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Politics & elections, 1898

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The General Election. How Parties Stand. Conservatives Beaten. a Liberal Majority. Afreetrade Preponderance Will Mr. Barton Get a Seat? the Cabinet Vacancies. Intentions of the Government. a Surprise for Bourke. Mr. Miller Defeated

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 July 1898 · page 5

The political situation developed yesterday, and the honpletion of the work of the voters of the colony shows that the Liberal Federal and freetrade party have been returned with a net…

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Municipal Affairs and the General Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 July 1898 · page 4

The recent general election has quite upset municipal business on the north side of the harbor. On Tuesday evening, both the North Sydney Council and the Mosman Council were to have…

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An Electioneering Carman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 July 1898 · page 4

"Will you kindly speak up. so that the jury can hear you," remarked Mr. Justice Simpson at the Central Criminal Court yesterday, to a witness who stated that he was a cabman, and whose…

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Victorian Parliament. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 8

The Assembly, while in committee last night, added a new clause to the Licenses Act of 1885 Fund Transfer Bill, limiting its [?] The Plemter appealed to…

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Analysis of the Polling. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 10

Sir,—In your analysis of the polling to-day you give to Parramatta the credit of showing the greatest interest in its own and the country's welfare because in that electorate the number of votes recorded came…

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Political. Nepean Election. Mr. S. E. Lees Tops the Poll. a Majority of 88. Orderly Proceedings. the Successful Candidate Drawn in a Vehicle Through the Streets. Three of the Ministry Defeated. Messrs. Smith, Garrard, and Gould. on Election Eve

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 3

People abroad on Tuesday night in the expectation of coming across any abnormal excitement were disappointed as far as P[?]th was concerned, and the candidates did not supply enough material…

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Political Situation. the Position of Parties. Analysis of the Polling. Government in the Minority. the New Members. Intentions of Mr. Barton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 9

Now that the elections are over, members of the new Legislative Assembly are settling down to consider the situation in real earnest. It is recognised that the present session will be altogethor unique in…

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Election Day

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 3

The triangular duel between Messrs Lees, Smith, and Reid is over, and the honors of war have fallen, to Mr Lees, who in the ensuing Parliament will sit once more for The Nepean. Not until the numbers…

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Election Amenities at North Sydney

Evening News · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 2

At the North Sydney Police Court yesterday James Foran, 16, an apprentice, was charged with riotous behavior in Walker-street. North Sydney, on the evening of the 25th instant, on…

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The Elections

Evening News · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 5

TEMORA, Saturday.-Mr. J. C. Watson, the newly elected member for Young, arrived at Temora yesterday to return thanks for his election. He was met some miles out by a numerous…

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The Row Is Over. an After Election Lay

The Arrow · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 4

The row is done and over, The country's gone to sleep, And some are all in clover, And some must sit and weep—…

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The General Election. Barton's Defeat. Three of Reid's Ministers Thrown Out. Success of Young Australians

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 14

THE General Election campaign ended on Wednesday. In the city and country the voting was unusually heavy. Two of the city divisions, Gipps and Bligh, returned talented young…

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Balmain South Election and Majority Rule. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 10

Sir,—If there was one thing which more than another that noble band of patriots called the labourt party lost no opportunity of proclaiming from the housetops during the late electoral campaign it…

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Election Sketches

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 270

LAST week was a busy one in and around Sydney. Thechief interest and the largest share of the work were given to the King Division, where committees…

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Les Elections

Le Courrier Australien · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 1

Le fait le plus caractéristique qui ressort du scrutin de metered i dernier est le grand nombre d'abstentionB qui se sont produites…

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Election Eggs

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 10

Mr. Smithers presided at the North Sydney 'Court to-day, when James Foran, who has indulged in the popular electioneering amusement of firing eggs about, was charged with…

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The Alliance Candidates. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 6

Sir, -- In your columns of to-day appears a list of the Alliance candidates who have been returned to Parliament. If the Alliance pretends that these members are prepared to vote for national…

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Public Service Examinations. Candidates and Their Work

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 4

The result of the recent examinations held for admission to the clerical and professional divisions in the Public Service shows an increase in the number of candidates as compared with…

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The Humor of Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 8

Nowadays there is no humor in elections. The dullest day. without exception, in the year is the day of a general election. People certainly wake up, and wake up to some…

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Annandale Election. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 11

Sir, -- It is only a manifest act of justice that the circumstances leading to the disturbance at Annandale, on the evening of the 26th inst., should be made public in order that the slur…

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