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Politics & elections, 1906

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Municipal Elections North-east Ward

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 3

Dr. T. M. Harding's committee met at 436 Darling-street, Balmain, on Tuesday evening. Mr. J. Creighton was voted to the chair…

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Local Government. Temporary Councillors. First Elections Next November. Additions to Municipalities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 11

A proclamation issued in the "Government Gazette yesterday states that the Shires Act will come into operation on Monday next. It is expected that the division of the State into…

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English Election Incidents

The Methodist · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 8

There are 7,266,768 electors on the register in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Every vote polled will cost the country half a sovereign. Eighteen members of the London Stock Exchange…

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The British General Elections. Their Bearing on Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 19

Mr. Bruce Smith delivered a lecture on Wednesday evening to the members of the Homebush Methodist Institute on the subject of the recent British general elections and their…

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Municipal. Liverpool. Election of Mayor

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 7

A SPECIAL, meeting of the above council was held in the Council Chamber on Wednesday evening, 14th instant, for the pnrpose of electing a Mayor for the municipal year 1906-7. Present—The…

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Dundas Council. Election of Mayor. Some Very Candid Speeches

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 5

A special meeting of the Council, to elect the Mayor for the ensuing year, was held on Friday, Present were the retiring Mayor (Alderman F. Spurway…

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British Parliament. the Bannerman Policy

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 February 1906 · page 8

The King attended Westminster in State and formally opened Parliament on Monday. His Majesty looked well, although he walked slowly, leaning on a stick to he moved…

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The Hungarian Crisis. Parliament Dissolved by Force

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 February 1906 · page 8

The Hungarian Houses of Parliament at Budapeat were on Monday surrounded by 3000 troops and 1200 police, and dissolved by Anperial rescript…

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Mayoral Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 9

Balranald.—Alderman Williams. Bourke.—Alderman J. S. Donohoe, for the third ye[?] in succession. Cooma.—Alderman L. Shannon…

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Tasmanian Politics. Forthcoming General Election. Ministerial Policy. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 7

The Premier, Mr. Evans, in view of the forthcoming general election unfolded the Ministerial programme for the new Parliament at Port Cygnet on Saturday evening. He…

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The League Elections. Majority of Officers Elected Unopposed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 5

Most of the officers of the league for 1906 will be elected unopposed. The city ci[?]hs [?]ve all combined and nominated the same officers for the council, and the treasurer and handicapper who acted during the past year,…

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The Liquor Trade. Flans Fob the Election

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 3

'A' review of the recent fight for liquor reform, and a consideration of the present position of the trade from the standpoint of the brewer, the wholesaler, and the publican, took place at…

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General News. the State Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 8

The period having arrived for the further prorogation of the State Parliament, a proclamation was issued yesterday, putting off the day of meeting until April 17. Parliament is,…

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Imperial Parliament Address-in-reply Carried. New Bills Introduced. Estimated Cost of Old-age Pensions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday. -- In the House of Commons yesterday the debate was resumed on Mr. H. W. Forster's amendment to the Address-in-Reply, expressing regret that the…

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Imperial Parliament. South African Question. Speech by Lord Milner. Government by Boer Majorities. Material. Development the Policy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 9

In the House of Lords last night Viscount Milner, formerly Governor of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony and High Commissioner for South Africa,…

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Russian Elections. Meeting of TnE Duma. London, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 9

A Ukase issued by the Czar orders the National Duma to meet on May 10. Owing to disturbances and interruptions of the railways in several provinces, the elections…

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Australasian Engineers. Federal Council Established. State Control Op Funds. Election Op Grand Council. Federal Registration Proposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 9

The conference of the Australasian Society of Engineers, which commenced at the Sydney Trades Hall on Monday, 19th inst, concluded its deliberations yesterday under the…

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Western Australia. Legislative Council Elections. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 9

The general Legislative Council elections will take place in May, and it is probable that each seat will be contested. The Labour party has already announced its intention of…

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Russia's Parliament. the National Duma Elections. London, Wednesday, 2.55 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 1

All parties in Russia excepting the Social Democrats and the Social Revolutionists, who had resolved to boycott the National Duma, are organising with a view to taking…

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Michael Davitt's Message to Australia. The New Parliament. Why the Irish Supported the Labour Party in England

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 17

"Have you a message for the 'Catholic Press?'" our London correspondent, Miss Margaret A. Baxter, wired to Mr. Michael Davitt on the eve of…

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