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The general elections to-day were a series of surprises. For the first time in the history of the State the whole Ministry was defeated. Eighteen new members take their scats in the Assembly, and out of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As polling day approaches the fight for Tamworth constituency grows fiercer. Ministers aro making [?]rantic efforts to defeat Mr. Garland. Mr. Waddell made a dignified defence of his administration of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The occasion has now arisen for this State to give evidence that its people are alive to the grave[?] s[?]nsibilities of the preient situation. We have arrived at that juncture in our affairs whe[?] public credit is at its lowest ebb, and further borrowing has become almost an impossibility. Despite the enormous increase in our revenue form heavy taxation, the public Treasury is prac[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The point on which the Tasmanian elections turned was to all appearances the incidence of the income tax. Sir Elliott Lewis, the Premier, recommends…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Tamworth to-morrow the verdict of the ballot-box will decide the question submitted to the electors of that constituency, and through them, in some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There have been a good many surprises in connection with Parliamentary elections in Australia. Candidates who were supposed to stand four square against all the adverse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The general election in Tasmania resulted in a series of surprises, and probably established a unique political record, inasmuch as every member of the Ministry was defeated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE. Thursday.--At an Executive Council at Bendigo to-day of the A.M.A., the general secretary. Mr. Praed, was nominated to contest a seat in the Senate for the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TAMWORTH, Thursday.--The cry "Still they come," Minister after Minister, member after member. Tamworth was never so inundated. Mr. Crick, Minister for Lands, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Garland held meetings at Callaghan's and Johnston's, Nemingha, this afternoon and to-night, and received a splendid hearing. They were declared by residents to be the best…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Polling in connection with the Tamworth election ts proceeding to-day. The candidates are Raymond Joseph Walsh, Ministerialist; Thomas H. Thrower, Labour; and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parliament meets on the last Thursday in June. The Government will introduce a judicature Bill, providing for no future appointments to be made to the Supreme Court Bench of any person over 55 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Both State Houses of Parliament, sat during the day, clearing off the business-papers. Among the measures passed wore the Legitimisation Bill and a measure to enable…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Legislative Assembly met at 11 o'clock this morning. The Premier moved the second reading of a bill to prohibit unlawful assemblies near the State Parliament House. Mr. Prendergast pointed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →As election day approaches, the interest and excitement centreing around this noteworthy contest intensity. The field has been cleared of what might he called a political flotsam and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HOBART, Friday. -- As a result of the elections the Ministerial party has been practically annihilated, and Reform candidates have been successful in the majority of eases. The new…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →TAMWORTH. Friday. -- The electoral pulse or Tamworth is rapidly mounting towards fever beat. Business is practically suspended, except at the hotels, and hourly the excitement is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Later returns for the Tasmanian elections show that Mr. Gilmore (O.) defeated Mr. Earle (L.) for Waratah, by four votes, and that Mr. John Hope (M.) was re-elected for Kentish, beating Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The marshalling of the political forces at Tamworth has, for the time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returns of the general elections held yesterday are now (fairly complete, the last returns coming to hand this afternoon Mr. G. C. Gilmore (O.) was elected for Waratah, polling 335 to 331 recorded for Mr. J…
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