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Politics & elections, 1901

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Election Notes

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 3

Captain Pringle has retired from the contest, and favors Mr Cook. Mr T R Smith, in order to give protection a better show, has retired from the…

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Federal Elections

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 3

Captain Pringle addressed a well attended meeting at the Royal Hotel, Riverstone, on Saturday night last, and announced that he had retired in favor of Mr J Cook, who…

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St. Marys (By Our Reporter). Federal Elections

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 6

The supporters of Mr. William Sandford held a meeting at the Temperance Hall on Saturday evening last, Mr. S. S. Bennett in the chair. The ballot, whioh…

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Federal Elections. the Senate. John Norton's Manifesto. to the Electors of New South Wales

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 22

FELLOW CITIZENS,—The day draws near when you will be called upon to elect your delegates to the Federal Parliament, including Six Senators. I am a candidate for a Senatorship. In appealing to you…

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Cockermouth Election

Evening News · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 4

LONDON, March 1.-The petition presented by Sir Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal), the former member, against the return of Mr. John Scurrah Randies (Conservative) for Cockermouth, has been…

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Opening the Campaign. the Protestant Hall Meeting. Speeches by the Candidates

People · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 2

FOR weeks the Protestant Hall meeting was looked forward to not altogether without some degree of anxiety. For was it not…

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The Cockermouth Election. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 9

The petition presented by Sir Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal), the former member, against the return of Mr. John Scurrah Randles (Conservative) for Cockermouth has been…

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The Federal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 9

Yesterday there issued from the office of the Principal Under-Secretary, Mr. Critchett Walker, C.M.G., the writs for the election in the State of Victoria of members of the House of…

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Elections in Victoria. Issue of the Writs. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 10

The writs for the federal election were issued to-day. There is no lack of ctndiriatts for both the Senate and the House of R[?]pesentatives, and most of them are actively prosecuting the election campaign…

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Other States. Candidates in Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 10

Sir Frederick Sargood, who is a candidate for the Senate, has expressed himself favourable to an arrangement such as that instituted in South Australia to give the Upper House power to suggest…

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Election of Secretary

The Methodist · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 4

This resulted as follows:—Rev. W. F. Oaks 1 J. Beale 2 W. W. Rutledge 3…

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The Canoblas Election. To the Editor of the "Australian Star."

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 3

Sir,--Judging from the extraordinary malignity with which the anti-Federal and free-trade press, of not only Sydney, but the country also, is pursuing Mr. Wise, the…

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Senate Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 10

Mr. Eden George will address a meeting in the Town-hall, Sydney, on Friday night next. To-night Mr. George speaks at Burns' Royal Hotel, Bathurst…

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Mr. Barton in the Canefields. Studying the Kanaka Problem. Political Divisions in Queensland. a White Labor Party. Other Parties Undefined. Prospects of the Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 10

BUNDABERG, Friday.-- Mr. Barton spent today among the sugarcane plantations surrounding Bundaberg. He has been talked to persistently all day by the growers and others interested, and…

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General Cable News. Disputed Election Return

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--The election petition brought by Sir Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) against the return of Mr. J. S. Randies (Conservative) for the Cockermouth Division of…

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Federal Elections. Messrs. Cook and Neild, J'sP., at Liverpool

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 7

MR. J. Cook, M. P., who is the selected freetrade and liberal candidate for the Parramatta Electorate, and Mr. Neild, M.P., who is a candidate for the Senate, addressed about…

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Federal Candidates in New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 36

MR. J. G. GRIFFIN. Candidate for the Senate. Freetrader. (Photo, by Falk.)…

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Electioneering in the Backblocks. III. (Written for the "Town and Country Journal.") (By "6 x 4.")

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 35

Whoever said that the Australian bushmen don't take interest in politics is, well—a De Rougement, or a weather prophet, or anything equally unreliable! Only those who have…

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The Federal Candidates

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 20

Now that the elections for the Federal Parliament are within a few weeks of taking place, it may be assumed that nearly all the candidates who intend to offer themselves have submitted…

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The Commonwealth Elections. Mr. Cook at Liverpool

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 12

Mr. Joseph Cook addressed several hundreds of the electors from the balcony of Mr. A. Cloke's hotel, Liverpool, on Monday. Mr. F. E. Barker presided…

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