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Politics & elections, 1903

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Tamworth Election

The Australian Star · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 6

Arrangements have been completed for the election of a representative of the Tamworth electorate in the place of Mr. R. J. Walsh, Who vacated the seat on account of…

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Labour Victory. Unionist Congratulations. Woolwich Election. London

The Australian Star · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 4

The Trades Union Congress, now sitting at London, has congratulated Mr. Crooks, the Labour candidate, on being elected for the Woolwich seat in the House of Commons by…

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A Notable Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 4

One of our cable messages this morning reports the success of a labor candidate for the representation of Woolwich in the House of Commons. It was a remarkable victory on…

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Federal Labor Leader. Talks of Dissolution. Houses Should Dissolve Simultaneously. This Means Elections Next December. Work of the Coming Session. Arbitration and Navigation Bills

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 5

There has been considerable speculation in political circles regarding the date of the dissolution of the House of Representatives. In accordance with a provision of the…

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Tamworth By-election. Reform Candidate in the Field

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 9

TAMWORTH, Friday.--Mr. D. B. Todd has announced himself as a candidate for Tamworth, and has issued an address. He says that although not identified in any political…

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The Tamworth Election

Evening News · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 3

The activity displayed by the Liberal party to relation to the vacancy at Tamworth is about to be emulated by the Labour party, which has an eye on the seat. The solidarities, it is…

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Woolwich Election

Evening News · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 4

LONDON, March 13, 3 p.m.—The Unionist newspapers consider that the promises made by Mr. Geoffrey Drage, the defeated Conservative candidate, at Woolwich, as to an increase of wages,…

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ELECTION. Woolwich Seat. Promises. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 6

Unionist newspapers consider that the promises of Mr. Drage, the Government candidate, to increase wages, were scarcely distinguishable from the utterances of…

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Tamworth Election. Testing the Ground

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 7

Two members of the Parliamentary Labour Party have left for Tamworth to see how the land lies with regard to the Parliamentary vacancy in that electorate. The chosen…

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The Commonwealth. Notes From Melbourne. Arrangements for Elections. Criticism of the Defences

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A mouth or two ago it was timidly announced as a feeler that Ministers were favorable to the elections for the House of Representatives being held on the same…

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Imperial Politics. Woolwich By-election. Answer to Recent Judicial Decisions. No Liberal Could Have Won the Seat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The Trades Union Congress, now sitting at London, has adopted a motion congratulating Mr. Crooks upon, his victory at Woolwich…

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Holidays for Members of Parliament Without Pay

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 March 1903 · page 7

The New South Wales Parliament, has been further prorogued to April 28: A further term of holiday Is given to the men who shirk…

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Commonwealth Notes. Meeting;of Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 6

It is understood that the Fedoral Parliament will meet about the second week in May. Ministers have a good deal of drafting work to do in connection with the bills to be submitted to Parliament, and it might…

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Tamworth By-election. a Labor Candidate Mentioned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 5

TAMWORTH, Sunday.-- Messrs. Webster and Nielsen, delegates of the labor party, arrived on Saturday morning, and during the day made inquiries as to the chances of a labor…

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Tasmanian Finances. the Commonwealth and the State. the Local Elections.; (By Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 3

A general election is close at hand in Tasmania, and the island is in an unusual state of turmoil. The trouble, it seems, is entirely due to federation and…

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Tamworth Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 8

Mr. J. J. Miller writes in refereuce to a meeting of the Liberal and Reform League to be held at Famworth to-night. He points out that the Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Union is non-political, a…

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The Woolwich Election. London, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 7

The Unionist newspapers consider that the premises made by Mr. G. Drage, the Conservative candidate for the Woolwich seat, to increase wages were scarcely…

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Woolwich Election. Comments by Unionist Papers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Unionist newspapers consider that the promises made by Mr. Geoffrey Drage, the defeated Conservative candidate at Woolwich, as to…

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The Commonwealth. the Approaching Elections. Search for the Capital

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 6

Sir William Lyne left Sydney on Saturday in the German mall steamer Bremen for Melbourne. The Home Minister's future official movements are at present unsettled…

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The Federal Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 6

Should the Federal Parliament meet again about the second week in May, as stated, it will not be a day too soon for the accomplishment of the work before it…

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