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Riverina · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1919

471 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 24

Harassed Premier. Wheat Allegations a Blow. Election Problems. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 2

Mr. Holman states that, owing to the allegations regarding the 1916-17 wheat, he is in a trying position with the people of Sydney, adding, it was the…

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Paddington By-election. Mr. Storey's Address. Government Appointments. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 2

The leader of the State Labor party, Mr. John Storey, addressed a meeting of several hundred people at the Paddington Town Hall to-night,…

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Municipal By-election

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 2

Cr. W. H. Pratt, of the Coolamon Shire Council, who intended to contest the extraordinary vacancy in the Junee Municipal Council caused by the…

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Agricultural Society. Election of Officers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 2

The first meeting of the new committee of the Yanco I. A. Agricultural Society was held at the School of Arts last Thursday night week. The…

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Municipal Election at Junee. Two Nominations

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 4

Nominations for the extraordinary by-election in the Junee Municipal Council, caused by the death of the late Alderman A. H. Swan, were…

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Candidates' Speeches. Captain Carmichael's View

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 2

Mr. O'Hara, addressing a large crowd of electors, said that the victory was an indication that the Labor movement was growing stronger…

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Local Government Bill. Elections of Aldermen Affected

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 2

Should the proposed Local Government Amending Bill become law during the coming session of Parliament, it will be necessary to elect the…

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Federal Parliament. Members Dissatisfied. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 2

There is dissatisfaction among the rank and file of members because of the continued delay in calling the Federal Parliament together…

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Postponing the L.g. Elections

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 4

Every alderman and councillor in New South Wales will automatically go 'out of office on the last Friday in January, 1920, and…

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The Next Municipal Election

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 2

Some of the local aldermen occasionally twit others with window-dressing. And probably if the ratepayers generally know all the plans that went on…

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Farmers and Settlers. Candidates for Parliament. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 4

The Orange Electoral Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association adopted a resolution expressing the opinion that the time had arrived…

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State Parliament. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 2

It is the general opinion in political circles that the State Parliament will not be called together until some time in July…

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No State Parliament tilt July. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 1

The general, opinion in political circles is that the State Parliament will not be called together until some time in july…

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Abolition of Parliament. Judd's Soviet Scheme. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 3

The abolition of Parliament and the substitution instead of a Grand Central Council of Unionists is the latest recorded aim of the O.B.U. proposal,…

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Mr. Watt's Address. Grim Perilous Duties. Unanimous Parliament and People." Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 3

Mr. Watt stated that when the Commonwealth had invited the Minister for the Navy to arrange and discuss with the Admiralty on the selection of an…

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Postponing the L. G. Elections

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 4

Every alderman and councillo[?] in New South Wales will automatically go out of office on the last Friday in January, 1920, and…

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Federal Parliament. Approaching Session. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 1

A lively session is anticipated with the opening of the Federal Parliament. Labor members are anxious to obtain explanations and to voice their…

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Junee Election. Mr. J. E. Hoad Returned

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 2

The extraordinary by election caused by the death of the late Alderman A. H. Swan took place in the Railway Institute Hall on Saturday. Despite…

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Abolish Parliament. Aims of the O.B.U.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 4

The abolition of Parliament and the substitution instead of a Grand Central Council of Unionists is the latest record aim of…

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Paddington By-election. What It Shows

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 2

The lesson to be deduced from the Paddington By-Election is strikingly set out in the following article in the Sydney Morning…

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