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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Politics & elections
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Shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday, December 31, Mr. P. E. Row, Returning Officer, officially declared the Poll taken on December 12, for the election of one member to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE unsealing of Mr. E. S. Carr for the Macquarie Federal electorate is, after all, among the near possibilities. The "Bathurst Argus says:-- "On account of the rumours in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sydney [?] correspondent writes:—An [?]ting sidelight of the electi[?] the appearance of an old [?]med Thomas Adams, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All red-tape traditions have been rudely set aside at Chatham by what was practically a general election of 340 bluejacket "M.P.'s" held by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A SYDNEY writer to a contemporary has the following shrewd comments on the recent elections:--"Perhaps the most notable feature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COMMENTING on the official declaration of the poll for the Darling electorate--the figures respecting which are given elsewhere in this issue--the 'Western Herald,' Bourke, says…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. J. Longmuir, editor of the NAMOI INDEPENDENT, who contested Eden-Monaro against the Postmaster-General, has the following reflections in his journal:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The official declaration of the poll for the Darling seat was made at Bourke on Monday by Mr. Rowe, returning officer, in the presence of a small gathering of electors…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Adelaide in the recount for the Senate the boxes for Hindmarsh, when counted, were found to contain 85 votes credited to Crosby, the Labor candidate. They…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Bourke Municipal Council was held on the above date at 8 p.m. Present: The Mayor and Aldermen Nash, Inglis, Shaw,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WRITS for the Federals elections have been received from New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. In Queensland and Western Australia a few returns from the more remote centres…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DURING the week a petition will probably be filled praying for an official inquiry into certain alleged irregularities in connection with the late Macquarie Federal election in which Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An attempt will be made to have the ballot papers for the Senate in South Australia privately examined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Government Printer will, within a few days, forward six copies of the Local Government Act, 1906, which consolidates the Local Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Political Labour League is preparing to start the campaign throughout the State for the next general elections…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The writs for the Federal election are to hand from the returning officers of New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. In Queensland and West Australia a few…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many reasons have been urged for the, unsatisfactory result of the Federal elections as far as the Liberal party is concerned, and not a few writers to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. J. A. Hogue claims that while Mr. J. S. Withington's return is a a [?]vindication of the Government's administration, it is also a victory for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The final returns give Mr. Whittington, the Ministerial candidate a majority of 23, the figures being :— Whittington ... ... 1733…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE next State general elections will be held about the middle of the year, at the very latest in August next, and, judging from recent events, it is…
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