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Southern Highlands · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1913

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Moss Vale Municipal Council. Election of Mayor

Robertson Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 2

On Monday night the election of a mayor, to fill the vacancy caused through the resignation of Ald. Cullen owing to his having left the district…

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B.D.A.H. and I. Society. Election of Secretary

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 2

At Tuesday's meeting of the above society at the Royal hotel, Mr. S. F. Osborne was, after an exhaustive ballot, elected secretary, with…

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The Wollondilly Election

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 2

The Speaker (Mr. Willis) on Friday issued a [?] for the election of a representative for the Wollondilly electorate in the place of the late Mr…

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Wollondilly By-Election the Liberal Candidate

Robertson Advocate · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 2

A conference of delegates from the Liberal branches in the Wollondilly electorate took place in the School of Arts, Bowral, on Tuesday last, for the…

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The Labor Candidate

Robertson Advocate · Friday 4 July 1913 · page 2

The Political Labor Council on Tuesday night selected Mr. G. W. Masters, of Goulburn, to contest the Wollondilly seat in the Labor interest…

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Wollondilly By-Election. Three Candidates

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 July 1913 · page 2

The nominations received yesterday for the Wollondilly by-election by Mr. H. M. Oxley, returning-officer, were:…

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Selection of Candidates. (To the Editor of the Scrutineer)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 July 1913 · page 2

Dear sir,—The approaching State elections is forcing into prominence the question of selection of candidates. One sees it referred to in…

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Wollondilly By-Election Mr. Badgery and Hon. John Oakland at Bowral

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 2

A large number of electors assembled in the Bowral School of Arts on Friday night last, when addressed were delivered by Mr. F. A. Badgery, the selected Liberal…

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Wollondilly By-Election Mr. Wade at Bowral

Robertson Advocate · Friday 11 July 1913 · page 2

Mr. Wade, the Liberal leader, had an enthusiastic reception at Bowral on Monday night, when he addressed the electors in the School of Arts. The ball was packed…

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Wellondilly By-Election MR. F. A. Badgery at Mittagong

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 2

Mr. F. A. Bedgery, the selected Liberal candidate, addressed a well attended meeting at Mittagong on Thursday night last. The Mayor (Ald. J. A. Moses) presided, sad…

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Woll[?]ndilly By Election to the Editor

Robertson Advocate · Friday 18 July 1913 · page 2

Sir,—As one who has had and takes as interest in matters affecting the welfare of the Wollendilly elector[?] for the last twenty five years, I should like, through…

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Wollondilly By-Election. Big Liberal Victory

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 July 1913 · page 2

The short and sharp fight at the by-election for the Wollondilly seat in the State Parliament, rendered vacant by the death of the late…

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The Election

Robertson Advocate · Friday 25 July 1913 · page 2

A Taralga correspondent writes:—"Saturday was a bi[?] cold day here, and as a result the poll was very small. Large numbers of voters did…

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Way to Parliament

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 July 1913 · page 4

"Praed, one of the few poets who have ever sat at Westminster, seems hardly to have been quite at home:— "'In Parliament I fill my seat…

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Polling Booth at Balmoral. to the Editor

Robertson Advocate · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 2

Sir,—At the recent by-election for Wollondilly the voters were put to great inconvenience at Balmoral by the polling booth being at the public…

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When the King Opened the Australian Parliament. a Great Trek

Robertson Advocate · Friday 8 August 1913 · page 4

A great trek undertaken by King George was the Empire tour in the Ophir in 1901. This was a fifty-thousand-mile journey, on which his…

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Petition to Parliament

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 6

A petition which revived political memories of the nineties, was read in the legislative Assembly on Wednesday night. The petition was by Thomas…

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Pistol in Parliament. Portuguese Senator Brandishes Loaded Browning

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 August 1913 · page 4

During a debate in the Portuguese Senate on a bill regarding the statutory limitation for the payment of Treasury claims, in which Senator Joao Freitas professed to see…

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Surprise for the Candidate

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 4

"I have called," began the-well-dressed man at the door, "to ascertain if I may count upon your support at the poll."…

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Wollendilly Election. Mr. Badgery's Candidaiure

Robertson Advocate · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 2

Mr F. A. Badgery, the newly-elected member for Wollondilly, is announced to speak at Mittagong to night (Friday), to-morrow night at Robertson, and at…

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