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Politics & elections, 1904

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State Politics. the Ryde Election. Only Two Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 6

Since only two candidates were nominated for the forthcoming by-election at Ryde, interest has increased considerably, and there is every promise of a busy and lively time during the…

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Western Australian Parliament. Recent Action Against a Minister. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly on Friday. Mr. Pigott, leader of the Opposition, moved the adjournment of the House" to condemn the action of the Government in paying the…

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Riyal Shearers' Unions. Appointment of the Royal Commission. Judge Backhouse As President. Members of Parliament Who Refuse to Sit

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 5

Arrangements have now been completed by the Government for the issue of a' Royal Commission, at the instance of the Australian Workers Union, to hold an inquisitorial…

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Municipal Matters. the Election Muddle

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 8

In fixing the polling places for the Lang electorate, the Canterbury Town Hall, which has always been the recognised polling place for the Kingsgrove division by reason of its central…

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Ryde Election

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 8

The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Lees), and Messrs. Jas. Ashton, J. Garland, B. B. O'Conor, Ms.L.A., and J. Stinson will speak in favour of Alderman T. Henley, who is contesting the…

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State Politics. Hyde Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 6

Alderman Thomas Henley, the Reform candidate, addressed a well-attended meeting in the hall, Marsfield, on Saturday night. Mr. Lovell (Mayor) presided. Mr. Henley was accorded a…

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Norwich By-election. Great Liberal Victory. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 7

The election to [?] the vacancy in the representation of Norwich in the House of Commons, due to the death of Sir Harry Bullard (Conservative), was held…

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The Norwich Election

The Australian Star · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 3

The bye-election for the Parliamentary representation of Norwich took place yesterday, the result being a win for the Liberal candidate, Mr. Louis, Tillett, who defeated…

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A Bush Polling-place

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 3

The indignation of the Canterbury electors at the local Town-hall having been passed over in favor of the Moorefield Public School as the polling-place for the Kingsgrove Division of the…

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N.S.W. Parliament. To-day's Opening. Governor's Speech

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 4

The fourth session of the nineteenth Parliament of New South Wales was opened by His Excellency the Governor at noon to-day with the usual pomp and ceremony. Considerable…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, January 19, 1904. the Meeting of Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 6

The meeting of Parliament to-day is a matter of unusual interest, because it represents the closing scene in the struggle between the politicians and the people over…

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The Opening of Parliament. Scene in the Council. Laughable Incident. (Continued from page 4.)

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 5

The dominant note at the opening of Parliament to-day was a kind of suppressed excitement, not that sort of excitement which is engendered by a keen desire to know the…

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The Voice of the People. Giving Effect to the Referendum. Parliament Opened by the Governor. Speech From the Throne

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 5

More than ordinary interest was attached to the opening of Parliament by his Excellency the State Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, at noon to-day…

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Opening of Parliament Short Session Expected. Day and Night Sittings Probable. the Redistribution of Seats Bill. Suggested Margin of Voters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 7

The session of Parliament, which meets at noon to-day, will be a unique one in the political annals of New South Wales, because it will be the first time on which the State Legislature has been called…

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The Gateshead Election. the Irish Vote. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 7

In connection with the election for Gateshead, the vacancy being due to the death of Sir William Allan (Liberal), it is now stated that at the instance of the…

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State Politics. the Ryde Election. Glance at the Situation. a Personal or Political Contest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 6

The electors of Ryde will have the privilege on Saturday next of inserting another rung in the ladder of reform which byelection after by-election have been building…

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Water and Sewerage Board Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Mosman Council Mr. J. Haydon Cardew, who is a candidate for election as one of the representatives of the suburban municipalities on the Metropolitan…

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The Gateshead Election. Irish Vote for the Radical

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--At the instance of the United Irish League of Great Britain a large proportion of the 1600 Irish electors in Galeshead are supporting the Radical…

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The Ryde Election. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 7

Sir,--Mr. Terry is reported to have said, at his Epping meeeting, that the Liberal and Reform Association did wrong in placing any other name than that of Mr. Thompson on the ballot-paper…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 9

A some what unusual, if not unprecedented, course was adopted in the Legislative Council during the afternoon sitting. After the House had dealt with some formal matters and unanimously elected Mr…

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