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Northern Rivers · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1906

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Shire Elections

Northern Star · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 4

The Shire elections have been fixed by the Minister to take place on November 24. Revision Courts will be held at the various centres towards the end of this month. In…

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Lismore or Goolmangar. Terania Shire Head Polling Place

Northern Star · Monday 10 September 1906 · page 2

By those who have watched the progress of the Terania Shire Council it will be remembered that after a lot of skirmishing in which more than one motion was…

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The Federal Elections

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 19 September 1906 · page 2

WITH The approach of the Federal elections it is a certainty that there will arise a number of political prophets who will announce their doctrines…

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(Copy). Parliament House. Melbourne, Oct. 2, 1906

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 October 1906 · page 3

My dear Nest[?]tt. I hope to be in the district soon after the House gets up. I do not know when that will be, but it should be within a…

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Tomki Shire Elections

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 4

THE advertised public meeting of ratepayers of C Riding, convened for the purpose of selecting two candidates to contest the coining elections, was hold at…

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Women's Work. at Parliamentary Elections

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 10

There is no use denying that women can do a great work at elections, for they can bring into play all those social qualities that render them so valuable as…

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Local News. Polling Places

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 16 October 1906 · page 2

THE Hon. T. Ewing has been informed by the Department of Home Affairs that it has been decided to appoint the following additional polling places in the…

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Tomki Shire Elections

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 17 October 1906 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting was held in the Town Hall last Monday night, under the auspices of the Casino Progress Association for the express purpose of nominating…

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Questions in Parliament

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 6

IN the Assembly last week Mr. O'Sullivan wanted to know how many third and second class passengers had left Sydney for San Francisco during the…

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The Federal Elections. the Ministerial Programme

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 2

THE Hon. Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, announced the Ministerial election policy at Ballarat on Wednesday night. He said his party had…

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The Coming Elections

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 4

THE second Parliament of the Australian Commonwealth has been prorogued to October 31st, prior to dissolution. Notwithstanding all that…

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Federal Elections

Northern Star · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 4

The divisional Returning Officer, Mr. J Barrie, has received notice by telegram that the writs for the Federal elections will be issued on November 9…

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The Federal Elections

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 6

Wednesday, December 12, has been determined as theo day upon which the general elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate will be…

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How an Election is Fought

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 6
Also in The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser

DURING Mr. George Reid's absence from the House of Representatives, the Hon. Joseph Cook has been holding the fort for the Oppostion. He contributes…

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The Shere Elections

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 4

EVERY candidate for the office of Councillor shall be proposed in writing, in or to the effect of the following form:— NOMINATION' PAPER…

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The Coming Election

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 10

SIR,-All things come to an end, and through the effluxion of time the Parliament of the Commonwealth passes to the reculm of past history, with little hope of being considered…

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General News. Shire Elections

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 5

A statement having been made that plump voting was to be allowed at,the coming first shire elections mquiries were made at the [?], of the local shire comouns by a…

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The Shire Elections. MR. H. B. Chisholm for Terania

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 5

On Monday evening Mr. H. B. Chisholm addressed the ratepayers of C Riding at Goolmangar Hall. The attendance was small and after waiting for some time…

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The Northern Star Published Monday, Wednesday, & Saturday. Wednesday, November 7, 1906. The Shire Elections

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 4

A good deal of interest is being manifested in the forthcoming Shire elections by thc electors who are to be the future ratepayers, as evidenced by the…

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