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Politics & elections, 1898

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Stock Board Elections

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 6

Next month we will have the annually recurrent election for the Stock and Pasture Boards. Next month a feW people will vote for the members of the Boards,…

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The Forthcoming General Elections

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 2

The rumble of the gathering forces in the forthcoming political struggle any already be heard. Slattery is going to demolish. Reid in King division—perhaps…

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Stock Board Elections

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 4

NEXT month as well have the annually recurrent election for the [?] and Pasture Boars. Next month a few people will vote for the members of the…

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Forthcoming Election. Protectionists Preparing for the Fray. Nomination of Candidates, Feb. 12Th. Ballot for Selection of Party's Candidate, March 26Th

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 4

Mr. J. J. O'Reilly, hon. secretary of the Moruya Protection League, wired us on Thursday:— "Very successful meeting. Finally decided…

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The Aldermanic Elections

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 2

In Nowra there will be no contest for the vacant seats on the Council, the ret[?]ing aldermen, Messrs [?]sm, Blackmore, and Crawford, being the only persons nommated. On the…

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Berry Municipal Election

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 2

Of the tan candid nominated for the there vacancies on the Berry Municipal Council. the following withdrawals were received by the Mayor, who is the Returning Officer, up to noon…

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South Shoalhaven Municipal council Election of Mayor

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1898 · page 2

On saturday a meeting of the Council was held the purpose of election a Mayor for the ensuing twelve months. The retiring Mayor (Alderman what) president and Alderman…

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Election of Major. Alderman Trapp Re-elected

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

A special meeting of the Council was held at noon on Thursday for the election of Mayor for the ensuing year. The full Council was present. The retiring Mayor…

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Berry Municipal Election

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

THE polling to elect three aldermen to the three vacant seats in the Berry Council was held on Saturday. There were five candidates, and polling took place at Berry. Jasper’s Brush;…

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Mayoral Elections. BERRY

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 3

The Berry Council met on Wednesday, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the ensuing 12 months. There were present :—the retiring, Mayor, (R. V. Boyd) in the chair, and Aldermen…

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West Maitland Municipal Election

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 4

The municipal election at West Maitland passed off rather quictly, although considerable interest was manifested in the contest by the immediate supporters of the…

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Political. Nomination of Protectionist Candidates

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 5

In accordance with arrangements decided upon by the Protectionist Leagues in this constituency, the nomination of gentlemen from whom the final choice of a…

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Election of Mayor

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

The election of Mayor took place on the 5th instant those present being the retiring Mayor in the chair, and Aldermen Boyd, Clarke and Ulrick…

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Annual Election

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

The annual election took place on Tuesday the 1st instant, at [?], the candidates nominated for the office of alderman were Julius Serieber, Kangaroo River, and George Ulrick,…

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The Coming Election. a Sharp Contest Foreshadowed. Some of the Candidates and Their Views

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

The forthcoming election, although probably still some months distant, is already giving signs of being a sharply contested one the whole colony over. In…

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Berry Central Butter Factory. Formal Installation of the Election Light

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 2

The formal installation of the electric light at the Berry Central Butter Factory took place on Saturday night in the presence of a large gathering of…

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“Nemo” and the Late Election. To the Editor of the Moruya EXAMINER

Moruya Examiner · Friday 15 April 1898 · page 2

DEAR SIR—I think it would have been only fair if the contributor ‘Nemo’ in your issue of the 8th April had attached his name to his epistle, so that the general public could judge for themselves as…

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[?] to Electers. the Referendum and the General Election

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 4

There is no likelihood of Parliament being dissolved for three or four months. It will not expire "by effluxion of time," as the saying goes, until about the middle of…

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Shoalhaven Protectionists. Address by Mr. David Davis. the Candidate in Favour of the Constitution Bill

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 4

MR. DABID DAVIS an alderman of Woollahra, and a member of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, delivered a second address at the Nowra…

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Berry Parliament, Interesting Debate

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 2

There was a fair attendance at the School of Arts on Tuesday evening to hear the debate by our local legislators. The discussion was of an interesting character throughout. A strategic…

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