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Politics & elections, 1906

3,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 159

Victoria. the Glenelg Election. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 7

The final returns for the Glenelg election are:—Campbell (M.), 1426; MeNeill (L.), 806. The Premier (Mr. Bent) is highly pleased with the result…

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Election of Alderman for Bligh Ward

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 May 1906 · page 4

Nominations were received on Saturday by the Town Clerk (Mr. T. H. Nesbitt), as returning officer. for the extraordinary vacancy in Bligh Ward, caused by the death of Alderman…

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Fireman's Parliament. Reception by the Mayor. Opening the Proceedings

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 6

At the Town Hall yesterday the Lord Mayor of Sydney. (Alderman Allen Taylor) welcomed the visiting delegates to the Firemen's Conference, which met in Sydney yesterday…

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Russia's Parliament. Demands for Amnesty. Religious, Agrarian, and Political Offenders. the Czar Hears the Debates. London, May 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 7

The National Duma, which was opened at St. Petersburg last week, passionately and unanimously demanded full amnesty for religious, agrarian, and political…

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Labour Defeat. in Western Australia. Legislative Council Election. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 8

The elections for the six seats in the Legislative Council took place to-day. In four provinces Labour representatives are seeking to be returned to a House in which so far…

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West Australian Politics. Elections for the Upper House

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 5

PERTH (W.A.), Monday.--The Legislative Council elections passed off quietly to-day. For the metropolitan province. Mr. Charles Sommers, at one time Minister for Lands and…

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Firemen's Parliament

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 6

The sittings of the Firemen's Conference were continued yesterday, when Mr. J. E. Hinton, superintendent at Brisbane, read a paper entitled "Personnel of Brigades."…

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Western Australian Elections. Labour Candidates Unsuccessful. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 9

Complete returns of the Legislative Council elections show that Messrs. C. Sommers, J. T. Glowrey, J. W. Langsford, J. M. Drew, T. F. Brimage, and Captain Lauri are all elected…

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Men of the Old Parliament. Some Interesting Personalities. a Chapter of Reminiscences

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 1271

One often hears the saying "There were giants in those days" in the political world. Indeed, so imbued are those who live in the past with the belief that things were better…

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The New Parliament. According to Mr. Churchill. Remarkable Characteristics. a Lamentably Weak Opposition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Speaking last night at West Hartlepool, Mr. Winston Churchill (Under-Secretary for the Colonies) said that the new House of Commons exhibited three…

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BARADINE. Pilliga Scrub Lands—Petty Sessions Court—Election of Officers

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 10

The annual meeting was held on May 5th, when there was a good attendance of members. There was a great deal of…

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The Federal Elections. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 9

Petitions are in circulation in Southern Melbourne division requesting Mr. M'Cay, exMinister for Defence, to allow himself to be nominated for that representation in the…

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Parliament and Press

Evening News · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 4

THERE is a circumstance connected with the celebration next Tuesday of the jubilee of Parliamentary Government in New South Wales which shows the intimate connection…

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Bligh Ward Election. the Candidates' Views

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 8

The two candidates offering for election to fill the vacancy in the City Council caused by the demise of Alderman West, for Bligh Ward last night addressed electors of the…

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Imperial Parliament. Deceased Wife's Sister Bill. Alleged Flank Movement. Legalising Colonial Marriages

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--In the House of Lords yesterday the Colonial Marriages Bill has read a second time without a division. Lord Elgin (Secretary of State for the…

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Looking Backward. Jubilee of Responsible Government. New South Wales Parliament Fifty Years Ago

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 4

Parkes, Robertson, Dalley, Suttor--names familiar to most of us. Arnold, Cooper, Donaldson, Faucett, Hay, Macleay, Manning, Martin, Wentworth--names which few now associate…

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Leading Members and Officials of the First Parliament in New South Wales, 1856

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 4

WM. CHARLES WENTWORTH. Framer of the Constitution of N.S.W., assented to July. 1855. SIR DANIEL COOPER. KT.,…

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Bligh Ward Election. Tame Proceedings

Evening News · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 4

The election to fill the vacancy in the City Council caused by the death of Alderman T. J. West is being held in the Presbyterian Hall, Palmer-street, city, to-day. There are two…

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Parliamentary Election

Evening News · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 8

The election for a member for Dulwich in the House of Commons, rendered necessary by the resignation of Dr. F. R. Harris (Conservative), resulted as follows:—Mr. A. Bonar Law…

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By-election. Conservative Success. London, May 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 7

The polling at the Dulwich election rendered necessary by the resignation of Dr. F. R. Harris (Conservative) resulted as follows:—…

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