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Politics & elections, 1904

3,430 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 172

Tasmania. Meeting of Parliament. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 7

The House of Assembly meets on the 6th inst. (Wednesday)…

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An Anarchist's Address. Burn Parliament House. the Rower of Dynamite

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A remarkable demonstration took place on the Yarra bank this afternoon, when the notorious J. W. Fleming declaimed in favor of anarchy, communism, and…

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The State Government and the Coming Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 4

The near approach of the State elections is responsible for a curiously significant development in the relations existing between the Government and the labor party. A few…

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Special Cables. From the "Herald's" London Correspondents. the United States. the Presidential Election. the Democratic Candidate. London, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 5

The movement in favour of Mr. Justice Parker, the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, is becoming formidable in New York State and in the south…

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Letter-carriers' Picnic. Speech by Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.h.r. the Federal Parliament and the Minimum Wage

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 3

The annual picnic of the members of the New South Wales Letter-carriers and Mail Boys' Association took place yesterday at Athol Gardens, and, with fine weather prevailing in the early…

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State Politics. the Partt Ticket. the Three Organisations. Mr. O'sullivan Deserts Queanbeyan. a Candidate for Phillip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 4

It is clear that things are shaping towards an appeal being made to the voters at the next general elections on three (party tickets, namely, the Liberal and Reform League as…

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The Melbourne Election. a Charge of Criminal Libel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--On Saturday Sir Malcolm M'Eacharn's solicitor served a summons upon Mr. W. V. M'Cormick, printer and publisher of the "People's Daily," calling upon him…

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Freetrade and Liberal League. Inaugural Meeting. Stirring Speech by Mr. G. H. Reid. the Balance of Power in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 8

The inaugural meeting of the New South Wales division of the Australian Frectrade and Liberal League (under the new constitution) took place at the Queen's-hall, Pitt-street, last…

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Selection of Candidates. What to Do with Contumacious Candidates. Mr. Carruthers Speaks Out

Evening News · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 4

Mr. Carruthers, leader of the Opposition, said to-day that he had noticed one of two cases where candidates were alleged to have stated that they intended to go to the poll against all…

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Public Apathy at Elections. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 12

Sir,—The indifference of the masses on matters political is, as Sir William M'Millan indicated in his speech at the People's Refrom League smoke concert on Saturday…

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Reform and the General Election

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 846

As we approach the time when the State general election must take place it becomes important to understand the real nature of the issue on which that appeal…

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I.o.g.t. Conference. the Approaching Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 4

The thirty-first annual general conference of the Independent Order of Good Templars was continued in the Y.M.C.A.-hall yesterday afternoon and evening, the proceedings being opened…

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State Elections. Mr. Kidd at Campbelltown. Speech in Defence of the Government

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 8

CAMPBELLTOWN, Tuesday.--The State Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Kidd, opened his political campaign in the Town-hall here to-night. Mr. Thomas Gamble, ex-Mayor of the town,…

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The Tasmanian Parliament. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 7

The House of Assembly resumed sitting on Wednesday evening, after the Easter holidays. So far little active business has been done. To-morrow the Occupancy Rate Bill is to be…

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Parliamentary Election

Evening News · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 6

LONDON, April 6, 2.35 p.m.-Major J. E. B. Seely (Conservative Freetrader), who resigned his seat for the Isle of Wight, was returned without opposition, the Chamberlainites…

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The Selection of Candidates

Evening News · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 4

The speech of Mr. Carruthers at last night's meeting of the Liberal and Reform Association made it abundantly clear that in the coming campaign great danger is to be feared from the…

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Victoria. the Melbourne Election. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 7

The cases in which Henry Ellis, J.P., and Stephen Barker, J.P., are charged with making false statements in connection with the voting in the Melbourne election were…

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"The Boy in the Balloon." After the Elections. O'sullivan on Carruthers

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 5

Mr. O'Sullivan, the Minister for Works, does not belong to that class of politicians who would have the public believe that they never read the newspapers, while as a matter of…

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UNOPPOSED. Isle of Wight Election. LONDON, Wednesday, 2.35 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 4

Major J. E. B. Selby has been re-elected unopposed to represent the Isle of Wight in the House of Commons, as a Conservative free-trader…

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General News. the State Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 4

Mr. Carruthers protested strongly at the Liberal and Reform conference last night against the system of holding the State elections in mid-winter, which prevented numbers…

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