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Politics & elections, 1898

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Election News

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1898 · page 2

THE polling for the general election will he held throughout the colony to-morrow (Wednesday). To entitle a person to vote he must produce his Elector's Right, and…

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The Election Campaign. Mr. John Norman's Candidature

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 July 1898 · page 2

Mr John Norman, who is seeking the suffrages of the electors as the representative of the district in Parliament, addressed a numerous gathering at the residence of Mr…

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Imperial Parliament Irish Local Government Bill

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 July 1898 · page 3

The Irish Local Government Bill introduced by the Salisbury Ministry has been passed through committee in the House of Lords, practically without…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true libery, when freeborn [?] Having to advise the public, mayspeak free." [?] Thursday, July 28, 1898. the Elections

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1898 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the returns which we publish to-day of the polling for the election of a new Assembly are necessarily in many instances incomplete, the…

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The Election in Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1898 · page 2

The proceedings at the main booth at the Wagga Courthouse yesterday morning when the poll opened were unattended with any excitement. The arrangements made by…

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The Election. in Wagga. No Excitement. Victory for Mr. Gormly. Some Interesting Details

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 July 1898 · page 2

No duty of the people is perhaps, more important than that of making a Parliament, the final act in which takes place on polling day. It is a duty which is seriously…

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Late Election Wires. SYDNEY, Thursday, 2 p.m

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 July 1898 · page 2

THE election campaign concluded last night, amidst unparalleled excitement, but the utmost good order. The defeat of Barton, O'Connor and Brace Smith,…

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The Elections

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 July 1898 · page 2

THE general election of 1898 is past and gone. The ballot-box has expressed the wishes of the people, and Mr. Barnes is once more returned as…

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The General Elections. Results of the Polling

The Worker · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 7

The general elections on Wednesday have been a surprise to many, from the fact that quite a number of old faces have disappeared, and new ones have…

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Election Incidents

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 2

Mr. Reid and Mr. Barton shook hands when the result of the King Division was annouced. The batchet was buried. 1430 votes were recorded in King Division…

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General Elections. the Results

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 2

THE fight is over, and ere what is now being written reaches the hands of our readers the affairs of the colony and of our own particular district will…

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Local and General News. Missile Throwing at Elections

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 2

Election night would be robbed of a great deal of its attraction for a certain class of persons who cause contusion and yet amusement by pelting bags of flour and so forth into the…

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The Telegraph Office and the Elections

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 2

The local telegraph office was exceptionally busy on Wednesday night receiving election results. Mr Jefferson personally superintended the arrangements, which were such…

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The General Election

The Worker · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 4

The result of the general election must be regarded as being, on the whole, satisfactory to the Labor Party. Entering the campaign with a membership of…

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Mr. Barton's Opinion. He Will Enter Parliament

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 4

Mr Barton, in an interview in the same journal, says:— "It seems clear to me that the Government cannot have a working majority, and without…

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New Members of Parliament. Who and What They Are

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 3

THE peraonal aspect of the people's representatives in Parliament is always a matter of interest. The public like to know what description of men have been elected to act…

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With the Candidates

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 2

Mr. BARNES, for once in his many contests for the Gundagai seat, was anxious on Wednesday, fully believing that the hour of his retirement had…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Alleged Personation. an Incident of the Elections. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 August 1898 · page 3

A man named William North was to-day committed for trial for attempting personation at the polling booth in the Camperdown division of…

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Queensland Parliament

The Worker · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 3

The Leperland Parliament opened on the 25th July with the orthodox gush and burnt powder. The Speech declared the condition of the province exhibited a…

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An English Election. a Radical Success. London, Thursday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 2

Mr. Fletcher Moreton, a Radical, has been elected as the member for Launceston in the House of Commons with a majority of more than a…

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