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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1903

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Notes and Comments. the Elections

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 2

To the States and all whom it may concern, the Commonwealth authorities have certainly given an example of everything that ought to be religiously avoided in…

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The Federal Election. [To the Editor of the Dispatch.]

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 2

Sir,—I will ask you to let me in a few words call the attention of the electors of N.S.W. to some of the things that may be of far reaching importance not only to the Commonwealth but to the Empire…

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To-morrow's Polling

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 2

IT is too late now to remedy the omissions ; but it is patent that the Commonwealth electoral authorities have been shamefully negligent in…

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The Federal Elections. Results to Date

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 2

THE member for Eden-Monaro, the Hon. A. Chapman, having been reelected unopposed, the Queanbeyan portion of that Federal Division had…

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Latest Wires Sydney, Thursday 1 p.m. The Senate Election

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 2

Following are the figures to the present Bentley, 7170 Collins 21,015 Cunneen 18,459 Drake 6186 Flechen 9903 Gray. 64,938; Griffith, 38,523;…

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The federal Election in Braidwood

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 2

Wednesday last the polling day for the election of members to serve in the Federal Parliament marks a distinct and important [?] in the political history of…

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The Elections. the Voting in Braidwood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 2

Very little interest was taken in the Senatorial election in Braidwood, and indeed right throughout the district. This was due to the fact that there was no election for the House of Representatives,…

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When Will Parliament Meet ?

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 2

The date of the meeting of the Federal Parliament is provided for by law almost to the day. The Constitution provides that Parliament must meet within 30 days of the…

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Electioneering Fragments

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 2

GOING to record your vote? No need to ask the question. The very dogs in the street knew I meant business. Was I not up betimes and did…

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The Elections

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 2

THE Federal Elections are hardly likely to alter the political tendencies of Parliament. The Government has lost in strength, but as the support of…

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Election Humours

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 2

The polling in Goulburn on Wednesday was very quietly conducted. The women voted and worked better than the men In one of the booths a presiding officer was…

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The Australian Elections

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 2

The “Daily News” says that the Australian elections have given a fatal blow to Mr. Chamberlains policy of preference. It is clear, the paper adds, that the…

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Notes and Comments. Sydney, Tuesday. the Elections

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 2

Nominally, in New South Wales at any rate, the elections gave the Free Traders a great victory. Nevertheless, in political circles, there is a strong undercurrent of…

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