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Politics & elections, 1906

3,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 159

Validity of a Mayoral Election

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 9

A somewhat novel point cropped up at the last meeting of the Bexley Council regarding the validity of the recent Mayoral election. Prior to the commencement of the usual business…

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Tasmanian General Elections. the Local Option Question. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 11

The election candidates are active generally throughout the island. All the Hobart candidates have addressed the constituents. Arguments have waged mainly around the Local…

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Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Henry W. LUCY.) Forecasts of the General Election—A Record Majority—C.-B.'s Tactics—Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Balfour—The Late King of Denmark. WESTMINSTER, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 5

Writing on November 10 last, some ten weeks before the general election was fought, I cited an elaborate statement by a Liberal member of the House of Commons of high…

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Abstinence in Parliament. London, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 7

Mr. Keir Hardie (Labour) has obtained the adhesion of the bulk of the Labour members and many Nationalist members of the House of Commons and others to a…

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Temperance in Parliament. Mr. Keir Hardie's Anti- Alcohol Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Mr. Keir Hurdle, the leader of a section of the Labor I Party, has obtained the adhesion of the majority of the Labor members, many…

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The Queanbeyan Seat. Declared Vacant. Polling Fixed for April 7

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 6

The Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly yesterday decided to issue a writ for the election of a member for Queanbeyan, vacated by Alan Major Millard. The…

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Methodist Conference. Alcohol in Parliament. Sunday Schools' Statistics

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 6

The business of the conference was resumed yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, under the presidency of the Rev. J. G. M. Taylor. Mr. Bernard Deane, of the Kempsey circuit,…

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Millard's Conviction. Queanbeyan Seat Declared Vacant. Bye-election on April 7

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 3

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly yesterday gave consideration as to a report which he had received from the Chief Secretary relative to the situation created by the recent…

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Election Anecdotes. Some Bright Stories

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

At one of Mr. Henry Norman's meetings in South. Wolverhampton he was accompanied by his son, not yet nine years of age (says the "Daily Mail.")…

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Drinks in Parliament

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

The Rev. W. H.Howard gave notice of the following motion at the Methodist Synod: "That this conference hears with gratification the report that a large…

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Branch Reports—continued. Collie. Representation in Parliament —Qualifications for Membership.—wire Netting

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 13

The usual monthly meeting was held on Saturday last, about a dozen members being present; the president (Mr. T. Darey) in the chair…

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Late Cable News. Received This Morning. The Russian Duma. No "Electioneering" Allowed

Evening News · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday, 3.10 p.m.—The Russian authorities, with the exception of a few meetings at St. Petersburg, are preventing all electioneering in connection with the…

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The Queanbeyan Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 8

The writ for the Queanbeyan election having now been issued it is not untimely to sound the note of preparation again, and to call on all Liberals in that electorate…

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The Election Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 10

The election campaign is proceeding quietly throughout the State. The majority of candidates have delivered their first speeches, and arr new mostly marking time…

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National Duma. Authorities and Electioneering. London, Tuesday, 3.10 p. m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 1

Respecting the election campaign in connection with the National Duma, the Russian authorities will prevent all electioneering except a few meetings in St. Petersburg…

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By-election. London, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 7

An election was held yesterday to fill the vacancy in the representation of Basingstoke (Northern-Hampshire) in the House of Commons, caused by the death of Mr…

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Electioneering in Russia. London, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 7

The authorities prevent all kinds of electioneering, except the holding of a few meetings at St. Petersburg…

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Notes on the British Elections

Watchman · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 5

In the main the results, so far as Ulster is concerned, are satisfactory, but in some instances loyal Unionists cannot but regret the choice that has been made by the…

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Fire Brigades Board Election

Evening News · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 5

The election took place on Friday of representatives on the Fire Brigades Board of fire insurance companies and voluneer fire brigades…

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Irish News The Irish Elections. the Roll of Irish Members. Representation Changes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 8

Ireland is represented in the House of Commons by. 103 members. Of these 83 are Home Rulers and 20 Unionists. The Unionists sit for 7 seats in Ulster, 1 in Leinster, and 2…

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