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Politics & elections, 1907

2,774 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 139

A Bye-election London, Saturday, 6.30 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 12 May 1907 · page 1

The bye-election for the Stepney Division of Gordon, necessitated by the retirement through ill- health of Sir W. E. Evans (C.) resulted in the return of Mr. Leverton…

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By-election. Conservative Success

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1907 · page 7

Major Sir William E. E. Gordon resigned the Beat for Stepney on the ground of ill-health. At the election to fill the vacancy the…

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State Elections. Camperdown

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1907 · page 9

A special meeting of the members of the Camperdown branch of the Liberal and Reform Association was held in the Camperdown Town- hall on Friday evening, the object being to…

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The Coming Elections

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 4

The hostile camps are marshalling their forces for the coming fray, and the men who desire to legislate for us are al-…

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Blayney Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 7

Mr. G. S. Beeby, the selected Labour candidate, opened his campaign in the Blayney Town Hall on Saturday night before a large audience. The Mayor, Alderman Russart,…

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State Elections. Liberal Party's Work. Number of Selections Made

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 7

The executive of the Liberal and Reform Party issued invitations three weeks age to intending candidates to forward their names to the secretary of the association by May…

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New South Wales Parliament. When Will Members Meet Again?

Evening News · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 5

A question with which many people are at present concerning themselves is the date on which the now-expiring Parliament will again assemble? A short session was promised for…

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State Elections. the Candidates. Something About Them

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 10

There are some familiar faces among the Liberal candidates offering. Mr. Carroll, who represented Lachlan in the last Parliament as a follower of the late Sir…

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Imperial Parliament. Women As County Councillors. the Basis of Taxation. Proposed Unionist Amendment

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. John Burns (President of the Local Government Board) announced that he had intended introducing a…

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State Elections. the Coming Session. Mr. Carruthers's Policy Speech. Labour Party's Possible Rejoinder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 9

All that has been done up to now in connection with the elections for the State Parliament has been little more than affairs of outposts, but with the deliverance by the…

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New Zealand. Taranaki By-election. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 9

The Taranaki by-election, necessitated by the death of Mr. E. M. Smith, created great interest. One small return has yet to come in, but it cannot affect the result. Mr. H…

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Wimbledon Bye-Election. Conservatives Retain the Seat

Evening News · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—The Wimbledon bye-election consequent on the resignation of Eric Hambro (Conservative)resulted in the return of the Honorable…

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Queensland Elections. Mr. Philp's Manifesto. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 7

Mr. Philp has issued the following brief manifesto to the electors of Queensland:—"On May 18 you will be called on to vote for your representative in Parliament. Three parties…

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State Elections. New Rolls Being Collected. the New Parliamentary Elections Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 8

Another effort is being made to get the electoral rolls of the State in good order before the general elections. It is worth while considering the suggestion thrown out…

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State Elections. Newtown

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 6

Taking the polling at the recent Federal elections for the centres in the Newtown State electorate as a criterion, the chances of the selected Liberal candidate there seem remarkably good…

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Parliament's Nature and Work

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 3

To a large gathering of members of the Women's Patriotic Club and their friends, Mr. Bruce Smith, M.H.R., last night gave an instructive address on "The Nature and Work of…

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State Elections. What Candidates Are Doing

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 6

Owing to a provision in the new Electoral Art requiring electoral lists to be exhibited for 30 days before they can become "rolls," the polling-day will probably not be before the…

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Election of Directors

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 5

Messrs. C. G. M. Capp, W. H. Mackay, W. C. Green, T. Richardson and G. S. Waller have been elected directors to the Maitland board without…

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The Coming Elections

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 6

WHAT shall the cry be for the coming elections? Let us consider! We are going to change our representatives, and put…

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The State Elections. New Rolls. Trouble in the Constituencies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 8

Probably the work of the police in collecting the names of electors for the new rolls will be completed by the end of the present month. The canvass of the city has already…

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