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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1914

98 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 5

Federal Election. Mr. Farrar at Braidwood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 3

The Hon. E. H. Farrar, M.L.C, addressed an open-air meeting from the balcony of the Royal Hotel on Saturday night last…

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To Morrow's Polling

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 2

FROM 8 a m. to 8 p.m. to-morrow the polling for the election of six Senators and one member for each Electorate for the House of Representatives…

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To-morrow's Polling

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 2

FROM 8 a m. to 8 p.m. to-morrow the polling for the election of six Senators and one member for each Electorate for the House of Representatives…

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The Election. Victory for the Labor Party. Smaller Polling Everywhere. Austin Chapman Wins Easily. District Returns

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 September 1914 · page 2

The polling for the House of Representatives and the Senate in Braidwood on Saturday excited comparatively little interest, and although the vote…

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Bungendore News. the Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 2

THE elections passed off very quietly on Saturday and not the slightest ill-feeling was displayed on either side. With the exception of the candidates…

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The Elections. Counting Still Unfinished. Position Unaltered

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 3

The counting of votes in connection with the Federal elections still continues. There is, however, no change to record so far as the relative positions of the Liberal and Labour…

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Federal Elections

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 September 1914 · page 2

The resignation of the Cook Ministry is the necessary conclusion of the campaign that has just been closed. Among their successors will…

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The Elections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 2

This last returns for Eden-Monaro give Chapman 12,589 and Lestrange 8,392. In this totalare included 503 absent votes for the…

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State Parliament. Important Proposals

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 2

An important announcement was made by the Premier (Mr. Holman) in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday afternoon as…

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Werriwa Election

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

Mr. Cupit, returning officer, has received word that the nine votes submitted to the Attorney-General for opinion as to their legality are…

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Federal Elections. Mr. Chapman Returns Thanks. "Strive for Common Good."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 October 1914 · page 2

Mr. Austin Chapman has briefly returned thanks at Comma. He said :—The palm of victory is with us, and I am proud and grateful to my friends and supporters throughout…

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Parliament

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 October 1914 · page 5

The Federal Parliament being once more in session, no time will be lost in putting administrative matters on a constitutional basis…

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Federal Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 October 1914 · page 2

The Federal Parliament was opened by the Governor-General on Thursday afternoon. The vice-regal speech outlined…

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Is There Another Candidate?

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 December 1914 · page 2

THE post has, probably, at one time or another, been coveted by every prominent Australian statesman. Of late, it has been more than hinted…

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Colonel Ryrie. Honoured by Parliament

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 3
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A DINNER was given by the Ministers of State for the Commonwealth to Colonel Ryrie, M.P., in the Queen's Hall, at Federal Parliament…

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High Words. Scene in Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 3

WHEN Dr. Maloney, M H, was discussing the administration of the Home Affairs Department in the House of Representatives on Friday night on the Budget debate in…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, December 22, 1914. The New Zealand Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 2

THE New Zealand elections, like those recently held on this side of the Tasman Sea, show the defects of the party system of government, but in a…

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