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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1920

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Telegraphic News Thursday, 4 p.m. PARLIAMENT

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 7

The Assembly adjourned yesterday until the 25th May. It is not expected that the House will meet, however, until the end of June or…

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Federal Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 7

In the House of Representatives yesterday a bill was passed for the appropriation of £10,000,000 for pensions was reintroduced by Sir…

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Parliament at Canberra. Laying of Foundation Stone

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 2

The Prince is to lay a foundation stone at Canberra on June 14. The Prince expects to visit Australia again and per. haps open the first Parliament at…

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State Parliament

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 7

It may now be taken for granted that the State Parliament will not meet until August. Preparations for the reception of the Prince and…

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State Parliament

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 3

Ministers have sufficient proposals to occupy a session as long as the life of Parliament itself, but the Premier has already made it…

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Telegraphic News. Sydney, Tuesday. Ballarat Election

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 2

No further figures are available for the Ballarat election. Mr. McGrath (Labor) has 600 votes over all the other candidates…

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Uproar in Federal Parliament

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 6
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Shrieking for "justice for Father Jerger" wild-eyed women created such a disturbance in the House of…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Friday, July 16, 1920. Telegraphic News. Scene in Parliament. Sydney

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 6

A scene occurred in the Federal Parliament during the censure debate. Mr. Brennan attacked the…

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State Parliament. Government's Programme

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 2

The State Government's programme for the opening of Parliament on Tuesday next will probably include an Anti-Profiteering Bill,…

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Telegraphic News. Thursday, 4 p.m. PARLIAMENT

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 2

In the Assembly last night the Premier replied to Sir George Fuler's speech, which concluded with a censure motion. Mr Storey said…

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Telegraphic News. Thursday, 4 p.m. PARLIAMENT

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 7

There was a lively element in [?] discussion on the censure mo[?] in the Legislative Assembly [?] night. The debate was not…

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Telegraphic News. Thursday, 4 p.m. PARLIAMENT

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 7

The debate on the censure moon was concluded in the Assembly yesterday and will be again considered to-night. Mr. Weaver…

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American Presidency Neither Candidate Anti-liquor Both Open to Reason [Published by Arrangement]

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 3

Prohibitionists in Australia have taken much comfort from the absence of a wet plank in the platform of both political parties in…

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Queensland Elections Labor Government Returned

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 7

The Queensland elections passed off quietly on Saturday. Although it is yet to early to from a definite opinion, the latest figures…

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Queensland Elections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 1
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

The Nationalist newspapers are making an mouthful of the act that the polling at the general election on saturday resulted is…

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Telegraphic News. Monday, 4 p.m. Early Election Not Likely

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 7

The Premier states that the Government does not contemplate an early appeal to the people. He does not think he will have any…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Tuesday, October 19, 1920. Election Lessons

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 2

Why did the Country party forge ahead of the Nationalists in the recent Queensland elections? Why did Labour, in…

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Early Election Not Likely

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 2

The Premier states that the Government does not contemplate an early appeal to the people. He had no reason to believe that he would…

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