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Politics & elections, 1906

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The Tasmanian Elections

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 4

The recent elections in Tasmania have resulted in the direct representation of Labor in the Assembly being increased from four to seven members. It is the…

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METHUL. Election of President.—The Paper.—Resolutions for Conference

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 10

At the meeting on the 31st March, after the usual routine business, a letter from the Junee Branch, re election of the President of the Association by the members…

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TAMWORTH. Annual Meeting—Election of Officers—Dealing with Local Lands

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 10

The annual meeting was held on March 30th, the president, Mr. J. J. Lord, being in the chair. Mr. J. T. Flynn read the annual…

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A.J.C. Autumn Meeting First Day's Programme. Doncaster Handicap and Sydney Cup Prospects. Selections for the Opening Day—A Cup Forecast—Weight-for-age Horses—Two-year-old Probabilities—Form of Doncaster Candidates—Hawkesbury Winners. Betting and Gossip—The Yearling Sales. Inter-state Items

Referee · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 1

Possibly the Autumn Meeting of the Australian Jockey Club, which is to begin on Saturday next, will prove to be more atractive in the way…

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Queanbeyan Election. Awaiting a Return. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 9

Owing to the delay caused by no special messengers being allowed, it is impossible to give the official final numbers. The Ledgerton vote has yet to come. Colonel Ryrie's…

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Closing Public Houses at Elections. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 14

Sir,—At the Queanboyan election the public houses were closed for the first time. As there may have been some who found fault with the Carruthers Government for this…

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The Queanbeyan Election. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 13

Sir,—At the time of writing it is impossible to give with certainty the result of the above election although the chances seem to favour Colonel Ryrie, the Reform candidate,…

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Queanbeyan Election

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 18

The election took place on Saturday for the vacant seat in the N.S.W. State Parliament for the Queanbeyan electorate. There were only two candidates, and both sides workod so…

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Sydney Cup Candidates

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 47

Aa a rule the two-mile events are generally thought to be easy races to pick, as very few good stayers can, be found among the ordinary handicap horses, but it sometimes happens that…

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Russia's Parliament. the Duma Elections. Bureaucracy's Desperate Fight. London, Wednesday, 3.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 4

The elections for the National Duma in Russia are now in full swing. Up to the present half of the provincial and two-thirds of the city elections have…

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How the World Wags. The Worst Dressed Parliament

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 8

We may expect the "Tailor and Cutter”to come out in mourning when its learned expert has braced himself up to the unpleasant task of criticising the…

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Pressmen in Parliament. Saxon and Celt. Knights of the Pen and Parliamentarians

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 28

I do not think that I can be accused of giving way to any arrogance of national vanity, or of putting forward any extravagant proposition, when I say…

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Imperial Parliament. Anglo-french Relations. Effect of the Moroccan Agreement. a Query in the Commons

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 11

LONDON, Wednesday.--In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. C. Schwann (Liberal) asked whether the result of the Algeciras Conference implied the virtual…

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The Russian Elections

Evening News · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday, 2.50 p.m.—Half the provincial and two-thirds of the city elections in European Russia have been decided. Ninetenths of the members will support the…

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The Queanbeyan Election. the Final Figures

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 13

QUEANBEYAN, Wednesday.--The complete returns are now in, and, as forecasted, gave Colonel Ryrie a majority of 80 over his opponent, Mr. Hungerford. The last returns were:--…

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Parliament Adjourns. London, April 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 5

Parliament yesterday adjourned till April 24 over the Easter holidays…

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Western Australia. Disputed Elections. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 5

In the Supreme Court this afternoon, in the East Fremantle disputed election case, judgment was given by the Chief Justice in regard to the petition of Mr. W. C. Angwin (Labour),…

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The Russian Douma. Many Elections Completed. Democrats in the Majority

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--In European Russia half of the provincial and two-thrids of the city elections for the Douma have been decided. Nine-tenths of…

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For a Chinese Parliament

The World's News · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 19

Two Chiness commisationers, their Excellencies Tuan Fang and Ti Huang Te, reached Lendon recently, on a tour devoted to he study of constitional government, on which they…

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The Queanbeyan Election

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 2

THE contest for Queanbeyan was a victory which was worse than a defeat for the Government. Premier Carruthers, who has been in…

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