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Politics & elections, 1903

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 164

Entertaining an Election Committee

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 4

On Friday, 27th February, as briefly announced last issue, Ald. D. A. Rogers entertained his late election committee and friends at…

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The General Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 9

The electoral campaign for the Assembly is getting in full swing, and candidates are increasing in number. Mr. Propsting, the Opposition leader, spoke yesterday, but enunciated no very definite…

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The Anglesey By-election

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 10

The election to the Anglesey seat in the Legislative Assembly, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. M'Kenzie, ex-Minister for Lands, took place to-day. Hunt, Opposition, 911; Cookson,…

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British By-election

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--Mr. J. H. M. Campbell, K.C., Solicitor-General for Ireland, has been elected to fill the vacancy caused in the representation of Dublin University by the…

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Meeting of Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 7

Sir Edmund Barton stated yesterday that he could not say when the Federal Parliament would be called together "for the despatch of business." The matter had not yet been considered by the…

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Joe Goddard's Death. Succumbs to a Bullet. Fired in a Riot. At a New Jersey Election

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 3

Nevermore will Joe Goddard see the shores of Australla or his wife and two chlldren who wait for news of him in that faraway country (writes a Philadelphia newspaper, of…

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Lane Cove. Municipal Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 8

The result of the poll for the election of an alderman to the extraordinary vacancy occasioned in the Lane Cove Council by the resignation of Alderman James Kobb, of Central Ward, was the return of…

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General News. the State Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 6

Another proclamation was issued yesterday in connection with the meeting of the State Parliament. The previous proclamation prorogued Parliament until March 17, but the prorogation…

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Victorian Parliament. the Constitution Bill. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly the amendment of the Legislative Council to omit clause 31 of the Cons[?] tution Bill, providing for a double dissolution, was ultimately disagreed with, as were the remainder of…

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Victorian Parliament. Reform Bill Referred Back to the Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Legislative Council to-day passed the Supply Bill and the Railway Repairs Bill, authorising the expenditure of certain trust funds on belated repairs…

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Victorian Parliament. the Parliamentary Deadlock. Firmness of the Premier. an Impressive Speech. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 8

In the Assembly the Deputy-Speaker announced the receipt of a message from the Legislative Council announcing that the House insisted on all amendments in the Reform Bill except one…

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The Victorian Parliament. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 6

In the legislative Assembly yesterday a bill to transfer to the consolidated revenue the mallee land account was passed through its final stages. In the House to-day a bill to admit of income tax received…

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The Irish Parliament in the Eighteenth Century

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 12

The condition of the Irish Parliament all through the eighteenth century is truly pitiable. Its existence as a legislative body is a huge sham, a ghastly simulacrum. The…

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Tamworth Election. Writ Issued

Evening News · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 4

The seat for Tamworth having become vacant, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly has issued a writ for the election of a new member in place of Mr. Raymond J. Walsh. The particulars…

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Vacancy in the State Parliament. By-election at Tamworth. the Writ Issued

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 6

A writ has been issued for an election to return a member for Tamworth electorate, in the State Legislative Assembly, in room of Raymond Joseph Walsh, resigned…

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Tasmania. Dissolution of Parliament. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 6

A proclamation was issued yesterday dissolving Purliament. Writs for the general election will be issued on Thursday. Polling will take place on April 2. Mr. W. P. Brownell, senior partner in Brownell…

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Imperial Politics. Woolwich Bye-election. Success of a Labor Candidate. "An Almost Startling Result."

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The contest for the representation of Woolwich in the House of Commons, caused by the retirement of Vice-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, has…

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Labour Representation in Parliament. Victory at Woolwich. Dismay of Conservative Press. London, March 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 5

An election for the representation of Woolwich m the House of Commons, due to the acceptance of the command of the Channel fleet by Vice-Admiral Lord Charles…

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The Tam Worth Election

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 7

The Liberal and Reform Association, in accordance with its announced determination to fight every Government vacancy, will run a candidate for the Tamworth seat. Several names…

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The Tamworth Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 4

The necessary writ having been issued for the Tamworth election, consequent on the retirement of Mr. Walsh, it becomes advisable to take the usual steps…

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