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Politics & elections, 1906

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Meeting of Parliament

The Australian Star · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 6

Questioned by a "Str" reporter yesterday concerning the probable date of the meeting of Parliament for the transaction of business, Mr. Carruthers (State Premier)…

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When Will Parliament Meet?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 6

There is in Ministerial utterances a tone of thinly-veiled indifference to, if not of contempt for, the public desire to know something more about the Government's…

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Elections in France. Preparations by Socialists. London, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 7

All sections of French socialists have united for the general election. Their appeal to the electorates is based on the principle of a class war. They propose to…

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Prorogation of Parliament. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 12

A proclamation is being issued further proroguing Parliament until June 12, An impression prevails that the Houses will be called together within a month from that…

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Irish News Ireland in Parliament. the Tables Turned on the Tories. Chamberlain Bitter and Derided

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 8

In the debate on the Address-in-Reply in the House of Commons, Ireland bucked large. Mr. Chamberlain spoke for an hour and a-half. He seems to be unable to stop…

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Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Henry W. LUCY.) The Impeachment of Lord Milner.—Starvelings at School.—Parliamentary Election Expenses.—Millennium at Dublin Castle. WESTMINSTER, March 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 5

Not since the new Parliament met has the House of Commons presented such a crowded animated scene as that which on Wednesday night filed in with light and colour. It was…

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Commonwealth Elections. Department Prepared at 24 Hours' Notice. Melbourne, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 April 1906 · page 5

Speaking to-day about the state of preparedness in which he now finds the electoral branch of his department, Mr. Groom, Minister for Home Affairs,…

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The First Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1906 · page 5

Just a brie reference to the first Parliament may be man January, 1856, the Governor, Sir W T. Du[?]son, in accordance with instructions under the Constitution, sent for Mr. Stuart…

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Fifty Years of Parliament

The Australian Star · Monday 30 April 1906 · page 4

Jubilee celebrations are the fashion of the day. There is certainly no reason on earth why the Parliament of New South Wales should be out of it. Next month will bring…

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This Morning's News--Now First Published. [All Rights Reserved.] in the Mother of Parliaments. How Eight Labour Men Secured Seats. Viii.--from Bottling Factory to Parliament

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 5

I know nothing eventful of the year 1866, except perhaps I ought to be thankful that in the merry month of May that year I was born, a matter in which I had no say or…

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N.s.w. Alliance. a Stormy Meeting. Annual Elections Upset

Evening News · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 6

As a general rule the members of the N.S.W. Alliance are most decorous in the conduct of their business, but at the annual business meeting yesterday there was something like a storm…

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Election Challenged. New South Wales Alliance, Alleged "Underground Engineer Ing." Ballot Ruled to Be Void

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 7

When the president of the New South Wale Alliance, the Rev. Canon Boyce, had declared the result of the ballot for the election of office-bearers to the alliance for the onsuing…

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The First Parliament

Evening News · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 6

"Old Hand" writes:—In your brevity column this evening (April 30) you say: "Not a single member of the first New South, Wales Parliament is now living." Was not Mr. Fred…

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Sporting Men in Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 47

Sporting folk generally took no end of interest [?] the last English election. Commenting upon it in a recent "Sporting Life." "Augur" says:—There has, I believe, been no…

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General News. Parliament Again Prorogued

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 8

The new south Wales Parliament has been further prorogued until June 5, but it has not yet been summoned for the despatch of business. The next proclamation will probably…

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Meeting of Parliament. Another Prorogation. Until June 5

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 7

The Government yesterday decided to further prorogue Parliament from May 15 to June 5…

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Mulwala, Mt. Gwynne and District. Death of the Treasurer.—Election of Officers.—Various Matters

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 8

The annual meeting was held on 21st instant, when there was a fair attendance of members, Mr. Lonsdale (president) in the chair…

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Victorian Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. C. Atkins, president of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures, has decided to run for the Senate at the next general elections, Mr. Atkins has been…

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Federal Politics. Opening of Parliament. the Approaching Election. Dissatisfaction with New Constituencies. (From Our Special Reporter.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1906 · page 7

The Prime Minister gave a fairly clear indication to-day that the Federal Parliament will meet early in June. The date will be considered at a Cabinet meeting on Friday…

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Imperial Parliament. Budget Resolutions Passed. Opposition Warnings. Disturbances Looming Ahead

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 May 1906 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday--In the House of Commons yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. E. H. Asquith) announced that the reduction of a penny in the pound…

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