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Politics & elections, 1898

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The Elections. Mr. Want's Consistency. Always Against Federation

The Australian Star · Monday 11 July 1898 · page 2

Mr. J. H. Want, Q.C., Attorney-General, whose programme Mr. Reid has adopted, prides himself upon his consistency. Speaking in the Legislative Council as recently…

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Election Points. The Reidite Manifesto. A Few Salient Facts

The Australian Star · Monday 11 July 1898 · page 5

Mr. Reid is beautiful. "We come before the electors a party, with definite principles on the question of federation." And in the next paragraph he says, "As to the most…

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The Elections. Mr. Reid's Manifesto. Campaign Memos

The Australian Star · Monday 11 July 1898 · page 5

The chief point of interest in political circles this morning is provided by the manifesto of the Premier, which is to be taken as the policy of the Government for the…

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New Candidates Selected a Big Batch of Conservatives. Eighty-four in the Field. More Selections to Follow

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 July 1898 · page 8

Saturday was a quiet day in connection with the elections in the city. The parliamentary members had nearly all left for their constituencies for a preliminary canter. Unattached candidates…

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The General Election. the Premier's Manifesto. Platform of the Liberal Party. a Workable Federal Scheme. Justice to New South Wales. Mr. Barton's Insincerity. the Conservative Demands. Tariff Restriction and Border Warfare. the Government Record. What It Intends to Do. Federation Before Everything

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 July 1898 · page 7

The Premier, in his address to the electors of King division, published to-day, and which constitutes the party manifesto, first refers to some historical features in conection with Federation,…

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A Member of Parliament Drowned. London, July 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 5

Mr. Thomas Owen, M.P., Liberal, representing the Launceston Division, Cornwall, has been accidentally drowned…

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Resignation of a Member of Parliament. London, July 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 5

Lord Arthur William Hill, M.P., Conservative, representing West Down, Ireland, has resigned his seat in the House of Commons…

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The Elections. the Campaign. a Vigorous Opening. Selection of Candidates. the Revised List. the Premier's Speech. the Policy of the Government

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 5

Interest in political circles yesterday centred chiefly in the speech by the Premier at the Protestant Hall. In other directions matters were very quiet. Mr.Reid's published manifesto came in for a large…

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The General Election. What Parties Are Doing. Further Candidates Selected. Forlorn Conservative Hopes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 7

Gradually the parties are completing their lists of nomination. The Liberal Federalists have not been bothered with the clamorings of political deadbeats to nearly the same extent as the…

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South Africa. British Supremacy. the Cape Elections

Evening News · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 4

LONDON, July 11.-Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, the Premier of Cape Colony, in the course of an election speech at Capetown, declared that the electors must decide whether they would…

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General Elections. the Premier's Meeting. Firing the First Shots. a Rather Rowdy Gathering

Evening News · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 5

The Premier, as far as the public it concerned, practically fired the first shots of the campaign last night. The Protestant Hall was crowded to excess to witness the event. The audience included a…

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The Murrumbidgee Election. Thomas Fitzpatrick

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 5

There need be no mistake about the politics of the "Stock Journal." We are a producers' paper, and our politics are for the advantage of the man on the land…

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List of Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 6

In the subjoined general list of candidates the letter "M." in parenthesis after a candidate's name stands for "Ministerialist," or supporter of the Reid-Wantite party, " F." represents a…

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Election Personalities. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 7

Sir,—We are now on the eve of a great political struggle, and it seems a pity that the minds of the electors should be turned aside from the issues at stake by heated discussions of a personal character…

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Politics at the Cape. the Coming Elections. London, July 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 5

Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, the Premier of Cape Colony, in the course of an election speech at Capetown, declared that the electors must decide whether they would…

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The Elections. Dr. Ross on Mr. Reid. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 7

Mr. G. W. Griffith, the freetrade candidate, has retired from the Molong election in favour of Mr. H. C. M'Cullock, who commenced the campaiga today. So far the candidates are—Dr. Ross, the…

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The Election and the City Railway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 7

Sir,—Partisans in the railway suburbs may follow the party and vote for the man they are told to vote for. Independent votors, howover, must have this explained: The City Railway was referred to the…

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General Cables. The Cape Elections. Financial Crisis in Chili LONDON. July 11

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 3

The general elections for the Legislative 'Assembly of Cape Colony are now in progress. Sir. John Gordon-Sprigs, the Premier of the colony, declares that the electors must…

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Licensed Victuallers and the Election Campaign

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 2

During the week the parliamentary committee of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association has been almost in daily session, with reference to the organisation necessary…

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Election Points. The Premier as a "taker Out." Ben Tillett and the Elections

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 5

No attempt was made to take a vote of confidence at Mr Reid's meeting last night, The Premier contented, himself by accepting a vote of thanks…

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