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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1911

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Yarrowlumla Shire Council. Election of President

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the council was held on Wednesday morning to elect a President and to fix the yearly allowance of that officer, The Shire Clerk (Mr. A. C. Marshall)…

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North Sydney Election. Colonel Ryrie Selected

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 2

COLONEL RYRIE was selected on Saturday night as the Liberal Candidate for the North Sydney seat. There will probably be a field of four…

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A Slashing Chancellor. Lloyd George's Election Wit. Draws Upon Australia

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 4

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd George) addressed a mass meeting in the Paragon ,Music Hall, Mile-End- road, a few-weeks ago. In the course of…

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Mayoral Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 5

THE mayoral elections practically all over the State were informal. However, none of those who were elected to the position are much perturbed…

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North Sydney Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 2

Colonel Ryrie, the Liberal candidate, was on Saturday elected as member for North Sydney in the House of Representatives, in succession to the late Mr. G. B. Edwards,…

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Official Correspondence. Additional Polling Places

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 2

The Secretary of the Dept. of Home Affairs acknowledges receipt of a communication from the Hon Austin Chapman enclosing a letter from Captain Millard M.L.A, relative to the establishment…

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Parliament. the Socialist View. How to Deal With-it

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 3

Mr G. H. Roborts, M.P. for Norwich one of the whips of the Labor Party, and a compositor by trade, writes in the "Daily Mail":—…

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A Promising Candidate

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Sunday 16 April 1911 · page 4

Uncle Bob : "Just been in for the army, exam., have you? So you're going to be a soldier. Well it's a fine profession. I hope you'll make…

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Echoes From the Seventeenth Century. Behind the Back of Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 3

"Were the principle of implicit obedience established, the influence of a corrupt Government, and a factious Opposition, would not be less industriously…

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P. Board Election

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 2

As indicated by the formal notice in Tuesday's issue, the annual election of half the Queanbeyan District Pastures Protection Board is close at hand, and…

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P. Board Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 2

THE following nominations were received for the election of four members, in place of the four members who retire by effluxion of time, the new candidate being fourth on the list:—Bunn Edward, grazier…

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Opening of Parliament

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 2

The second session of the twenty-second Parliament of New South Wales was opened by the Lieutenant-Governor on Tuesday. The Speech staled that…

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Opening of Parliament. a Motion of Censure

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 2

THE Second Session of the State Parliament opened on Tuesday. The Leader of the Opposition disapproved of the Government's policy to repeal…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Friday, May 19, 1911. Parliament Opened

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 2

THE Parliament was opened at noon on Tuesday by the Deputy-Governor. The speech, which consisted of 39 sections, opened by referring to the continuance…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, May 23, 1911. PARLIAMENT

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 2

THE usual political ding-dong has commenced. The Government have brought down a programme of prodigious length…

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P.P. Board Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 2

The election of directors of the P.P. Board to take the place of the retiring directors was held on Wednesday last. Four directors retired, and there were five…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, June 13, 1911. PARLIAMENT

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 June 1911 · page 2

MR. WADE'S well-meant attempt to ensure reconsideration of the sudden determination of the Government to with draw Government House from…

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"Mugwumps" and "Heelers." About the Curious Terms Used in the Recent American Elections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 3

American politics possess a language of their own, the meaning of which it is difficult for anyone living outside the United States to…

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In Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 5

Mr. David Storey and the other members of the Independent—or, as he termed it, the Democratic—party will vote against the…

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Parliamentary Elections Bill

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 3

The Parliamentary Elections Bill passed the committee stage in the Council…

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