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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1911

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The "Cockies' Parliament.'

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 July 1911 · page 6

ON Monday the Farmers and Settlers Conference opened in Sydney, and of course the evening papers had reports of the opening proceedings. After the…

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Essence of Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

There was more excitement, more electricity in the political air, in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening than has been the case for a long time. It was a special…

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Parliament Prorogued. Sydney, day, 2.36 P. M.

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 3

11 A proclamation has been Issued proroguing Parliament to August 23rd. Mr. Neilsen's resignation as Minister for Lands has been accepted…

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Prorogation of Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 6

Mr. Holman on being sent for on the second time of asking asked for the same privilege as he had advised his Excellency to grant, before…

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The By-Elections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 5

The Electoral Office has received the following nominations of candidates for the by-elections:—…

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Political Situation. By-election Next Week

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 2

FOR the nonce the political crisis—if there is anything of one left, centres in the Mudgee and Liverpool Plains electorate, where the two by-elections are…

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The By-elections

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 3
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Mudgee and the surrounding districts have never before been so full of politicians and political agents. So many have come up from Sydney, and been drafted…

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The By-Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 2

MR. WADE returned to town on Saturday. He is satisfied with the Liberal prospects at Mudgee. The electorate, he says, is well…

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The By-elections. a Win for Each Party

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 2

The by-elections at Mudgee and Liverpool Plains took place on Wednesday. The results were awaited with intense interest throughout the whole State…

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The By-Elections. a Win for Each Party. (Our Special Telegrams.) Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 3

THE by-elections at Mudgee and Liverpool Plains took place yesterday. The results were awaited with intense interest throughout the whole State…

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State Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 2

THE third session of the State Parliament was opened on Wednesday. Mr. Blank, in nominating Mr. Willis for the Speakership, said there were things…

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The Federal City. When Will Parliament Meet There?

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 2

The Federal Government has decided to push on with public works in the Federal capital territory. The estimates framed by the Home Affairs Department…

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Opening of Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 2

Parliament was opened by commission at noon on Wednesday. The function was bereft of much of the spectacular brightness that usually accompanies it for outside the…

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Mr. Holman's Forecast. General Election Within Two Months

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 2

The Acting Premier, Mr. Holman, in opening the Women and Factory Workers bazaar in the Sydney Trades Hall on Wednesday afternoon, indicated that…

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Within Two Months. Mr. Holman Forecasts General Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 September 1911 · page 1

The Acting Premier, Mr. Holman, in opening the Women and Facory Workers' bazaar in the Sydney Trades Hall…

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Hospitals and Politics. the Recent-mudgee Election

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 2

There was a fresh development of the long-standing hospital trouble at a meeting or the Mudgee Hospital committee Tuesday night, when the, resignations of…

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Hospitals and Politics. the Recent Mudgee Election

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 2

THERE was a fresh development of the long-standing Mudgee hospital trouble at a committee meeting on Tuesday night, when the resignation of Dr…

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An Irish Election. Plenty of Pun at Small Cost

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 3

We in Ireland get far more fun for far less money out of an election than do our neighbours in England, says Stephen Gwynne, M.P., in the…

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Scene in Parliament

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Cohen, supported by a large number of members of the Opposition, forcibly resisted his removed by order of the Speaker…

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