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Politics & elections, 1900

2,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 137

Public Service Association. Annual Council Elections. Results of the Polling

Truth · Sunday 19 August 1900 · page 2

THE annual election for representatives on the council of the Public Service Association was held yesterday, and there was great interest throughout the Service in…

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In Parliament

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 August 1900 · page 8

In the Assembly, the proposed railway form Cockburn to Broken Hill was referred to the Public Works' Committee. The Miners' Eight-hour Bill was read a…

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Draco Docker. Dingo Doings and Deeds. Questions In Parliament

Truth · Sunday 19 August 1900 · page 4

TRUTH readers will remember that in last Sunday's issue there appeared a strongly denunciatory article on Judge Docker in connection with his conduct and remarks at…

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Callan Park Scandal. Again Before Parliament. Victimising the Nurses

Truth · Sunday 19 August 1900 · page 2

TRUTH readers are familiar with the particulars of the hideous Callan Park scandal, which formed the subject of an inquiry by the Public Service Board, and resulted in…

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Our Rotten Corporation. Debate in Parliament. a Scathing Denunciation of Our Corrupt and Bood. Ling Council

Truth · Sunday 19 August 1900 · page 6

THE debate on the third reading of the Sydney Corporation Amending Bill, which was the business before the Assembly on Tuesday evening, was responsible for some…

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The New Era. Preparing for the Federal Elections. the Federal Electorates. Purging the Rolls

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 August 1900 · page 7

Asked yesterday if anything had been done in the matter of altering the Federal electorates from the scheme suggested by the Electoral Commission, in view of…

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Candidates for the Federal Parliament. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 7

Mr. Patrick Heffernan, of Milbank, announces himself as a candidate for Mirrool in the protec[?]sts' interest. MUDGEE, Saturday…

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Perquisites in Parliament. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 7

Sir,--Will you allow me as one of the public to thank you for your able sub-leader in this morning's paper in which you call attention to that most Impudent proposal of some of our…

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Borough of Bexley. Election of Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 8

The newly elected aldermen for the Borou[?] Bexley met at the Carlton Debating Society's Hall, Carlton, on Wednesday evening last for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the re[?]nder of the curre[?]t…

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Newcastle. the Federal Elections. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 8

A special meeting of the northern district assembly of the Political Labour League was held at the Premier Hotel at Broadmeadow last night, for the purpose of making preliminary arrangemente…

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Another Candidate for Federal Honours. Junee

The Australian Star · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 6

Mr. Patrick Heffernan, of Milbank, announces himself as a candidate for Mirrool, in the protectionist interest…

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Limitation of Candidates' Expenses

The Australian Star · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 4

In a transition period of Parliamentary history, such as that oh which the colony has now actually entered, hosts of novel ideas and strange fancies as to members, candidates,…

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This Week's Parliament

Evening News · Tuesday 21 August 1900 · page 6

To-day members of the Assembly will have an opportunity of getting on with their private bills, and on Wednesday and Thursday the Government will principally push on with the…

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The Abattoirs. the Matter Before Parliament

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 21 August 1900 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday last the mutter of removing the abattoirs from Glebe Island came up fur consideration…

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The Proposed Removal of the Abattoirs. Discussion in Parliament

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 21 August 1900 · page 7

The proposed removal of the Abattoirs was discussed at great length in the Legislative Assembly last Thursday, when the Minister for Works moved…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1900 · page 7

The proceedings in the Legislative Assembly yesterday comprised nothing of a sensational character. Mr. Sleath elicited from the Premier that to contest some apparently…

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The Commonwealth. Questions in Parliament. the Premier and the Federal Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 August 1900 · page 4

Mr. Sleath asked the Premier in the Legislative Assembly yesterday whether it was a fact that he was going to be a candidate for the Federal seat embracing the Hume…

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Life Passes. For Members of Parliament

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 August 1900 · page 6

A little ridicule on the scheme which was being quietly worked at Parliament House, for the purpose of getting life passes for members of the present Assembly, on the flimsy…

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Parliament. Tuesday, August 21. Summary of Business

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 August 1900 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly, A petition was received from members of the New South Wales Typographical Association, union compositors, praying that the Industrial…

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Western Australian Parliament. No-confidence Motion. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1900 · page 7

The chief ground of Mr. Illingworth's no-confidence motion in the Legislative Assembly was that the House being moribund tho Government was not justified in committing the country to further…

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