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Politics & elections, 1907

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Federal Elections. the Referendum. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 6

By 54,297 votes to 8121 South Australia has approved of the alteration of the Constitution regarding Senate elections. There were 7892 informal votes…

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Transvaal Elections. the Labour Problem. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 7

A Boer leader, Mr. Van Blemmenstein, who is opposing Mr. Abe Bailey for Krugersdorp, does not favour the immediate repatriation of Chinese, as he considers…

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The Blayney Election. the Election Officials

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 4

BLAYNEY, Saturday.--The returning officer is experiencing great difficulty in securing public school buildings for polling booths in connection with the by election. The Federal…

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Federal Politics the New Parliament Appointment of Officers

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 5

One of the first ditties of the new Commonwealth Parliament, which will probably be summoned for Wednesday, February [?] will be to select in the Senate the President…

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Federal Parliament. Members Select Their Seats. the Defence Portfolio

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Members of the Federal Parliament are already selecting the seats they intend to occupy in the legislative chamber's during the session. Seats on the front…

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The Blayney Election. Oberon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 8

Mr. Beeby, the Labour candidate, supported by Messrs. Carr and Watson, Ms.P., and Mr. Griffith, addressed a crowded meeting on Saturday night…

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The Blayney Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 6

One of the flimsiest of the traps to catch the workers' vote in the Blayney election was broken through in an address by Mr. Cohen on Saturday night,…

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The Date Federal Elections. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 9

Sir,--Recently reference was made in your columns to the fact that whilst members of the State Labor Party lent active assistance to their political kith and kin, fighting to retain or to win Federal seats, the MsP. who…

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Blayney By-election". a Vigorous Campaign

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 7

BLAYNEY, Monday.--At no previous election has there been such a formidable contingent of' speakers in this electorate as at present) Mr. Crick always fought his campaign "on his own,"…

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N, S, W. Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 18

There is good authority for stating that Parliament will meet for a short session in May next. It is understood [?]hat the legislation will include long-promised amendments of the…

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Members of the New Federal Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 28

Mr. K. O'Malley, M.H.R. for Darwin (Tas.). Senator J. H. Keating, Tasmania…

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The Transvaal Elections

Evening News · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.— At a meeting of 3000 Laborites at Johannesburg a resolution was passed urging Lord Elgin, Secretary of State for the colonies, to…

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Blayney Election. the Premier at Millthorpe. Support for Mr. Withington. the Lands Scandals. Defence of the Government the Overflowing Treasury. Remission of Taxation Promised. (From Our Special Reporter.) Millthorpe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 9

Excilement in connection with the Blayney; election is beginning to increase, and to-day there bas been a regular incursion of Government supportors into the electorate to assist…

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Federal Elections. South Australian Senators. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 10

The poll for the Senate was declared at the Town Hall to-day. The candidates, in returning thanks, expressed sympathy with Mr. D. A. Crosby, one of the candidates,…

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Victoria. East Melbourne Election. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 9

The election of a member of the Legislative Assembly for East Melbourne to-day in the room of Sir Samuel Gillott, resigned, excited very little interest. Both candidates stood…

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Tee Blayney Election

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 76

Next Saturday the electors of Blayney will be called upon to decide between the two candidates for their suffrages, of whom one is an accredited Liberal candidate and…

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Challenge and Anniversary. Candidates Reviewed

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 1

Next Saturday week the Challenge Stakes and Anniversary Handicap will be decoded at Randwick. A few yean ago, great interest was…

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Blayney Election State Premier at Millthorpe. the Land Scandals. "Premier, Not Czar."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 9

MILLTHORPE, Tuesday.--The presence of Mr. Carruthers and Mr. Ashton in the Blayney electorate has quickened' interest in the contest, and this evening when the State Premier arrived…

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The Late Election. Mr. Dyer's Good Fight for Labor. Meeting at Auburn. Gifts of Tea and Sugar.—Militant Parsons.—Electoral Department Bungling.—Those "Good Protestants."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 1

A meeting of Labor sympathisers was held at the Alexandra Hall. Auburn, on Friday evening last, to hear an address from Alderman C. Dyer, the "candidate…

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Federal Government. First Meeting Since the Elections. Electoral Machinery to Be Improved. the Assembling of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The first meeting of the Federal Cabinet since the recent elections took place to-day. All the Ministers except Sir John Forrest (Treasurer) were present…

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