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Politics & elections, 1901

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The Candidates. the Senate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 5

The following have annnunced themselves as candidates for the Senate. Those selected by the freetrade organisation as its choice are distinguished by an asterisk:…

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The Elections Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 4

It must not be forgotten that while we in New South Wales are rightly interested in the progress of the federal elections campaign in our own State, the development of the…

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London County Council Elections. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 5

The elections for the London County Council have resulted in a considerable gain for the Progressive party. This is the fifth election of the London County…

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Candidates for the Senate

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 4

The fact that a list of Reldite candidates for the Federal Senate has been published, and with the formal approval of the leaders of the party, is a reminder that in the same…

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The Federal Campaign The Writs for Elections. issued To-Day

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 5

The writ for the Senate was issued to-day. The nominations, will be received on March 15. Polling takes place on the 29th, and the writ is returnable on April 10. For the House of…

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The London County Council Election

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 4

The fifth election for the London County Council, which took place on Saturday, has resulted in "a considerable gain for the Progressivist party." This is the fourth…

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Federal Politics. Senate Nominations. the Freetrade Bunch. Something About the Men. More Candidates for the Representatives. Voting for the Senate. Must Be in the Division

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 5

Tho freetrade executive yesterday decided on its bunch for the Senate as follows:—--A. J. GOULD. J. P. GRAY…

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South Australian Nominations Eleven Candidates for the Senate. Seventeen for the Lower Chamber

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Monday.--At noon to-day nominations were declared by the returning officer of the State in connection with the election of the South Australian members for the Federal Senate…

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Candidates in the Country

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 6

BERRY, Saturday.--Mr. Alexander Hay addressed a crowded meeting in the School of Arts to-night. He touched on the principal subjects, the Federal Parliament would have…

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The Commonwealth Parliament. the Dominion Representative

Evening News · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, March 5.-Reuter's correspondent reports that Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier Canada, will be unable to attend the opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of…

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The Federal Parliament. Canadian Representation. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 5

The Federal Premier has forwarded to Mr. Peacock, the State Premier, two cable messages which he received from Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister for Canada, in which…

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The Commonwealth Parliament. the Dominion Representative. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 7

Reuter's correspondent reports that Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of Canada, will be unable to attend the attend the opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of…

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Australians in China The Imperial Vote. Criticism in Parliament. LONDON, March 5

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 4

In explaining the vote for the Australian Naval Contingent in China, Captain E. G. Pretyman, M.P. for Woodbridge, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, declared that the services of…

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Opening of the Commonwealth Parliament. the Canadian Representative. Visit of Troops Impossible. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 7

To-night the Premier (Mr. Peacock) received a telegram from Mr. Burton, the Federal Premier, conveying the following cable message received by him from Sir Wilfrid Laurier,…

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The Federal Campaign. Election Writs

Evening News · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 3

The State Executive sat yesterday, the Lieutenant-Governor presiding. The principal business was the issue of the writs for the Senate elections, which, it has been agreed, should be…

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Cycling Chronicle, the League. Annual Election Protest. Special Meeting Be Held. The Martin-M'Donald Affair—Latter Rightly Gets the Verdict—The Future of the League. World's Records—And News in General

Referee · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 6

An English cycling Journal mentions that Gascoigne, the Linton Bros., and other good riders are pitmen, and that some of them have returned to the pick and shovel…

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Cycling Chronicle. the League. Annual Election Protest. Special Meeting to Be Held. The Martin-M'Donald Affair—Latter Rightly Gets the Verdict—The Future of the League. World's Records—And News in General

Referee · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 6

An English cycling Journal mentions that Gascolgne, the Linton Bros., and other good riders are pitmen, and that, some of them have returned to the pick and shovel…

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London County Council Elections. London, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 7

Only 250,000 out of 700,000 persons on the rolls voted in the London County Council elections…

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Waverley Borough Affairs. Election of Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 5

The position of affairs in connection with the Waverley Municipal Council caused an unusually large attendance of ratepayers at a special meeting of the Council, which took place last evening. The…

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League Elections

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 8

The result of the elections, as predicted in a previous issue, bat not given general satisfaction in the ranks of the League of Wheelmen, as is evinced by the fact that at…

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