lorna and Toots rounds In Melbourne that they created a discussion In the House of Parliament. This distinction arose from the famous stars…

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British Elections. Women's Great Part. Workers and Candidates. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 5

There is every indication that the breach between Lord Birkenhead, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, and the Government will be healed on the basis of Lord…

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Cape Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 5

The Cape Provincial Council elections have been completed, with notably few changes, through undoubtedly the Nationalist Labourite pact…

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Election Tactics Eden-monaro Seat Malpractice Alleged SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 5

Interesting information about alleged malpractices in the 1920 election for the Federal seat of Eden-Monaro were put before the Commonwealth Chief Electoral…

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The British Elections. Prime Minister's Speech. Reply to Lloyd George. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1923 · page 7

Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the prime Minister, opening the Unionist campaign at the Queen's Hall, declared that Mr. Lloyd George's speech on Saturday was a…

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The Candidates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1923 · page 7

Lieutenant-colonel Buckley states that he offered to stand for his constituency of Waterloo as a Conservative free-trader trader, but the local association refused,…

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