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Northern Rivers · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1922

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Cooper's Creek Polling Place

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. R. S. Perdriau, M.L.A. is in receipt of the following communication from the Under Secretary State Electoral Office Referring to the…

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Federal Parliament. Not Meeting Till June

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Federal Parliament has been prorogued till March 15, but is not expected to meet until about June…

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Cost of Locomotives. Conference at Parliament House

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—A conference between the representatives of the iron trade unions, the Railway Commissioners, and management of the Clyde Engineering Works…

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Elections Early in March

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A protracted meeting of the A.L.P. Executive was held on Saturday night for the discussion of election matters. The meeting…

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State Elections Blow to Labor Members. Big Fight for Bathurst. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 3

The decision of the A.L.P. last night that the Labor leagues shall select the candidates for the forthcoming State elections was a set-baek to the…

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Candidate for Murrumbidgee

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mr. T. S. Bartle, member of the State wheat board, is a candidate for the Labour selection in the Murrumbidgee electorate. This will necessitate his…

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Early Election Predicted. Who Are Most Sore? Premier's Pretence of Unconcern

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Mr. Dooley says Sir Joseph Carruthers' remark about the forcing of a dissolution on an unwilling Government is amusing to those who know the real si…

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English Elections. All Parties Preparing. Unionists Against Proposal. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.—Unionist opinion is generally hardening against an early election, the main objections being the interference of the trade revival, and also the…

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Elections in March. Mr. Dooley's Announcement. What Coalition Accomplished. Farmers Saved Thousands

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—According to the official report of the proceedings of the A.L.P. on Saturday night Mr. Dooley announced the elections would take place early in March…

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British Politics. Election Possibilities Discussed Keen Party Differences. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A significant fact in regard to the early election controversy is that the two wings of the Coalition are manoeuvring for position…

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The Political Situation. Preparing for the Elections. Plethora of Candidates Offering. A.l.p.'s New Departure. Sydney

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 2

Great nativities prevail in the metropolitan electorates regarding the elections. It was stated yesterday that already the names of 19 candidates have…

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Mr. De Valera Beaten Election of Presidency. The Vote in the Dail. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. De Valera and his Cabinet have resigned. The Dail met to-day under, very quiet conditions. Mr. De Valera, in tending…

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Voting at Elections

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. W. Carey, secretary of the A.L.P., to-day issued a circular to the electoral councils and branches of the A.L.P. in which the system of voting at the next…

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The Tick Election Fiasco

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 2

Considerable interest is being manifested in the extra ordinary turn of events in connection with the election of a Kyogle…

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Cabinet Resigns. Re-election Motion Defeated. Belfast Bomb Outrages. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—In the Dail Eireann. to-day De Valera formally submitted the resignation of himself and cabinet. A motion for the re-election of De Valera…

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Mr. Tudor's Death. Long and Painful Illness. a Popular Member of Parliament

Northern Star · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The death late last night of Mr. Frank Tudor, leader of the Federal Parliamentary Opposition, did not come as a surprise. Deceased had…

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State Elections Coming. Are You on the Roll?

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 2

Under the New Electoral Law in N.S.W. every person is compelled to enrol. Here are the provisions of the Act:…

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Date of Elections. Rolls in Preparation

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 3

When questioned to-day Mr. Dooley declined to say when the elections would take place, but the Cabinet to-day had discussed the question. He said that…

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English Coalition Party. Breakaway Threatened. Unionists Dislike Elections. (Published in the "Times.")

Northern Star · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Already Unionist members of Parliament are declaring that in the event of being forced to an election they will stand not as Coalitionists, but as…

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Cooper's Creek Polling Place

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. R. S. Perdriau, M.L.A., has received the following communications from the Chief Electoral Officer for the State:—"Referring to the representations made…

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