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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1908

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated, Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Friday, January 10, 1908. Municipal Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

ON February 1 the first municipal elections (outside the shires) under the new Act will be held, though the Government has power to postpone the…

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Municipal Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

THIS year the whole of the aldermen retire, and nomination day has been fixed for Saturday next. Should there be more nominations than there are…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated, Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, January 14, 1908. The Shire Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

ALL the present Shire Councillors retire by effluxion of time this month, and the ratepayers will be called upon to either re-elect the retiring members…

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Shire Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 2

ON Wednesday Mr. Returning Officer McJannett, of Bungendore, at the Shire Chambers, publicly announced the nominations for the forthcoming Shire elections…

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Municipal Election. Nomination Day

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

AT [?] on Saturday the Returning Officer, Mr. J. H. Hincksman, announced the nominations for the triennial election of nine aldermen for the municipality of…

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Nominations for the Municipal and Shire Elections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

On Saturday Mr. W. J. Chapman, the Returning Officer fer the Tallaganda Shire, announced the nominations which he had received for the Tallaganda Shire, as published in our last issue. He…

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Municipal Election

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 2

THE polling, for the election of nine aldermen for the Municipality of Queanbeyan takes place to-morrow between the hours of 8 a.m. and…

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Municipal Election

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 February 1908 · page 2
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THE polling on Saturday for the election of nine aldermen to serve in the Council of the Municipality for the ensuing three years passed off quietly…

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The Shire Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 February 1908 · page 2

SATURDAY last was polling day in connection with the t[?]ennial election of councillors for Riding B and C of the Yarralumla Shire Council. In Riding A Messrs…

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The Braidwood Municipal Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 2

The election of Aldermen for the Braidwood Municipality took place on Saturday, the day appointed under the Local Government Act for all the elections of the Shire and Municipal Councils…

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Local Government Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 2

COOMA Municipality. Unopposed: George Kaufline, Lewis Shannon, Wilfred Wilmott, Thomas W. Faulkner, John A. Sellar, John Perkins, James Montague, Harry Mowbray,…

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Municipal Council. Election of Mayor

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 2

ALL the aldermen were present at the first meeting of the new council held last night, when the election of one of their number to fill the…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated, Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Friday, February 14, 1908. Election of Mayor. ALDERMAN E. C. Hincksman Re-elected

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Municipal Council was held prior, to the usual ordinary meeting at the Council Chambers last night. All the…

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Meeting of Parliament

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 2

PARLIAMENT will meet on March 10, primarily to deal with the industrial arbitration law. It is also probable that some legislation will be introduced to overcome…

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Meeting of Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 5

THE Governor's Speech for the coming short session of Parliament will be brief and to the point. It will, as a matter of fact, refer only to the two…

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Opening of Parliament

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 1

THE second session of State Parliament was opened by the Governor on Tuesday. The Industrial Arbitration Act and Improvement Leases…

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Opening of Parliament. Motion of Censure

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 2

THE opening of Parliament took place at noon on Tuesday, when the Governor read a short speech intimating the reasons for calling members together…

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Opening of Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 2

The ceremony at the opening of Parliament on Tuesday was exceedingly brief, the proceedings occupying less than 10 minutes. The Governor's speech indicated that bills would…

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State Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 2

THE debate on the Address in Reply and Mr. McGowen's amendment was continued in the Assembly on Wednesday by Mr. Trofle. He said the…

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