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Politics & elections, 1903

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 164

Federal Parliament. Recent Decorations. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 6

The Federal Parliament sat again to-day. In the House of Representatives the Prime Minister told Mr. Crouch that so far as the civil servants of the Commonwealth were…

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Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. Address-in-reply. the Collection of Excise on Sugar. Customs Administration Condemned. Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 8

The House of Representatives met at 2.30 p.m. IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER. Sir EDMUND BARTON, in reply to Mr. Crouch, said that the recent appointments to…

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An Election Contest. Alburt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 10

Considerable interest has been aroused over the ensuing municipal elections as a test of the feeling in regard to the proposed scheme of administrative reform which involves the dismissal of the present…

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The Commonwealth. Preparing for the Elections. Distribution of Population. Number of Representatives Unaltered

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the Federal Executive Council yesterday a schedule of statistics of population was adopted as a basis of calculations for the purposes of the Federal…

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Trades Unionists Organising. Boot Operators Adopt a Scheme for the Coming Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 9

At last night's meeting of the Boot Operators' Union a letter was read from the secretary of the Sydney Labor Council, enclosing a copy of a political organising scheme which the union…

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The Commonwealth Parliament. House of Representatives. Address in Reply. (From Our Special Reporters.) Melbourne, Tuesday, Jone 2. The Speaker took the chair at 2.30 p.m. Answers to Questions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 8

The PRIME MINISTER in answer to Mr. Crouch (Vic) said that the recent honours conferred on members of the Commonwealth Civil Service had been in accordance with the knowledge and concurrence of…

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Commonwealth Parliament

Evening News · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—In the House of Representatives, the Postmaster-General (Mr. Drake) stated, in reply to Mr. Pearce, that an officer commanding the West Australian forces…

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Miners in Congress. Candidates for Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--At the instance of the British delegates, the International Miners Congress now sitting at Brussels, under the presidency of Mr. B. Pickard, M.P., has favored…

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The Commonwealth. the Federal Elections. State Members As Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Federal Government does not at present intend to deviate from the position adopted of preserving the Federal Parliament from attacks by aspiring…

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Federal Parliament. Address-in-Reply. House of Representatives. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 2

The Federal Parliament sat again to-day. Replying to Mr. Brown, the Minister Cor Home Affairs said that in connection with the discrepancy between the census return…

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The Commonwealth Parliament. Melbourne, Wednesday, June 3. (From Our Special Reporters.) the Senate. the Address in Reply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 8

The President took the chair at half past 2 o'clock ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. The POSTMASTER-GENERAL, in answer to Senator Pearce, said the officers of the Japanese…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Address-in-reply. Melbourne, Wednesday. (The Senate met at 2.30 p.m. a Military Matter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 6

In answer to Senator Pearce, the POSTMASTER-GENERAL said that he officer commanding the Royal Australian Artillery at Albany invited certain Japanese naval officers to…

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A New Candidate for Gloucester. Morpeth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 4

Mr. A. C. Lee, journalist, of Morpeth, is announced as a candidate for the Gloncester electorate. He will run as an Oppositionist, and has been promised good support…

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Opposition Candidate for Gloucester

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 6

MORPETH, Wednesday.--Mr. A. C. Lee, editor of the "Morpeth Want," is announced as a candidate for Gloucester. He will run as an opponent of the Government, and has been…

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Commonwealth Parliament

Evening News · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—In the Senate this afternoon, Senator Ferguson (Q.) presented a petition from the Brisbane Chamber of Manufacturers, praying for the repeal of a section in the…

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Federal Parliament. Address-in-Reply. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 7

The Federal parliament met again to-day. THE SENATE. Mr. Ferguson presented a petition from the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce praying…

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The Commonwealth Carriage of Newspapers. Question in the Federal Parliament. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 4

In the House of Representatives to-day some official information was given by the Prime Minister upon the carriage of Sydney newspapers. Replying on behalf of the Postmaster-General to Mr. F…

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The Commonwealth Parliament. Melbourne, Thursday, June 4. (From Our Special Reporters.) the Senate. the Address in Reply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 6

The President took the chair at half past 2 o'clock. PETITION. Senator M'Gregor presented a petition from the president and secretary of the Brisbane Chamber of…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Address-in-reply. Conclusion of the Debate. Melbourne, Thursday. The Senate met at 2.30 p.m. a New Member

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 7

Mr. Henry John Saunders, who succeeds Mr. Ewing as one of the West Australian Senators, was introduced by Senators Symon and Staniforth Smith, and sworn in…

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A.m.p. Election

Evening News · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 3

The counting of the votes given in connection with the election of three directors for the Australian Mutual Provident Society was concluded on Thursday afternoon. The following was the…

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