Municipal Changes. Election of Mayor. Alderman Matheson Succeeds to the Chair
Under the Local Government Extension Act, which came into force on the 1st January, the Mayor for the ensuing twelve months had to be elected…
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Politics & elections, 1907
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Opening of Imperial Parliament. The Lords-Commons Difficulty
THE King, accompanied by Q[?]een Alexandra, Opened Parliament in State on Tuesday. The weather was wet and cold. The speech from the Throne stated the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Elections. Nomination for Extraordinary Vacanoy in Booth Ward
THE nomination of candidates for the position of alderman to serve in the Municipal Council of Dubbo for Booth Ward, in the room of Mr. James Heane (deceased), was hold at the…
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The Federal Parliament was opened yesterday afternoon. Senator Best announced in the Senate that he had accepted the position of Vice President…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wellington Hospital. Election of Officers for 1907
The first meeting of the new committee was held on Monday night. There were present—Messrs. Read, Rose, Stephen, M. Bembrick, Sherriff…
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The Federal Parliament will meet Next Wednesday afternoon. It's quite an energetic feat For them to meet so soon,…
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A special meeting of the Council of the Municipal District of Bourke was held at the Council Chambers on the above date. Present: The Mayor and Aldermen Tull,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament. the Commonwealth. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, February 22
Mr. Reid resumed the debate on the Address-in-Reply in the House of Representatives. He regretted that the old conditions remained, and added that in the last…
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Recently there have been statements and suggestions that a coalition between the Liberal and Reform Party, led by Mr. Carruthers, and the Progressive Party, at the…
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The election of an alderman to fill the vacancy in Booth Ward, caused by the death of the late Alderman James Heane, took place on Saturday, and though there…
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Sir,—Though I am not in the electorate; and unable, therefore, to take any part in the forthcoming election, I would ask the electors of the Macquarie to thoroughly…
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The name of Mr. Albert Bruntnell, M.L.A., is now mentioned as a possible candidate for the Macquarie seat at the next State election. Mr. Bruntnell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo Rifle Club. Election of a Captain
A SPECIAL general meeting of the Dubbo Riffle Club was held in the Fire Briga to Station on Wednesday evening for the purpose of electing a captain to fill the vacancy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Local Parliament. Monday, March 4, 1907
The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Council of the Municipal District of Bourke was held on the above date. Present: The Mayor (Ald. Anlezark) and Ald. Tull, Shaw,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Added Area Election. Inspection of Lists
WE have been requested to invite the attention of persons interested to the fact that the list of electors for the added ward (i.e., the area added to the Municipality under the Local…
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Nominations for the elections in Victoria closed yesterday. Eighteen ministerialists and two labor candidates were returned unopposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Parliament. Likely to Assemble on May 14
THE State Parliament has been further proreg[?]d until Tuesday April 23. Th enext [?]nation, will probably summon Parliament for the despatch of business. It is thought…
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Mr. Ashton states that his retirement from public life has been in his mind for the past five years. His reason was that he felt a grave personal, as well as a public, danger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Federal Elections. The American Tobacco Co.'s Prize won by a Dubbo Child
THE American Tobacco Company of Australasia, offered a prize of £100 for the most successful (i.e. the nearest) guess by any resident in the Commonwealth, of the number of the electors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Selection of Candidates
The following suggestion has been made to the various branched by the Liberal and Reform Association:— "The branch should not proceed to…
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