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Riverina · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1914

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Municipal Elections. Meeting at North Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 2

A meeting was held in the North Wagga Hall last night in furtherance of the candidature for the North Ward, at the elections on Saturday…

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Mitchell Shire Elections

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 2

The ballot-papers for the Mitchell Shire elections, in which voting by post prevails, have been in the hands of electors for seven day. If…

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Municipal Election North Wagga Aldermen Meet the Electors

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 3

There being a contest in the North Ward of the Wagga Municipality, the retiring aldermen, Messrs. E. E. Collins, R. J. Hurst, and A. Hurst felt it…

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Municipal and Shire Elections

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 3

To-MORROW electors in the Tumut Municipality will be called upon to chose from amongst 12 candidates nine aldermen to form the Council…

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Betting on the Election

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

The following has been supplied to us:— Soda to a squash Vulcan, Beer to a brandy Bodysnatcher, Cigar to a…

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"On the Stump." Candidates Addresses

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

Last night was Cootamundra's night of "promise"—the night when each alderman and would-be alderman placed before the electors a word…

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Kyeamba Shire Council Elections. (To the Editor "Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 3

Sir,—Now that we are do the eve of the election of the shire councils, I hope that landholders will take a little more interest in the election…

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Polling Day

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 2

To-day will be polling day throughout the State in connection with the triennial elections. At Wagga there is not much…

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Motion to Indemnify Government. Angry Scenes in Parliament. Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1914 · page 2

In the South African Parliament General Smuts, Minister for Defence, gave notice of motion to indemnify the Government in…

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The Elections. Shire and Municipal Contests

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1914 · page 2

The triennial Local Government elections for municipal and shire council throughout the State took place on Saturday. Not a great deal…

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Municipal Elections. the New Council. Ald. Vaughan and Morgan Defeated. Four Labour Candidates Returned

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

The municipal election aroused considerable interest in Cootamundra on Saturday. A fair crowd was gathered in front of the Town Hall nearly all…

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Local Government Elections. Wagga Municipality. North Ward Candidates Re-elected. Ald. Oates Defeated

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 3

The municipal elections passed over very tamely on Saturday, and although there were contests in two wards there were no burning questions…

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Cable News. the Rand Strike. Parliament Opens. a Short Session. Capetown

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

The Union Parliament was opened in Capetown on Friday by the Governor-General (Lord Gladstone). The Speech read by His Excellency…

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Saturday's Elections. Unusual Interest in Shire Council Results

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

SATURDAY last was quite a lively day in the history of Gundagai, in consequence of the interest taken in the Shire elections. The contest…

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A Farcical Election

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

If there are still any citizens in Wagga who approve of the obtuse determination of the old local Council to adhere to the unmitigated Toryism…

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The Mayoral Election

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

A special meeting of the Wagga Council will be held on Thursday night, prior to the general meeting, for the purpose of electing a mayor…

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British Polities. Forcing a General Election. Aim of the Unionists. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 2

It is reported that the Unionist party has notified its agents by means of circulars to prepare for a general election in May. It is also stated that…

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English Land Bill. to Follow Election in May

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 2

A speaker at a meeting in Lincolnshire stated, on Mr. Lloyd George's authority, that a Land Bill will be introduced in June next, when…

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Appeal to Parliament Granted. Capetown

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 3

The Assembly has agreed lo receive on Thursday counsel's petition for leave to appear before the bar of the House in defence of the…

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All-Night Sitting. in Victorian Parliament. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

The Victorian Legislative Assembly sat throughout last night considering the estimates. While Mr. Foster was speaking the Speaker had the…

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