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Politics & elections, 1898

3,098 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 155

The Elections. Contest in the King Division, the Licensed Victuallers Support. the Police Vote. the Fight in Bligh. Smart Canvassing. New Candidates. the Premier at Temora. Mr. Barton at Camperdown. Mr. Bruce Smith at the Glebe. Mr. Copeland in Phillip Division

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 5

Interest in political circles is still centred chiefly in the contest in King Division. It was at first thought that Mr. Barton would have a very severe struggle to secure the seat, but the reports coming to…

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The Elections. Notes end Comments. Selecting Candidates

The Australian Star · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 5

The work of selecting candidates is now all but completed, and it is anticipated that the parties will to-day have all their, men in the Held. The light is going on in earnest…

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General Elections

Evening News · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 3

The death of the returning officer for Woollahra (Alderman J. Williamson, J.P.), having taken place, Mr. C. A. Vivian, the substitute, will conduct the election…

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Extra Special. "Evening News" Office, 3.30 P.m. Late Election News. News of the Constituencies. Prospects and Probabilities

Evening News · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 5

The Ministerialists now consider Mr. Reid's return for King as being safer than ever, and the Premier is to show how secure his hold upon the constituency is by passing nearly the whole of…

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Parliamentary Election

Evening News · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 6

LONDON, July 14.-Mr. Ryder, the Conservative candidate, has been elected by a majority of 417 over his Radical opponent for Gravesend, to fill the vacancy in the House of…

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The General Elections. Fitzroy Division

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 5

Mr. Daniel Levy, B.A., is entering vigourously into the campaign for the Fifzroy Division. Several meetings have been held during the week, and it is very gratifying to note the…

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Parliamentary Election. London, July 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 5

Mr. Ryder (Conservative) has been elected for Gravesend in the House of Commons by a majority of 417 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of…

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Addresses of Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 5

The address of Mr. Leonard Green to the electors of Balmain North is published to-day. Mr. Green is the selected national federal candidate. He announces himself as a supporter of Mr. Barton. He…

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Election Campaign. Mr. Barton at Newtown. The Reid-Want Combination. The Premier's Insincerity

The Australian Star · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 2

The speech of Mr. Barton at the Newtown Town Halt last night was another dignified utterance on the political situation. Despite a late arrival at the Town Hall, the…

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Election Points. The Premier's Finances. The Labour Party and Federation

The Australian Star · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 5

Mr. Reid mot with a reception colder than a Kosciusko blizzard at Temora yesterday, and after being left severely alone addressed an unresponsive meeting…

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The Elections. Notes and Comments. a Lesson of History

The Australian Star · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 6

Mr. Reid's attitude' on federation is nothing new. At the Adelaide Convention, within a few days after the meeting, there was a strong feeling among delegates that…

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Selected Candidates

The Australian Star · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 6

The Federalist Committee to-day dealt, with several of the few electorates for which party candidates had not been chosen, and the following selections were made:--…

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The General Election. Liberals Gaining Ground. More Conservative Selections. Snatching the Off-chances. the Fight in King Division

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 5

The Conservatives have at last removed the mask from their intentions regarding the Goulburn seat; and It turns out that he bomb which was to .work such frightful destruction to Mr…

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House of Commons Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. Ryder (Conservative) has. been elected for the Gravesend seat by a majority of 417, replacing Colonel Dampier Palmer (Conservative), who had resigned…

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New Polling Places

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 174

In a supplement to the "Government Gazette" issued on Saturday it is notified that the following new Jelling places hare been appointed in the electorates mentioned:—Albury Electorate, Brocklesby…

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The Elections. Writs for the Elections. Polling Day on July 27. Writs Returnable on August 13. New Parliament to Meet on August 16

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 174

On Saturday the write for the general elections were issued, and a "Government Gazette," containing particulars of the dates of the write, the list of polling places, and other arrangements for holding…

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Dissolution of Parliament. the General Election. Issue of Writs

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 18

The seventeenth Parliament of New South Wales came to an end last week. The business of the short session was wound up on the evening of Thursday, the 7th instant, and on the 8th a…

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PARLIAMENT. Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 6

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 138

The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. POLLING HOURS EXTENSION BILL. The President announced the receipt of a message from the Legislative Assembly forwarding for…

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West Australian Parliament. the Spread of Ticks

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 11

PERTH, Friday. -- In the Assembly this afternoon, the debate on the tick question was resumed by Mr. Wilson, who mentioned that information had that day been received of the…

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The Elections. Work of the Associations. a Multiplicity of Candidates. the Process of Weeding-out. Speech by Mr. Barton. the Premier in the Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 9

The were of selecting caudidates by the rival associations is now practically completed Between the retiring members, gentlemen who have been specially chosen by one or other of the political…

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