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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1905

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Charters Towers Election

The Age · Friday 13 October 1905 · page 2

THE result of the recent by-election for a member to represent Charters Towers in the Queensland State Parliament, must have come as a…

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An Unprecedented Event French Officers at Westminster. Welcome by British Parliament

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 5

Never, perhaps, has Westminster Hall seen a more interesting gathering than that which assembled on August 12 to welcome the officers of…

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An Unprecedented Event French Officers at Westminster. Welcomed by British Parliament

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 5

Never, perhaps, has Westminster Hall seen a more interesting gathering than that which assembled on August 12 to welcome the officers of…

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State Parliament

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 2

IN the Assembly on Tuesday a motion to send the Barren Jack irrigation scheme to the Works Committee was carried. The Government proposal…

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The Coming Election

The Age · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 2

NEWS reached Queanbeyan yesterday, that our present member, Mr. Millard, had been found guilty on a charge of misappropriating a…

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Bribery and Members of Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 4

Charges of bribery are easy to make, and hard to disprove. Especially in this so in the case of members of Parliament, who have more than their fair share of bitter enemies…

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Queanbeyan Election

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1905 · page 2

IT WILL be seen as a result of the trial and conviction of the member for this electorate that the spat must be declare vacant, and that consequently a fresh…

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Pigmies in Parliament. Tea on the Terrace

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 November 1905 · page 4

Yesterday, 20th June, was another red letter day in the life of the little people from the [?] forest. As the invitation of his old friend Mr Charles Hutchinson,…

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The Pending Election

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 2

THE election of a member to represent this constituency in the State Parliament, which it is expected will take place in the immediate future, presents…

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Queanbeyan Municipal Election

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 2

IN the Supreme Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Owen and Mr. Justice Cohen, the hearing of the following matter was begun:-- Ro E. H. Johnson (R. Moore and…

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Latest Wires. Queanbeyan , Thursday. Electioneering Campaign

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 2

Colonel Ryrie, the Reform candidate, last night, addressed the largest political meeting ever held in Queanbeyan. He bad an excellent reception…

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Criticisms on the Bye-election. Opinions of the District Press

The Age · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 5

THE Bega Budget says:-" At the risk of again incurring the displeasure of those newspapers who seem to think that the Parliamentary Labour Party should be immune…

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Queanbeyan Election

The Age · Tuesday 21 November 1905 · page 2

IT is freely circulated in political circles that, should the conviction of Mr. Millard be quashed as a result of the petition presented to the Governor on his behalf, that gentleman…

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Queanbeyan Election

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 2

It is freely circulated in -political i circles that, should the: conviction of Mr. Millard be quashed as a result of the petition presented to the Governor- on…

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Queanbeyan Election Dipsute

The Age · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 2

IN the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, in Banco, before Mr. Justice Owen and Mr. Justice Cohen, the matter of E. H. Johnson (R. Moore and another, respondents) was…

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No Election This Year

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1905 · page 2

A Cabinet Cauncil sat for two hours. Mr. Balfour stated afterwards that no decision had been reached, but it is understood that there will be no general…

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The New Zealand Elections

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 2

The New Zealand elections, which took place yesterday, resulted in a decided victory for the Seddon party. The Opposition was practically…

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Elections in Greece

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 4

In Greece, elections are held in churches on Sunday. In the church to which I succeeded in gaining [?] on one election day there were arranged around the walls…

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Next General Election

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1905 · page 2

Mr. G. H. Reid expects that the next Federal general election will-take place before nest December, with Liberalism versus Socialism as the probable issue…

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Federal Parliament

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 2

The Federal Parliament prorogued to-day. The Senate yesterday affirmed that the sugar refining industry in the Commonwealth should be nationalised…

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