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Politics & elections, 1903

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 164

Water Famine at Broken Hill. Discussion in Parliament. a Dilatory Minister. Mr. O'sullivan Blamed for the Famine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 7

Referring to the question of the water famine at Broken Hill in the Legislative Assembly last night Mr. Ferguson said that the people of Broken Hill were face to face with the must serious disaster that…

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Cycling Chronicle the League. the Coming Elections. How Affairs are Progressing—The Call for Good Men—And News In General

Referee · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 6

It is already announced that the committee of the annual Eight-hour Demonstration have decided to allot £115 for League events at the sports meeting in October…

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Election Expenses. Political Litigants. Question of Government Support. Claim on a Promissory Note. Crick v. O'connor. Verdict for Plaintiff

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 4

A considerable amount of interest was evinced in an action which was heard yesterday in No. 2 Jury Court before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury of four, the litigants being the Minister for Lands and the…

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Politicians in Court. Trouble Over Election Expenses. Ministerialist V. Oppositionist. Mr. D. O'connor Sued by Mr. Crick. Verdict for the Plaintiff

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 10

A suit between two well-known figures in political life occupied the attention of Mr. Justice Pring and jury in No. 2 Court yesterday, the plaintiff being Mr. William Patrick Crick (the…

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Our Parliament

Evening News · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 7

Mr. A. W. Pearse writes:—If the British Empire were searched from one end to the other at the present time it would be impossible to find a parliament of so low a calibre as the…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 7

As soon as the Legislative Council met yesterday the Vice-President of the Executive Council gave notice of his intention to move on the next sitting day for leave to introduce a bill to amend the Claims…

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Essence of Parliament

Evening News · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 8

I will be correspondent to command, And do my spriting gently. —"The Tempest." The debate on Mr. Carruthers' amendment to…

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Meeting of Parliament Deferred

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 6

At a farmers' conference at Colac to-day, the State Premier, Mr. Irvine, referred to the insistent attitude of certain sections of the press in urging that the State Parliament should meet…

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Federal Parliament. The Federal Parliament sat again to-day. House of Representatives. Federal Capital. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 7

Sir Edmund Barton, replying to Mr. Fisher, said the standing orders would be dealt with this session if time permitted. Sir George Turner, replying to Mr. G. B…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, July 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 8

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock THE CENSURE MOTION. CONTINUATION OF THE DEBATE. ANOTHER SUPPORTER FOR THE…

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Another Reference in Parliament. Mr. O'sullivan's Replies to Mr. Ferguson

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 5

During the censure debate in the Legislative Assembly last night, the Minister for Public Works referred to Mr. Ferguson's criticisms on the Government's action in connection with…

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South Australian Parliament. the Governor's Speech. Measures for the Coming Session

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Parliament will be opened to-morrow by the new Governor, Sir George Le Hunte. It is anticipated that after reference to to-day's welcome the Governor will…

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The Commonwealth Parliament. the Senate. (From Our Special Reporters.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 5

The President took the chair at half-past 2 o'clock PETITION. Sir William Zeal (Vic.) presented a petition from the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce praying for…

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All Night Parliament Confessions of a Convert. a Stonewalling Speech. the Division

Evening News · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 4

The Legislative Assembly sat all last night, and passed nearly the whole of the morning listening to a speech by Mr. Eden George, which occupied nearly five hours. It was the first…

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German Election Riots. Religious Differences Attack on Jews. Suppressed by the Military

Evening News · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 4

LONDON, July 1.—Two hundred Catholics of Strasburg, the capital of the Imperial German Province of Alsace-Lorraine, enraged by the Democratic Socialists' victory at the recent German…

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Preferential Trade. Unionists Holding Aloof. Election Campaign. London

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 4

Although 150 Unionist members of the House of Commons favour an inquiry into Mr. Chamberlain's preferential trade proposals, 60 per cent, of the party, consisting chiefly of…

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The State Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 6

After the division had been taken in the Legislative Assembly yesterday morning on the motion of censure, and the Address-in-Reply had been passed, a number of formal matters were…

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Federal-parliament. the Senate. Senate Elections Bill. State of the Defence. a Shell-trap at Albany. Melbourne, Thursday. The Senate met at 2.30 p.m. Postal Detectives

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 7

Senator SMITH (W.A.) was informed that the Federal Government employed two detectives in the Postal Department of New South Wales. They had acted in this capacity since 1896…

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Federal Parliament. [By Telegraph.] The Senate. Postal Police. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 7

The Federal Parliament sat again this afternoon. In the Senate. The Postmaster-General told Mr. Smith it…

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South Australian Parliament. the Governor's Speech. Increased Taxation. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 5

The second session of the Parliament was opened to-day at noon by the new Governor, his Excellency bir George Le Hunte. The Governor's Speech made references to the…

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