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Politics & elections, 1903

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 164

Papal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 August 1903 · page 7

In 1878 the Cardinals entered the Conclave at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 18, and Pope Leo was proclaimed on Wednesday, February 20, at 1.15 p.m.—43 hours. The actual time…

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Papal Election. An Austrian Threat. Coronation of Pius X. LONDON

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 August 1903 · page 4

It has transpired that at an early sitting of the Conclave to elect a successor to Leo XIII. an Austrian Cardinal intimated the intention of the Austrian Government to veto…

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Election Ceremonial

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 August 1903 · page 4

Cardinal Sarto was elected Pope at the seventh ballot of the College of Cardinals. He declared that he was unworthy of the high position, but if it pleased God to direct…

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Colored Labor Question. Not to Be Raised at the Elections. Views of Queensland Political Leaders

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 August 1903 · page 6

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Mr. W. H. Browne, leader of the labor party, in the course of an interview on the coming Federal elections published in "The Daily Telegraph" on Friday last,…

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Feeling in Europe. Surprised Satisfaction. Election Well Received on All Sides

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 August 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Though a great surprise, the election of Cardinal Sarto to the Papal chair has been well received in the European capitals…

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The Election Struggle. Two Powerful Parties. "A Transition Pope Necessary."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 August 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The struggle in the Conclave between the partisans of Cardinals Rampolla and Serafino Vannutelli continued until the fifth ballot, when it…

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A Legislative Council Election

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 August 1903 · page 5

Mr. Willis Little has been returned unopposed for the North-Eastern Province seat in the Legislative Council, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Fredk. Brown…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 4

The leader of the Opposition and some of his party followers used the farms of the Legislative Assembly last night to further delay the progress of the Land and Income Tax Bill. They complained that the…

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Questions in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 6

The leakage discovered in the Sydney water supply canal was referred to in tho Legislative Assembly last night, when Mr. Jones asked the Minister for Works a series of questions on the…

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Essence of Parliament

Evening News · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 8

I will be correspondent to command, And do my spriting gently. In reply to Mr. H. Clarke, Mr. O'Sullivan said that the sewerage works at Kensington and…

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Imperial Parliament. Progress of Legislation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The bill providing for the ratlfication of the Brussels Sugar Convention by Great Britain has passed through committee in the House of Commons without…

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New South Wales Parliament. Thursday, August 6

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Mr. Breaker presented a petition from the miners at the Pelaw-Main colliery urging the passage of the Regulation of wages in…

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Sydney Water Supply. the Main Canal. Questions in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 6

The subject of the leak discovered in the main canal leading to Prospect reservoir was again before the Legislative Assembly last night, when Mr. Jones asked the Minister for Works some questious…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, August 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. The PREMIER, in answer to Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, said he was not aware of any promise…

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Federal Parliament. [By Telegraph.] The Chief Justiceship. Sir Edmund Barton's Denial Melbourne, Friday. The Federal Parliament met again to-day. House of Representatives

The Australian Star · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 5

On the House meeting Sir Edmund Barton rose, and said he wished to make a personal explanation. He had been subjected to constant misrepresentation in the press to the…

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The Commonwealth Parliament. the Senate. Melbourne, Thursday, August 6. (From Our Special Reporters.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 3

The President took the chair at half-past 2 o'clock. THE VACANCY IN THE CABINET. Senator NEILD (N.S.W.) asked whether the…

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Sydney Water Supply. the Minister's Statement in Parliament. Laying the New Main to Ryde Not Begun

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 5

The Minister for Works, speaking in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, in reply mainly to statements in "The Daily Telegraph" about the possibility of another shortage in the water…

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Federal Parliament. [By Telegraph.] Conciliation and Arbitration Bill. Federal Capital Site. The 100 Miles Limit. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 7

The Federal Parliament sat again to-day HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A further number of petitions were presented, praying tor prohibition of the liquor…

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How the Election Proceeded. Ebb and Flow of Voting. London, Aug. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 5

At the Conclave of Cardinals the first struggle was between Cardinal Rampolla, who was supported by France, and Cardinal Gotti, who was supported by…

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Papal Elections and the Veto Privileges of European Powers. the Austrian Government and Cardinal Rampolla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 5

While an army of newspaper correspondents was keeping the world informed, with more or less fidelity to fact, of the doings of the Conclave, something intensely serious and in a sense highly dramatic…

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