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Politics & elections, 1907

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The Transvaal. on the Eve of the Elections. Sir Percy Fitzpatrick Interviewed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, the leader of the Transvaal Progressives, in an interview on the eve of the elections under the new constitution, stated…

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The Federal Parliament Opens

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 461

The elaborate joke of Mr. Deakin about the alleged opening of the Federal Parliament is to be played in Melbourne to-day. He and his colleagues with the formal assistance of…

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The Meeting of the Federal Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 8

At the meeting of the Federal Parliament to-day the first question will be whether the business of the Commonwealth is to be gone on with, or postponed until the conclusion…

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The imperial Parliament. Speech From the Throne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 56

The second session of the Imperial Parliament was opened in State by the King, last week, who was accompanied by the Queen. Though the weather, which was wet and…

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An Election Aftermath Death of a Defeated Candidate Adelaide

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 6

Mr. D. A. Crosby, a defeated Labour candidate, at the recent Senate election, died this morning, at the age et 34 years. Immediately after the campaign Mr. Crosby's…

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Parliamentary Election

Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 3

An election to fill the vacancy in the representation of Banffshire in the House of Commons, caused by the death of Mr. A. W. Black (Liberal), was held on Monday, and resulted in…

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The Teansvaal Elections. Public Holiday Refused. London, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 9

Lord Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has declined to accede to the request of the miners of the Rand to overrule Lord Solborne, the Governor, who…

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The Transvaal Elections

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 461

The general election in the Transvaal under the new Constitution takes place to-day, and the results will be eagerly looked for. It has yet to be seen how this generous gift…

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Banffshire By-election

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--The by-election for the representation of Banffshire, rendered necessary by the death of the sitting member, Mr. A. W. Black (as tho result of…

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Death of a Senate Candidate

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 12

Mr. D. A. Crosby, who was a prominent candidate With Mr. Vardon, in the recent Senate election in South Australia, died early yesterday morning at Port Pirie. The first count gave Sir…

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The Late Blayney Election

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 10

BATHURST, Tuesday.--Mr. G. S. Beeby, the selected Labor candidate at the late Blayney election, delivered an address at Mount David yesterday, He said his primary object in…

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Federal Parliament

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 4

The opening of the third Federal Parliament is an event which has certainly stirred no man's blood. It has not moved anybody outside the ranks of interested politicians…

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Long Hours in Parliament

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 4

Shorter working time in, Parliament would, as Mr. David Fell, M.L.A., suggested in a speech at…

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Shorter Hours for Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 4

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Crow's Nest Women's Liberal League last night, Mr. David Fell, M.L.A., said the people should insist, now that Federal, shire, and municipal…

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Federal Parliament Opened. Governor-general's Speech

Evening News · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 2

The third Parliament of the Commonwealth was opened yesterday. The following is the text of the Governor-General's speech:— Gentlemen,…

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Federal Parliament Opened by the Governor- General Australia's Flourishing Condition Melbourne

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 6

Lord Northcote, the Governor-General, Opened the first session of the third Federal Parliament with the usual ceremony to-day. The weather was fine, and there was a large…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, February 21, 1907. Opening of the Federal Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 6

The Federal Parliament opened and adjourned yesterday without offering any definite indication as to what members intent to do. The mover and seconder of…

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Federal Parliament. Opening Ceremony. Governor-general's Speech. Brief and Formal Session. Features of the New House. Swearing-in Members

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The opening of the Federal Parliament to-day was rather a social than a political event. To the now members it had the double quality, to the old it was…

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The Transvaal Elections. Government Action Condemned

Evening News · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—In the House of Lords to-day Lord Harris, the Marquis of Lansdowne (late Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), and Lord Ashbourne…

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The State Elections. Position of the Liberals

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 5

Last night, at a meeting of the Crow's Nest Women's Liberal League, Mr. David Fell, M.L.A., referred to the position of the Liberal party, in view of the approaching State elections. He…

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