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Politics & elections, 1908

39 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Shire Elections. Cambewarra Contest

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 4

One of the largest public meetings held in Cambewarra for a number of years took place on Monday last, in the School of Arts hall, to hear the…

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Caricature Elections. ' English Majorities

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 3

The election of Mayor, which takes place in every English town, has been grossly caricatured in many out-of-the-way corners of the…

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Shire Candidates. (The Editor Bega Budget.)

The Bega Budget · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 3

Sir,—Twofold Bay will yet become famous, Boydtown has already its name stamped on the pages of Colonial history. But it…

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The Shire Elections

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

On Saturday next nominations will be received for the shire elections throughout the State. The sitting members were elected for…

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Mumbolla Shire Elections. a Biding Contest. (To the Editor)

The Bega Budget · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

DEAH SIR,—It will probably surprise portion of your readers to know that I have consented to be nominated for the position of…

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The Shire Elections

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 3

ON Saturday, 1st February, the second election of Shire Councils will be held throughout the State. The first Councils were elected on…

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Municipal Election

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 4

The Referring officer, Ald. Poll (Mayor), declared the following nominations at the Council Chambers on We[?] morning, in the presence of…

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Nowra Municipal Election. Yesterday's Nomination Speeches

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

Yesterday was Nomination Day for the Nowra municipal election, and at 12 noon the Returning Officer (Mr. J. Eraser), in the…

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Municipal Elections

The Bega Budget · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

THE Returning Officer, Mr. Ald. Pell declared the following nominations at the Council Chambers on Wednesday at noon: Messrs A…

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Municipal Elections. Nowra Council

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 9

The Returning-Officer [Mr John Fraser) on Friday announced the receipt of nominations as follows:—NORTH WARD…

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Candidates Before the Electors. Public Meeting at Kangaroo Valley. Councillor Nelson Defends His Policy

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 1

A public meeting of electors took place in the National Hall, Kangaroo Valley, on Saturday night last, with Mr D. C. Osborne in the chair. Welcome rain was falling up…

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Municipal Elections. Candidates at Green's Hall

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 4

There was a large attendance of municipal electors and others at Green's Hall on Thursday evening to hear Mr. W. Willis, one of the…

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Election Postponed

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 4

The Berry municipal election has, by proclamation gazetted on Wednesday last, been postponed to Saturday, 15th February…

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Aldermanic Election

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 2

IN common with other municipalities throughout the State, Bega had its municipal, election on Saturday, and, under the Local…

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Election of Mayor Mr. Manning to Officiate

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 2

On Friday evening a meeting of the Council was held, under the chairmanship of Ald. Underhill, for the purpose of electing a mayor for the ensuing…

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Shire Elections. "REFORM" [?] in Power

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 6

The result of the elections in the Cambewarra Shire may be taken as a true line as the fact that owing to the very heavy raina a large number of votes were not recorded,…

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Nowra Council. Election of Mayor

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 6

A special meeting of the Nowra Council Was held at the Council Chambers on Friday afternoon last. The clerk (as returning officer) was voted to the chair. He explained…

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Clyde Shire Council. Election Op President

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 1

A meeting of the Clyde Shire Council was held on Saturday morning last, at Tomerong, for the purpose of electing the President for the ensuing year…

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Election of Mayor

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 4

The first meeting of the new Municipal Council was held on Friday, when the following were present: Alds. H. Underhill, A…

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Election of Mayor at Braidwood

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 8

Judging the following correspondence Braidwood is in difficulties over the election of their Mayor:—The difficulty in connection with the…

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