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Politics & elections, 1917

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Federal Elections (To the Editor

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 4

Sir.—The very serious nature of the present crisis in our National affairs impels me to write these few words of warning to those who…

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N.s.w. Elections

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 3

“Official Labor’s programme was entirely devoid of initiative, thought, knowledge or political ability, he party went to the polls trusting to its label,…

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The Labor Candidate at Bega

Southern Star · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 2

Mr Bailey, the selected Labor and anti-conscription candidate for Eden, Monaro, addressed his first meeting in Boga on Thursday evening. Owing…

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Federal Elections Mr. Bailey at Eden

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 3

Mr .John Bailey, selected Labor candidate for this electorate, addressed a fairly well attended meeting at Eden on Saturday, 21st instant…

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Open Column Federal Election

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 4

Sir,--Kindly allow me space in your widely circulated journal to call the attention of my fellow workers to the urgent necessity that exists…

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Election Notes & News

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 2

Mr Overhill addressed the electors at Cobargo on Saturday night, in the interests of the National party…

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Federal Elections MR A. K. Thompson’s Address

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 4

In the Bega School of Arts, on Thursday evening last Mr. A. K. Thompson delivered a highly increasing address in support of the…

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The Labor Candidate at Bega. (Continued from last issue.)

Southern Star · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 2

Going on to apeak of the expelled Labor men, Mr. Bailey said they had been given a fair trial. Those men wanted to do something of which…

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Election Pars

Southern Star · Wednesday 2 May 1917 · page 2

Pokticians are nearly as plentiful as posts in Bega lately. Captain Millard is speaking in the Nationalist Interest around Cobargo…

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Election Notes & News

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 2

The hours of poling to-morrow are from 8 o’clock in the morning until 8 o’clock in the evening. It is a thousand pities that any…

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The Federal Elections

Southern Star · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 2

Today's Federal elections Will, we believe, be the sixth since the establishment of Federation, and the politicians, as of yore, tell us it is…

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The Elections

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 8

The federal election takes place to day, and the people of Australia are called upon to elect a House of Representatives and also representatives to the Senate. Two parties…

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Federal Elections

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 1

Sir,--The very serious nature of the --present ca[?]sis in our national affairs impels me to write these few words of warning to those who may…

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Election Notes

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 3

In 1913 the polling in Bega subdivision was: Chapman 1695. Lustrange 717, majority [?] man 979…

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The Federal Elections. Great Nationalist Victory

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 May 1917 · page 1

The Federal election, on Saturday, passed off very quietly so far as this district was concerned. The result in Nowra was accepted as a foregone…

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Election Notes

Southern Star · Wednesday 9 May 1917 · page 2

Following are the complete returns of the voting in Bega [?], which comprises Bega, condalo, [?], Bemboka, [?] Tanta…

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Federal Elections

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

The Federal elections gave the Nationalists success beyond the most sanguine hopes of their supporters. The return of a majority for the…

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Our Sydney Letter. Sydney, May 8th, 1917. the Elections

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 1

The elections are happily over at last. No nore is the voice of the candidate, wooing the electors or slating his opponent, beard in the land. Both he and we will…

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Elections

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 1

The federal elections on Saturday proved a great victory for the Nationalist cause. For many years the States and Commonwealth have been remarkably evenly…

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Election

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 8

Mr. M. F. Morton was re-elected Patron. Mr. F. W. Cork was reelected President, on the proposition of Mr. Petty, seconded Mr. C. R. Kendall, and supported by…

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