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Politics & elections, 1903

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 164

Questions in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 4

The Minister for Education, in answer to Mr. Hogue, siad that in his statement at Cook's Hill of the attendances of clergymen at State schools in order to give religious instruction he had simply given the…

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N.S.W. Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 12

In the New South Wales Legislative Assembly last week Mr. Carroll moved the adjournment of the House to call attention to the unprecedented distress caused by the drought at Hillston, and…

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Essence of Parliament. (By "Ariel.")

Evening News · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 2

I will be correspondent to command, And do my spriting gently. In the House, yesterday, Mr. Thomson asked the Premier about the emigration from the State…

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State Parliament. Tuesday, July 28

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly, Petitions were presented In favor of the Liquor Bill with amendments. A message was received from the Governor…

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The Land Policy. a Protest in Parliament

Evening News · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 3

The decision of the Minister for Lands to offer for improvement lease an area of 23,000 acres at Condobolin was made the subject of a long discussion on the motion for adjournment in…

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Erection of State Batteries. Discussion in Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 23

In the New South Wales Legislative Assembly last week, Mr. Meagher moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the desirability of establishing State batteries on low-grade goldfields,…

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The State's Population. Alleged Decrease Denied. Statement in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly last night Mr. THOMSON asked the Premier if he had noticed the statement that during the last six months 16,000 persons had left the State. If he had would…

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The Unemployed. Discussion in Parliament. Distress in the City

The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 3

The question of doing something to relieve the distress existing in the city was brought under the notice of the Legislative Assembly last night by Mr. Kelly, member for Denison,…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, July 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 10

The Speaker tool, the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. The PREMIER, in answer to Mr. Daley, said that the police report showed that there was no great…

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At the Bar of Parliament. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 10

Sir,—In your issue of to-day Mrs. A. M. Hamilton-Grey writes that she has "never pretended to be the representative of any number of electors whatsoever," and adds "I only a[?]ixed my own signature" (in her petition to…

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The Commonwealth Parliament. House of Representatives. (From Our Special Reporters.) Melbourne, Tuesday, July 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 5

The Speaker tock the chair at half-past 2 o'clock. PETITIONS. Sir L. Bonython (S.A.) and Mr. Poynton (S.A.) presented petitions praying for postal improvements…

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Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. The House of Representatives met at 2.30 p.m. PETITIONS

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 8

Sir LANGDON BONYTHON presented a petition from 182 residents of Kadina (S.A.) asking that a new post-office he provided there. (Laughter.)…

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The Papal Election. Attitude of Germany

Evening News · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 4

LONDON, July 28, 3.20 p.m—Tbe "Kolnische Zeitung" (the "Cologne Gazette") denies a rumour that the German Government, will use its influence to prevent the election…

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The Late Pope. Another Candidate. London, July 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 7

Cardinal Domenico Svampa (Archbishop of Bologna) is mentioned at Rome as the probable successor to Pope Leo XIII. [Cardinal Svampa is at present Archibishop of…

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Papal Election. Attitude of Germany. Rumour Denied. London

The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 4

The "Kolnische Zeitung," a German daily, denies a rumour that the German Government is using its influence to prevent the election of Cardinal Rampolla to the Papacy…

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Cardinal Kopp and the German Elections. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 3

Sir,--In your Issue of Wednesday last a correspondent, Mr. P. S. Cleary, offers an explanation of Cardinal Kopp's "brief," or pastoral, [?] which, as Mr. Cleary says, the Cardinal…

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Candidates for the Papacy. the Most Prominent Names

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Cardinal Domenico Svampa, Archbishop of Bologna, is mentioned as the probable Pope…

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The Papal Succession. Interment Op Leo Xiii. Candidates for the Papacy. (By Cable from Our London Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 12

Cardinal Oreglia, as Camoriengo, verified the death of Popo Leo XIII, with the customary coromonics, except that he omitted tapping the forehead of His Holiness three times with a…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 July 1903 · page 6

Owing to the temporary and unavoidable absen[?] of the Attorney-General yesterday afternoon when the Legislative Council met, a short but somewhat brisk discussion took place on the proposal of Colonel…

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The Freedom of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 July 1903 · page 4

The proposed new Standing Orders for the limitation of Parliamentary oratory in the main meet a demand which has of late years been steadily growing, wherever the…

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