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Southern Highlands · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1904

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The Election Campaign

Robertson Advocate · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

Mr. Innes-Noad addressed a lively meeting of electors at Moss Vale on Wednesday night. He will speak at Sutton Forest to-night, Glenquarry…

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Commonwealth Parliament. House of Representatives the Capital Sites Bill

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 6

The Prime Minister, in reply to Mr. Hutchison (S.A.), said that the Government proposed to take up the Capital Sites Bill at the conclusion of…

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The Election

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

"The Christian's duty at the approaching general Elections." This is the subject of a special discourse to be delivered by the Rev. F. C. Boyer in the Bowral Methodist Church to-morrow (Sunday) evening…

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The Elections

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

The two opponents for Wollondilly seat are busy just now canvassing the electorate. Mr. Innes Noad addressed a large and animated meeting at Moss Vale on Wednesday night, and was to have been at…

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The Election Campaign

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 2

Mr. Innes-Noad reports having held a most successful meeting at Wingello on Thursday evening last. About 60 persons were present and passed an…

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The Election Campaign

Robertson Advocate · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 2

Mr. W. Murray has withdrawn from contesting the Wollondilly electorate, and intends supporting Mr. M'C[?]rt. Mr. M'Court addressed a large…

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Commonwealth Parliament. House of Representatives Seat of Government Bill

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 6

On Wednesday Mr. Batchelor moved the second reading of the Seat of Government Bill received from the Senate. He said that what the…

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The Election Campaign

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1904 · page 2

Mr. W. M'Court met with a warm [?] at Moss Vale on Thursday night last, when he addressed a large meeting of electors in the Centennial…

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Commonwealth Parliament. House of Representatives Seat of Government Bill

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 July 1904 · page 6

The Prime Minister, in reply to Sir John Forrest, said he was sorry that the Government could not see its way to delay consideration of the Seat of…

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The Election Campaign

Robertson Advocate · Friday 29 July 1904 · page 2

A meeting of women electors took place at the School of Arts, Bowral, on Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Hill occupying the chair. There was a…

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Commonwealth Parliament. House of Representatives

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 July 1904 · page 6

The debate on the second reading of the Seat of Government Bill was continued by Mr. G. B. Edwards, who welcomed the promise of an early…

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Election Notes

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 30 July 1904 · page 2

A largely-attended meeting of women electors was held in the Bowral School of Arts on Wednesday afternoon last, Mrs. Augistis Hill occupying the chair. Mr. Innes-Noad delivered, an interesting…

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That Selected Candidate. to the Editor

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1904 · page 3

Sir,—We were told through your valuable paper that the local branches of the People's Reform League at Bowral, Kangaloon, Wilde's Meadow, and…

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The Election Campaign

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1904 · page 2

Mr. H. M. Oxley, returning officer for Wollondilly, has been notified of Mr. Theodore Corby's retirement from the election. The notification,…

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The Wollondilly Election

Robertson Advocate · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 2

When voting to-morrow (Saturday) strike out the names of the candidates for whom you do not wish to vote, leaving on the ballot paper only the…

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A Message from Mars. Aug. 6 (Election Day), 9.10.p.m

Robertson Advocate · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 3

News has just been received here by [?]thergram that a man answering the description of a politician, is on his way past this planet travelling at a…

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That Old Electioneering Dodge. to the Editor

Robertson Advocate · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 3

SIR,—I notice a letter in your paper signed "Items," Kangaloon, in which the writer states he was "pleased" to learn by Mr. M'Court's speech at Bowral that the…

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Federal Parliament. House of Representatives

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 2

Mr. H. Cook,—"That in the opinion of this House the existing Customs tariff is unscientific in its operation and mischievous in its effects, and that with a special view to…

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Pros and Cons on the Election

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 2

Sir,—There have been so many letters in the local press from different sources that one gots somewhat confused as to who is who, and what many are splitting hairs about. In your contemporary of to-day…

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Letters to the Editor. The Candidates for Wollondilly

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 2

Sir,—A good many of the voters in this electorate, especially of the gentler sex, are being led away by the little catch-cry which interested parties are raising, "We don't know Mr. Noad." I came across…

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