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Southern Highlands · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1906

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The Federal Elections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

Miss A. F. Powell, Ballarat, has just completed an electoral campaign in Labor interests in the Gwyder, Namoi, Moree, and Gough electorates, and has met with much…

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The British Elections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 January 1906 · page 6

Polling in the general electing commences on the 12th instant, and finishes on the 26th. Polling in the City of London will take place on the…

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The British Elections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 2

In the British general elections, particulars of which have been cabled, the Government party have so far won 21 seats and lost none out of 41 contests…

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British Elections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

The following is the state of parties in the now House of Commons as elected to date:—Liberals 375, Laborites 51, Nationalists 83, and Unionists 152…

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British Elections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 6

The "Morning Post" states that upwards of 100 Tariff Reformers have been elected, and the real issue now is whether there will be four parties or…

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Labour Parliament. the Fighting Platform

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 6

The business of the annual conference of the political Labour League, which was commenced on January 26, was brought to a conclusion under the…

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Mittagong Municipal Council. Election of Mayor

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

A special meeting of the Mittagong council for the purpose of electing the mayor for the ensuing year was held on Thursday evening last. The retiring Mayor (Ald…

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Municipal Elections

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

Greater interest than usual evinced in the municipal elections at Moss Vale owing to there being four contestants for the three seats, and the polling was…

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Municipal Elections

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 2

More than ordinary interest was evinced in the municipal elections at Moss Vale this year, when on Friday voting took place for three aldremen and two auditors to fill vacancies in the local council…

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Election of Mayor

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 2

The election of mayor for the coming year will take place at the council chambers at 7.30 this (Wednesday) evening and , notwithstanding many…

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Mayoral Elections. BOWRAL

Robertson Advocate · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2

The proceedings at Bowral were of a very a formal, "out and dried" nature, with an entice absence of excitement. The Mayor (Aid. H. M. Oxley) took the chair punctually…

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Mayoral Elections. BOWRAL.—ALD. H. M. OXLEY

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 2

A special meeting of the Bowral council was held on Tuesday evening for the purpose of electing Mayor for the current year. The ratepayers generally took no interest whatever in the proceedings…

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The British Parliament

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 6

The King attended Westminster in State, and formally opened Parliament on Monday. In the Speech, Macedonia was said…

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Battersea Polling. a Struggle in the Night

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 5

This awakening of London is a very real affair. I saw a workman, this morning strike his mouth and declare: "If my…

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The Election. a Village Sketch

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 5

Mr Frank Dilnot writes in the London "Daily Mail":— When even the slow, respectable London suburb is moved by an…

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British Election Songs. a Bright Specimen. "Dear, Old Johnny." (Air, "Daily Gray.")

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 5

Now you're in the Cabinet, Johnny Burns, And two thousand pounds you get, Johnny Burns; But five hundred is too much…

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Meeting of Parliament

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 2

It wag announced by the Prime Minister on Thursday that the Federal Parliament will meet on Thursday, June 7. Mr. Dekin said in miking the announcement that an…

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Russia's Parliament. First Speech From the Throne

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 6

The first Russian Parliament was opened on on Thursday in St. Petersburg Great efforts have been made to [?] the impression that the people…

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Municipal Election

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 2

At noon on Wednesday last the mayor and returning-officer attended at the council chambers for the purpose of electing an alderman in the place of…

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First Impressions of Parliament. a Labor Member's Views

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 5

If I dare venture to tell the whole truth I shall have to confess, writes Mr Philip Snowden, M.P., in the "Daily Dispatch," that my experience of Parliament so far…

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