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Politics & elections, 1911

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The Grown and the Coal Vend. Astounding Allegations Before the High Court. Crown Alleges Prices Were Raised, Competitors Frozen Out, Newspaper Space Purchased, Parliament Improperly Influenced. Mr. Wise Speaks Three Days in Opening Case

The Worker · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 14

The prosecution of the Coal Vend by the Commonwealth Government was begun before Judge Isaacs, sitting in the High Court at Darlinghurst, on April 13…

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Home Rule. MR. W. O'brien's View. Another Election Necessary. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 2

Mr. W. O'Brien (Independent Nationalist), speaking at Cork, said even if the Veto Bill were passed forthwith unaltered ft would humanly be…

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Polling Day. Very Quiet in Wagga. Numerous Absentee Voters

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

The referenda was taken yesterday in respect to the two matters submitted by the Federal Parliament, in which the electors were asked to give…

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Union Parliament. Immigrants Restriction. Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

General Smuts withdrew the Immigration .Restriction Bill and hoped it would be possible to end the passive resistance. He announced a maturer…

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Election of Senators. Albany

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 2

By a vote ot 107 to 30 the New York Assembly to-day adopted resolutions advocating the election of United States Senators by direct vote…

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Echoes From the Seventeenth Century. Behind the Back of Parliament

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 6

"Were the principle of implicit obedience established, the influence of a corrupt Government, and a factious Opposition, would not be less industriously…

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Presidential Election. Mr. Judson Harmon's Candidature. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

The Presidential "boom" of Mr. Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio, was formally organised to-day, when the personal committee to handle the…

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Disputed Election. Witness Commits Suicide: London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

A pensioner, who had been summoned to give evidence in connection with the petition against the return of Captain Donelan, Nationalist for Cork…

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Polling Percentages

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 4

Approximate calculations on the figures available show that slightly more than 58 per cent. of the electors enrolled voted in Victoria, as against…

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British Election. a Liberal Defeat. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 2

In the Cheltenham by-election, Agg Gardner (Unionist) defeated Mathias (Liberal) by four votes, reversing the Liberal victory of 93 at the general…

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Austrian Elections. the Socialist Position. Further Gains Anticipated. Vienna

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 2

Of all the groups engaged in preparation for the general election in seventeen provinces of Austria on June 13, the Socialists seem sure of…

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Parliament Bill. a Lifeless Debate. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 2

A lifeless debate took place in the House of Commons on the Parliament Bill. The third, fourth, and fifth clauses were closured and passed. The…

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Departmental Expenses. Debate in Canadian Parliament. Extravagances Alleged. £400 Spent in Booze." Ottawa

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 2

In the Dominion House of Parliament an Opposition member called attention to the return of expenditure of the various executive…

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Hay P.p. Board Election

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 2

The extraordinary election for a director to fill the vacancy on the Hay Pastures Protection Board, caused by the death of Mr. Fowler…

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Government Sanatoria. Invalidity Bill Before British Parliament. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 4

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has introduced a Bill into the House of Commons dealing with invalidity and unemployment. The Minister explained…

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Sir H. Laurier's Trip. Canadian Parliament to Adjourn. Ottawa

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 2

It has been finally arranged that Sir Wilfrid Laurier will adjourn Parliament from May to July. The Government has refused the Opposition's…

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Imperial Conference. Why Sir Wilfrid Laurier Adjourned Parliament. Ottawa

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 2

It is declared here that pressure from London induced Sir Wilfrid Laurier to adjourn Parliament in order that he could attend the Imperial…

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British Politics. the Parliament Bill. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 2

The report stage of the Parliament Bill was concluded to-day…

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P.p. Board Election

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 4

NOMINATIONS for the Pastures Protection Board closed on Tues-day. Owing to the number of nominations received an election will be…

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Parliament Election Postponed. Lisbon

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

For the fifth time the election for the first Republican Parliament of Portugal, which was set for to-morrow, has been postponed, this time…

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