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Politics & elections, 1906

3,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 159

Western Australia. the Ministerial Elections. Perth

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

All the new Ministers have been returned unopposed, with the exception of the Minister for Works, Mr. Price, who is being opposed for Fremantle by Mr. Needham, a former…

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Bligh Ward Election

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 8

The Town Clerk (Mr. T. H. Nesbitt), who is acting as returning-officer in connection with the High Ward election, has received an intimation of the withdrawal by Mr. David Fealy of his…

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Dulwich By-election. Increased Conservative Majority

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 May 1906 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--The by-election for the Camberwell, Dulwich seat in the House of Commons, rendered necessary by, the retirement of Dr. F. R. Harris…

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Tasmania. Meeting of Parliament. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 7

The Premier has intimated that the session will be opened by commission on the 29th instant and that members of the Assembly will meet at 11 a.m. on that day to consider…

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The Russian Situation. the Canadian Parliament. a Resolution Op Protest

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

In the Dominion House of Commons, at Ottawa, on March 15th, Mr Macdonell, Toronto, moved a resolution sympathising with the Jews in Russia and deploring and condemning the in…

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Short Speeches. in the Russian Parliament. London, Thursday, 3 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 1

The Duma has decided to allow only five- minute speeches. The draft address- in- reply to the Speech from the Throne has been read a first time…

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Bligh Ward Election. Mr. J. Lane Mullins Returned

The Australian Star · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

The vacancy caused by the death of Alderman West for Bligh Ward in the City Council was yesterday filled by Mr. John Lane Mullins, who was returned by a…

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Election Colors

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 7

A meeting of the Australian Women's National League was hold on Tuesday night, in the Caulfield (Melbourne) Town-hall. Miss Grace Watson, organising secretary of the league,…

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Australia's First Parliament

The World's News · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 17

Mr. J. Arthur Dowling, hon, sec. of The Australian Historical Society, Sydney, writes:—"Your article on 'Australia's first Parliament under Responsible Government in your issue of…

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Hooliganism at Election. Lady Hamilton Attacked. Dat of Tragedy. London, April 7

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 May 1906 · page 10

All the gaiety and prettiness of the ladies' color contest has been suddenly stayed by the hand of death. Polling-day was marked by tragedies that have changed the…

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Parliamentary Jubilee. Decorations at Parliament House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 7

Parliament House is being rather extensively decorated, in readiness for the celebration of the jubilee of responsible government tomorrow. Flag-poles, that did duty on the…

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Russia's Parliament. Demands of the Duma. a United Assembly. Challenging the Czar. London, May 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 7

The Duma, after re-emphasising the demands of the peasants, unanimously approved of the Address in Reply, calling upon the Czar to give pledges for land and…

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Parliament and Party

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 4

"About 90 gentlemen will meet together on the 23rd inst," wrote the "Herald" of Wednesday, May 21, "in the novel corporate capacity of the first Parliament of New South…

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Houses of Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 5

The Chamber in which the deliberate wisdom of the legislators of New South Wales decides on the destinies of the colony (wrote the auther of "Sydney in 1848") [?]3 by no…

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The Work of Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 5

In the Council, on its reassembling, the vice-regal Address was road by the President, a bill having been previously read the first time, in order formally to claim the…

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The Political Jubilee. To-day's Celebration. Proceedings at Parliament House

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 8

Arrangements were in course of completion yesterday for the Jubilee celebration of responsible government, which is to take place today. The Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, will…

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This Morning's News-- Now First Published. Jubilee Day of Responsible Government. Unique Gathering at Parliament House. Message From the King

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 5

'A memory of and reverence for what has gone before is one of the attributes of man which differentiates him along with his other mental qualities in marked manner from…

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The French Elections

Evening News · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 3

The second ballots which were taken at the general election in France were largely in favour of the Government. Colonel Marchand and M. Deroulede (Nationalist} were defeated…

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Elections in the Old Days. Donnybrook Fair Scenes. Reminiscences of a Journalist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 6

"Well do I remember the riotous seenes attending the election, not only of the first Parliament under the Constitution Act conferring responsible government upon New…

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