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Politics & elections, 1903

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 164

Selection of Candidates. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 6

Sir,--I notice that the People's Reform League has decided that its branches are to have the sole right to select candidates. Well, that is very good of them, and doubtless now that every…

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PARLIAMENT. Opening of the Commonwealth Parliament

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 1291

The second session of the Federal Parliament was opened at noon on Tuesday by his Excellency the Governor-General. The speech called upon the members of the two Houses to exercise industry and…

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The Federal Parlia-ment

Evening News · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 4

The debate on the Address in Reply in the Federal Parliament, yesterday, does not ask for much comment. The tow most important subject, which it disclosed, formed the basis of a…

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Commonwealth Parliament. Opening of the Second Session

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 14

MELBOURNE Tuesday, Noon.—The second session of the Commonwealth Parliament was opened to-day, at Parliament Houses, Springstreet, with the usual ceremony…

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Federal Parliament. Opening of the Second Session. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 6

The second session of the First Federal Parliament was opened to-day with the usual ceremony. The galleries were not nearly as thronged with ladles as usual. A…

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In Federal Session. Opening of Parliament. (From Our Special Reporter.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 9

There was a general reunion of political meroin at Parliament House to-day. Members and officials of Parliament had many gretings to make, and in every directions little knots were gathered together…

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The Political World. State Parliament. MR. G. H. Reid on Naval Defence

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 5

Local political matters are beginning to move. Members who have been buried away in the Australian wilds for months are beginning to foregather at Parliament House in…

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Federal Parliament the Opening Ceremony. Governor-general's Speech. Important Measures Promised. Preferential Trade Issue

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 7

MELBOURNE. Tuesday.--A few minutes before 12 o'clock the booming of the guns of the Domair, battery intimated to the people waiting at Parliament House that the Governor-General…

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The Commonwealth Parliament. Opening of the Session. the Governor-general's Speech. (From Our Special Reporters.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 9

The second session of the Federal Parliament was opened at noon to-day by his Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Tennyson. The ceremony took place in the Senate Chamber. His Excellency,…

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The Federal Election. Preparations by the Electorl Office. Collecting the Rolls. Delimtting the Electorates. (By Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 6

The federal general cleation is expected to take place in December next. Half the members of the Senste retire at the end of this year, and their places have to be filled by Januray 1, 1904…

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The Coming Federal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 8

Tho approach of the general election of federal senators and representatives makes it advisable that no time should be lost in preparing the necessary rolls…

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The Unfortunate Member of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 4

In the course of a speech at Manly last night, Sir James Graham became humorously pathetic when referring to the multifarious duties of the average member of Parliament. "Nowadays," he…

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Federal Parliament. Transfer of State Debts. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 6

In the House or Representatives has afternoon Mr. Thomson presented a petition from The Colonial Sugar Refining. Company, prating for the committee to inquire into the…

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The Commonwealth Parliament. the Senate. Address in Reply. (From Our Special Reporters.) Melbourne, Wednesday, May 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 8

The President took the chair at 2.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. The POSTMASTER-GENERAL, in answer to Senator Walker, said it was not the intention of the…

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Senate Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 6

A bill to provide for elections in connection with extraordinary elections has been circulated by Ministers. In Victoria an extraordinary vacancy has occurred, and Mr. Reid has already been sworn…

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The Tariff and the Federal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 6

We have not much time left in which to prepare for the federal general elections, and it is as well that we should clearly understand the main issue on which the…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Address-in-reply. Establishment of the High Court. " Fixing the Capital Site. Naval Subsidy Bill. Melbourne, Wednesday. The Senate met at 2.30 this afternoon. Mails and the Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 7

Senator DE LARGIE (W.A.) gave notice that he intended to ask, on Friday, whether the Postmaster-General intended to take action against the Victorian Government in connection…

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Senate Elections Bill Introduced to Federal Parliament

The Australian Star · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 3

The Senate Elections Bill, which has been introduced in the Federal Parliament, is a short measure to make further provision for the election of senators. The provisions are…

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Federal Parliament. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 7

The Federal Parliament sat again this afternoon. THE SENATE. The Postmaster-General told Mr. Pulsford…

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State Politics. the Approaching Meeting of Parliament. Benovating Parliament Houses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 6

Generally speaking, the premonitory indication of an early meeting of Parliament is the appearance in the Chambers of the two Houses of a number of painters, paperhangers, upholster[?]rs, and…

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