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Politics & elections, 1911

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In the Australian Parliament. Arbitration Bill Second Reading Carried. the Budget Introduced.—surplus of £1,829,524

The Worker · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 13

The bill to amend the Arbitration Act occasioned some heavy debating during last week in the House of Representatives. The measure, though it is…

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The Turf. V.R.C. Spring Meeting. Derby and Cup. The Candidates' Chances

The Worker · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 25

Saturday next will see the fifty-seventh Victoria Derby disposed of, and it is more than probable that there are sportsmen still left who saw Flying Doe win the…

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A Proclamation Fiasco. Date of Elections Announced and Then Cancelled

The Worker · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 9

By official bungling on the part of those responsible for the issue of the proclamation dissolving the Victorian Parliament, the date of the elections have to be altered,…

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N.s.w. By-elections. Farmers Endorse Leasehold. the Labor Policy Upheld in the Country. Big Labor Advances in Liverpool Plains and West Maitland

The Worker · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 17

The claim of the N.S.W. Labor Government that it enjoys the confidence of the country was triumphantly borne out by the two by-elections of last Saturday…

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Federal Parliament

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 4

The Commonwealth Bank Bill was introduced in the House of Representatives for the first time. The Commonwealth Arbitration…

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Parliament. Murrumbidgee Irrigation Settlement. Miners As Farmers. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 2

Mr. John Miller asked the Secretary for Works—(1) Is it possible for energetic working men with only £100 capital to obtain homes on the…

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Federal Parliament Postal Voting to Be Abolished. the Defence Force. to Help Maintain Law and Order. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 2

In the Senate to-night, the Electoral Bill was further considered in Committee. Clause 3, abolishing postal voting, was carried by 19 to 9 votes…

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The By Elections. One Seat Each. Labor Leaders Exultane

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 4

The by-elections of representatives in the Legislative Assembly for Maitland and Liverpool Plains (the former rendered…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Arbitration Bill. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 4

In the Senate Senator M'Gregor, in moving the second reading of the Arbitration Bill, said Parliament must shape the Bill into a measure to ensure…

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Mahommedan Unrest. Appeal to King and Parliament. Calcutta

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 2

The Red Crescent Society has telegraphed King George and Parliament, appealing to them to prevent the indiscriminate slaughter in Tripoli…

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Methodist Synod. Candidates for Ordination. Closing Sessions

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 4

The sessions of the Riverina District Methodist Synod were concluded yesterday in the Methodist School Hall. At the morning sitting resolutions…

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Ireland's Aspirations Subordinate Parliament Wanted. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 2

At a demonstration in his honor, presided over by Mr. Lewie Harcourt, M.P., Mr. John Redmond, leader of the Nationalists in the House of…

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Home Rule. What Ireland Asks. a Subordinate Parliament. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 2

Mr. John E. Redmond states that Ireland only asks for a subordinate Parliament, and is willing that the Imperial Parliament should remain…

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Revolution in China. General Elections. Ordered by Imperial Edict. the Damage at Hankow. Peking

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 2

An edict directs the National Assembly to hold general elections and agrees to the recognition of a political party of revolutionaries…

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Rebels to Be Recognised. General Elections Ordered. Peking

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 2

The latest Imperial edict directs the General Assembly to hold a general election, and agrees to the recognitions of the rebels as a political party…

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Parliament. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 2

In the Assembly the Sweater announced the election of Mr. W. G. Ashford as member for Liverpool Plains. In answer to Mr. Wade he stated…

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Federal Parliament. Works and Estimates. Northern Territory and Capital Site. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 November 1911 · page 2

The attendance of members in the House of Representatives to-night was very scanty, when Mr. Tudor told Mr. Page he would call the…

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In the Australian Parliament

The Worker · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 17

The waterside workers' strike in Sydney furnished the Opposition in the Australian Parliament with much pabulum for questions during the week. On…

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State Parliament House Counted Out. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 5

The State Parliament Sat just 40 minutes to-day, the House being counted out while Colonel Onslow was moving an adjournment to disease the…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Naval College Site. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 3

The Senate further considered the Electoral Bill in committee. Senator Findley's new clauses requiring a full examination by the prosecuting officer…

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