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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1906

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Queanbeyan Election

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

IN the approaching election for Queanbeyan there various reasons why the votes of sensible and patriotic men should be given for Colonel…

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The Elections

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

From notices in this issue it will be seen that on Wednesday evening, the Hon. O. G. Wade, Attorney-General, will address the electors in support of…

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The Queanbeyan Election

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

The Goulburn “Herald” writes:— In the approaching election for Queanbeyan there are various reasons why the votes of sensible and patriotic…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated, Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, April 3, 1906. the Two Candidates. Mr. Hungerford at Bungonia

The Age · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

THOUGH his party have, for the most part, kept Mr. Hungerford carefully on the chain, he seems to have broken loose at…

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Queanbeyan Election. Vindication of the Government & Mr.garruthers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

THE Hon. J. Ashton, Minister for Lands, spoke in the Protestant Hall, Queanbeyan, last Wednesday night, when he completely vindicated the…

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The Election. a Village Sketch

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 5

Mr Frank Dilnol writes in the London Daily Mail”— When even the slow, respectable London suburb is moved by an…

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British Election Songs. a Bright Specimen. “Dear, Old JOHNNY”(Air, “Dolly Gray.”)

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 4

Now you’re in the Cabinet, Johnny Burns, And two thousand pounds you get, Johnny Burns; But Eve hundred is too much…

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The Queanbeyan Election

The Age · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 5

THE campaign in the Queanbeyan electorate is drawing to a close. By this time it may be presumed that both sides…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated, Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner. Friday, April 6, 1906. the Election. a Last Word

The Age · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

THE excitement of the last few weeks will culminate tomorrow when the electors are asked to record their votes for the…

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Polling Day

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

From the time that polling commenced, and during the day, numbers of persons congregated opposite the Courthouse, where the polling was carried on…

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The Queanbeyan Election! a Great Fight and a Close Finish. Labor Victorious Where The Leader Circulates. The Reform Party defeated in the Queanbeyan District. Goulburn End gives the Seat to the Reactionary Party Reform Majority reduced by over One Hundred Votes

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

FROM the date of the issue of the writ until the last vote was polled on Saturday, the fight for the Queanbeyan seat was made as willing as ordinary humans could make it. Probably never in Australian history has an election been so keenly…

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Queanreyan Election

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

OF the even's which led up to the declaration of the vacancy of the seat a few short weeks ago there is no need to dwell having been noticed as…

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Quean beyan Election. Before the Battle

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

On Friday night Mr. C. W. Oakes addressed the electors from the Albion. Hotel balcony, an arrangement having been come to between Messrs. Oakes…

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The By-Election. Colonel Ryrie Victorious

The Age · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 2

THE excitement of the past four weeks culminated on Saturday last by a ballot for the election of a member of parliament to represent Queanbeyan in place…

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The Queanbeyan Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 2

The contest between the two candidates Colonel Ryrie and Mr. Hungerford, for the representation of the Queanbeyan electorate, has been a very close one. They hare each been ably backed up by the…

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Queanbeyan Election Declaration of the Poll

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 2

AT the Courthouse at 3 p.m., yesterday (Wednesday). Mr. J. Gale. Returning Officer, declared the the state of the poll as follows:--Hungerford,…

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Passing Notes. the Queanbeyan Election

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 2

The trial of Willis and Crick is visible in the Queanbeyan election. The principal handle against the Government candidate was the alleged bungling of…

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Queanbeyan Election

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 2

MR. HOLMAN, on his return to Sydney, after his visit to the Queanbeyan electorate, while supporting Mr. Hungerlord’s candidature, regarded the result…

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Electioneering Gold

The Age · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 4

In America everything can be done by means of money. In England nothing can be done without money. The two things are quite different…

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Election Items. Little Coincidences

The Age · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 4

In Mid-Lanark Captain Campbell (U.) has just distinguished himself by hiring a special train from Glasgow to Wishaw to address a dinner-hour…

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