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Riverina · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1913

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Railway Superannuation Board Election

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 2

The election for the positions of employees' representatives on the Railway Superannuation Board is now being conducted by the Chief…

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Election Riots in Italy Brussel

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 3

Two officers and 25 men who were operating against the rebels at Kasai, in the Congo, South Alrie[?], are missing. It is feared they have been massacred…

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Get on the Rolls. Pending Federal Elections

The Worker · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 17

Thousands of Labor electors found themselves disfranchised on May 31 last, and the Federal Labor Government was defeated. There is every indication that…

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Parliament for Egypt

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 7

Egypt is to have a Parliament, and Sir Edward Grey says it will increase the liberties of the Egyptian people. It is intended to combine the Legislative Council and the General Assembly into one Legislative Assembly,…

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Parliament Privilege and Personal Honor

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 2

Despite the disapprobation of certain Ministers and other members of the House both Mr. Wade and Mr. Griffith may be congratulated upon the…

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Federal Parliament Electoral Reform. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 2

Mr. Fisher continued the debate on the second reading of the Electoral Act Amending Bill, and condemned the proposal to restore the postal vote…

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State Parliament a Confidential Circular. Is the Treasury Empty? Extraordinary Statements. Mr. Trefle and the Press. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 2

In the Assembly Mr. Morrish presented a petition bearing 8,114 signatures protesting against compulsory vaccination…

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Railway Superannuation Board Election

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 5

The election for the positions of employees' representatives on the Railway Superannuation Board is now being conducted by the Chief…

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Early Federal Elections

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 2

It is reported from Melbourne that the Federal Liberal party have been giving grave consideration to the question of an early single…

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The Federal Parliament Melbourne, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 5

The federal Parliament was supposed to sit to-day, but when the Speaker took the chair in the House of Representatives this morning there…

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Federal Parliament. a Peculiar Incident. No Quorum. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 4

In the House of Representatives this morning the meeting came to an untimely end. When the Speaker was announced at 10.30 it was seen…

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Stale Elections

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 4

Both Liberal and Labor organisations seem to be working at high press[?] just now. Political Points by "Hot [?]" had a good rum during the…

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Railway Superannuation Board Election

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 September 1913 · page 3

Messrs. Campbell and J. H. Catts, M.P. candidates of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway service Association Board, have put in an exceedingly…

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State Parliament Yanco and Mirrool. Interesting Statistics. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 2

In the Assembly Mr. Holman stated he did not think that it would be practical to proclaim October 4 as a public holiday throughout the whole…

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Federal Parliament. Labor Member's Apology. Electoral Reform. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 2

In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Page apologised for forgetting his promise to keep a House on Friday, and allowing the come out…

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The Wagga Seat the Labour Candidate at the Rock

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 24 September 1913 · page 4

Mr Boston, the Labor candidate for the Wagga Constituency, addressed the electors in the I.O.O.F Hall, The Rock, on Saturday night, but…

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Federal Parliament Naval Expert Appointed. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 2

In the House of Representatives today the Prime Minister, in reply to Mr. Burchell, said that he had just received a cablegram of the…

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In the Australian Parliament. Fusionists Counted Out

The Worker · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 17

The Cook Government were "counted out" in the House of Representatives on September 19, which means substantially that there were not enough Fusionists in…

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In Parliament Norton-griffiths Scheme in the Balance. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 2

Mr. Griffith states that he cannot forecast what prospect the present agreement with Norton-Griffiths has of passing Parliament. He knew…

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N.s.w. Parliament. the Result of Mr. Wade's Time Wasting

The Worker · Thursday 25 September 1913 · page 17

As a result of the squandering of time caused by Mr. Wade's ever-recurring censure motions, the New South Wales Government will in all probability have to…

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