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Politics & elections, 1913

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Federal Elections. All Writs Returned. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 2

All writs for the Federal elections having now been returned there is no further need for signatures to political comments. The…

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Wollondilly By-election. Labor and Liberal Candidates Selected

The Worker · Thursday 3 July 1913 · page 17

The N.S.W. Labor League executive has selected Mr. J. W. Masters as the Labor candidate to contest the Wollondilly by-election, the seat having been…

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The State Elections

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 July 1913 · page 4

Messrs. Walter Boston [?] and Box, who are candidates for selection in the Labor interest for the Wagga seat at the next State elections, are…

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National Candidates

The Worker · Thursday 3 July 1913 · page 9

No less than nineteen G.N. Hurdle Race candidates were seen under silk at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Bonnie George was favorite for the Hurdle Race, two miles,…

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Correspondence. the Liberals and the Elections

The Worker · Thursday 3 July 1913 · page 11

"Dear Madam,—I just wanted to tell THE WORKER a few of the tactics employed by the Liberals of this district to defeat the Labor candidate and the…

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Federal Parliament. Opened on Wednesday Next. MELBOURNE

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 4

The Federal Parliament will be opened on Wednesday next by the Governor-General. The Government intend to ask for a sufficient…

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"Freak" of Armed Cyclists. Adventures of Army Candidates. Mask and Dagger

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 7

Following the arrest of two armed motor-cyclists at Reading, Edward Selwyn Moulton Barrett, 17, and Frederick Arthur Lewis Smith, 19, of Courtney Lodge, Sutton…

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State Election

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 2

The following is the result of the ballot taken for the selection of a candidate to represent Labor at the forthcoming State election, for the…

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The Wollondilly Election Nominations of Candidates Sydney, Friday Evening

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 July 1913 · page 2

The nominations for the Wollondilly by election closed at noon to-day, when the following names were received: Framers Badgery, grazier;…

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Candidate and the Railway Department. Position of Mr. Corish. Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1913 · page 4

[?] who unsuccessfully contested the Werriwa seat in the Labor interest against Mr. A.H. Conroy, was at the time he was…

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The Farmers' Candidates

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 2

The Farmers and Settlers Conference at its sitting yesterday, enthusiastically congratulated its candidates on their success at the federal…

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Federal Politics. the Speakership. Mr. Bruce Smith Not a Candidate. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 2

Both parties in the Federal Parliament will hold meetings [?] discuss then plan of campaign for the coming session, which begins on…

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The Commonwealth Parliament

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 2

Our telegrams from Melbourne convery the information that the Commonwealth Parliament was yesterday opened in due form by His Honor Mr…

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Telegraphic. Federal Parliament Opened To-day. a Quiet Affair. Melbourne, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 2

The Federal Parliament was opened to-day with the usual picturesque ceremony. His Honor Justice Isaacs administered the oaths to members. Miss…

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Federal Parliament. Opening of the Session. a Brief Sitting. House Adjourns Till August. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 2

Mr. Justice Barton to-day swore in the new members of the Senate. Senator Givens was elected president unanimously, on the motion of…

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The Riverina Election. How the Capitalistic Screw Was Applied

The Worker · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 24

The fanners as a class were the special objects of the Fusion party during the recent electoral campaign, and muititudinous were the lies told them in order to…

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Echoes of the Elections

The Worker · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 15

F. Harding, Goombali, Wanaaring Road, via Bourke, complains that there was no polling-booth there, and as a result, quite a number of electors were disfranchised…

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By-elections. Forrest and Wollondilly

The Worker · Thursday 10 July 1913 · page 17

The by-election for the State Forrest, Western Australian Legislative Assembly resulted as expected in a runaway victory for the Labor nominee Mr…

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Suffragettes. Scenes in Parliament. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 July 1913 · page 2

One thousand non-militant suffragettes are marching from every part of England to London. Male sympathisers of the…

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State Parliament. Mr. Donaldson Joins the Country Party. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 2

Mr. R. Donaldson, M.L.A., told the National Progressive League Conference that he would support any Country Party…

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