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Politics & elections, 1904

3,430 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 172

The Melbourne Election. Protest Against. Sir M. M'eacharn's Return. an Enormous Meeting. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 8

A public meeting held to-night, in Fitzgerald's Circus building, near Prince's Bridge, to "further the protest lodged by Mr. Maloney against the return of Sir…

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Fiscal Fight The Gateshead Election. a Home Rule Victory. London

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 4

The election for the representation of Gateshead in the House of Commons, the vacancy being due to the death of Sir William Allan (Liberal), took place yesterday, and…

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Ryde Election. Mr. D. Storey and the Labour Party. a Coalition Government

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 7

A meeting was held last night at the Church Hall, Gladesville, in support of the candidature of Mr. T. Henley, the selected Liberal and Reform candidate. There was…

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Municipal Elections. Leichhardt

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 7

A great deal of Interest is being manifested In the coming municipal elections at Leichhardt. In the Kendall Ward the retiring representative (Alderman H. R. Steward) will be opposed…

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Imperial Fiscal Issue. the Gateshead Election. Defeat of Lord Morpeth. Return of the Radical Home Ruler

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The vacancy caused in the representation of Gateshead by the death of Sir William Allan (Liberal) has been filled by the election of the Radical…

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Cape Colony General Election. Defeat of a Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Dr. Jameson (leader of the Cape Opposition) and Mr. Wood (Progressives) have been elected members of the Cape House of Assembly for Grahamstown, defeating…

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Ryde Election. Polling Arrangements

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 11

Mr. H. St. John Tucker, the Returning-officer, had everything in readiness early in the week, for the election to-day, and there ought to be no delay in announcing…

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Wanted--a Polling Booth

The St George Call · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 3

The importance of the next state election brings to mind the fact that voters at one end of this Electorate are very badly served as far as facilities for recording…

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State Politics. Polling-day at Ryde. Strong Support for Mr. Henley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 10

To-day the electors of Ryde have the opportunity of numbering the electorate among those who hove loyally proclaimed for reform, The reform list has become an imposing one,…

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The Insult to Parliament. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 4

Sir.--I think all sober-minded people, and especially those who understand the significance and safety of constitutional practice will deeply deplore the shocking manner in which…

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The Insult to Parliament. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 9

Sir,—I think all sober-minded people, and especially those who understand the significane and safety in constitutional practice, will deeply deplore the shocking manner in which Parliament was…

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A Spicy Federal Election Incident

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 38

The following controversy between the "Worker" and the "Newsletter" on a certain phase of the recent Bourke election hardly calls for comment. Referring to some…

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The Ryde Election. Another Noisy Meeting

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 4

Alderman Thomas Henley, the selected Liberal and Reform candidate for the Ryde election, addressed a final meeting of the electors in the Ryde Town Hall last evening, and from…

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Municipal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 13

Balmain.—Very little interest is being shown in the forthcoming election of aldermen and auditors at Balmain For the representation of the North Ward, Mr. Hugh Byers has announced his candidature in opposition to…

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Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Henry W. LUCY.) Mr. Chamberlain and the Conservative Constituencies—The Eclipse of Mr.. Balfour— The Church and the County Council Election—Newspaper Pabulum—A Forest in Reserve—The New Westminster Cathedral—A Sturdy Beggar—American Breweries—A Poor but Honest Bishop. WESTMINSTER, Dec. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 5

Mr. Chamberlain's triumph at Leeds, down to the torchlight procession, must surely recall to him a former occasion when he was. the apostle of an unauthorised programme…

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Municipal Elections. Waverley

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 12

Two of the retiring aldermen are not seeking re-election. The place of Alderman Ellison, for Bondi Ward, is likely to be contested by Messrs. J. W. Pynsent, J. F. Cox, and E. R…

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Ryde Election. a Noisy Meeting. Organised Interruption From a Minority

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 9

There was organised interference with the right of free speech at Mr. Henley's meeting in the Ryde Town-hall last night. Some five hundred electors assembled to hear the views of…

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Mr. Terry's Second Ryde Meeting. Some Straight Talk—That Ceding—ford Assault—The Candidate's Latter to the League

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 11

Mr. E. Terry addressed a very largely attended meeting of the electors in the Ryde Town Hall on Wednesday evening, when the chair as on the former occasion,…

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Poltroon Parliament Constitutional Cowardice

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1904 · page 4

The scribe-scourged, press-ridden Parliament of New South Wales degenerates daily, with each diurnal dose of dogmatic demoralisation from the…

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Mackenzie's Money. What Became of it? A Member of Parliament Prosecutes Turf Agent Mountain

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1904 · page 5

Mr. T. F. H. Mackenzie, M.L.A., Says that he was Defrauded if £1 by Frank Mountain, but Admits that " Detective" Austla Urged Him to Prosecute…

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