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Politics & elections, 1902

3,142 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 158

Inverell By-election. Big Victory for Labor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 June 1902 · page 7

INVERELL, Monday.--The excitement consequent upon the election is now subsiding. Final returns give Jones a majority of 24. The victory is proclaimed an one of the biggest, wins…

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Commonwealth Parliament

Evening News · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —Both Houses sat last evening. The Senate resumed discussion of the tariff in committee after passing a congratulatory resolution on the conclusion of peace. The…

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The State Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 6

The Legislative Assembly meets this afternoon. The principal business is the continuation of the debate on the Address-in-Reply to the Governor's speech upon which the leader of the Opposition…

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The Announcements in Parliament

Evening News · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Jnne 3. —"The House of Lords was crowded and Jubilant yesterday afternoon when the Prime Minister (the Marquis of Salisbury) read the agreement between the…

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References in the Federal Parliament

Evening News · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —Immediately formal business was concluded in the Senate last evening, the Vice-President of the Executive obtained leave to submit the following motion…

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Fun in the Federal Parliament

Evening News · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 7

During the debate on the printing estimates in the House of Representatives, Sir William M'Millan observed that the Melbourne papers had adopted a system of publishing a resume of…

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Congratulations From the Victorian Parliament. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 7

In the Legislative Council to-day the Solicitor-General moved,—"That an address be presented to the King congratulating him upon the cessation of hostilities in South Africa." Mr. J. M. Davies,…

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Federal Parliament. Dealing With the Estimates. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 3

In the House of Representatives to-day Sir William Lyne told Mr. Crouch that in all matters of defence retrenchment must first come before the Cabinet…

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The Commonwealth Parliament. the Senate. Melbourne, Tuesday, June 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 8

The President took the chair at a quarter to 3 o'clock PETITION. Senator Neild (N.S.W.) presented a petition from…

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The Australian Parliament. Resolution Passed by the Senate. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 7

Immediately on the formal business being disposed of in the Federal Senate to-day the Vice-President of the Executive Council (Senator R. E. O'Connor) rose to ask permission to refer to the peace treaty…

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Commonwealth Notes. in the Senate. (From Our Special Reporter.) Parliament House, Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 11

The first business before the Senate this afternoon was a resolution rejoicing in the declaration of peace and expressing a hope for prosperity in South Africa, brought forward by Senator O'Connor. The mover…

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The News in Australia. Reference in the Federal Parliament. Congratulatory Resolutions Adopted. the Senate

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--When the Federal Senate met this afternoon, Senator O'Connor, Vice-President of the Executive Council, said that he was sure everybody…

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The Federal Parliament. the Senate the Tariff. Further Reductions Suggested. Melbourne, Tuesday. The Senate met at 2.30 p.m. PETITION

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 5

Senator NEILD (N.S.W.) presented a petition from the Presbytery of Wagga Wagga in opposition to the Divorce Bill. SYDNEY GOVERNMENT HOUSE…

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The Terms of Peace. a Detailed Statement. Lenient Treatment Oe Rebels. Congratulations of Other Powers. Resolution of the Federal Parliament. Details of the Terms. London, June 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 7

Mr. A. J. Balfour, the First Lord of the Treasury, made his promised announcement of the conditions of peace in the House of Commons this afternoon. His said that the…

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Commonwealth Parliament

Evening News · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—In the Senate last evening, Mr. R. K. O'Connor, in reply to questions, said that an agreement had been entered into between the Federal Ministry and the…

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State Parliament

Evening News · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 6

The Assembly met at 4.30 yesterday, and after the transaction of some formal business, Mr. Broughton continued the debate on the censure motion by a speech in favor of the Government…

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Essence of Parliament

Evening News · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 8

I will be correspondent to command. And do my spitting gently. —"That Tempest.In the Assembly yesterday, after Mr. See had…

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Notes in Parliament

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 4

Marine novelists generally usher in their big storm with word pictures of the "strange lull," surcharged with an "ominous, yet incomprehensible excitement," which…

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Notes in the State Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 5

As soon as the Legislative Assembly met yesterday afternoon the Speaker announced the return of Mr. George Alfred Jones, the new member for Inverell, and the Premier then moved, with…

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Federal Parliament. The Estimates. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 5

After the despatch of the last wire to the "Star" yesterday Mr. Deakin stated in the House of Representatives that the Government had not yet arrived at a decision respecting the suspension of import duties on fodder…

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