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Politics & elections, 1907

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Conduct of Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 6

From Mr. Schomburg returning officer in South Australia, the Department of Home Affairs has received a report upon the mistakes made in counting the votes for the Senate,…

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The Senate Election. South Australian Poll. Labor Dissatisfaction

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The writ for the election of three senators for South Australia has been returned to the Governor, certifying that Sir Josiah Symon, Mr. W. Russell, and Mr…

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State Elections. Mr. Withington at Orange. City Importations Not Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 5

ORANGE, Wednesday.--At last night's meeting of the Orange Council, Alderman Flanagan, in the absence of the Mayor, congratulated Mr. Withington upon his success in the recent…

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From Outside Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 8

The view expressed by Mr. John Stinson, president of the People's Reform League, was interesting. He said:--"The retirement from A public life of Mr. Ashton, when it takes place,…

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The Blayney Election

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 6

There were great hopes expressed that the Blayney election would prove something, but it lias proved nothing at all…

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Botha and the Chinese. an Election Pronouncement

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--In his election address, General Louis Botha promises that the Hot Volk, the Boer organisation in the Transvaal, will not allow a single Chinese…

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General Botha's Election Address. Hetvolk and Chinese. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 7

General Botha, in his address to the electors of the Transvaal, promises that Hetvolk will not allow a single Chinaman to depart from the Rand without being…

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Conduct of Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 6

Reports are still being received as to the conduct of the Federal elections in all the States, and the inquiry which is being conducted by the head office will not be…

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The Coming Elections

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 4

The Newsletter's power was never more clearly seen than in the recent Blayney election. In defiance of all schemes, this journal…

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The Transvaal Elections. the Railway Employees

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 6

LONDON, Friday Evening.— The Earl og Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies approves Lord Selborne's refusal to permit Transvaal railway employees to take…

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Victoria. By-elections. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 11

The Speaker to-day issued writs in respect to two vacancies in the State Parilament. The first was caused by the realgnation of Mr. Gaunsen as representative of…

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Victoria. By-elections. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 14

The Speaker to-day issued writs in respect to two vacancies in the State Parliament. The first was caused by the resignation of Mr. Gaunson as representative of…

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Parliament Will Meet. a Definite Assurance

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1907 · page 7

A "Sunday Times" representative yesterday asked Mr. Ashton whether the present Parliament would meet again prior to its expiration by effluxion of time…

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Transvaal Elections London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1907 · page 7

Lord Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has approved of the refusal of Lord Selbourne, High Commissioner of South Africa, to permit the…

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The Blayney Election

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1907 · page 4

It is a curious circumstance that the one against whom the Labor people were fighting is a stonemason, and the one for whom they accorded their block vote, and their…

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New Federal Law. False Statements Concerning Parliamentary Candidates. Written for the "Evening News" by G. F. S.

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 6

For a long time past it was the common practice with, many of the candidates for Parliamentary honors and their partisans to circulate defamatory and false statements of each…

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Transvaal Elections. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 7

Lord Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, approves of Lord Selborne's refusal to permit railway men in the Transvaal doing electioneering work…

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The State Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 7

Immediate action is to be taken by the Political Labour Council to organise in those constituencies where Labour candidates are likely to be put forward at the forthcoming…

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The Lessons of the Late Federal Election. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 8

Sir—Continuing my remarks on the above subject. I may say that one of the most serious drawbacks to success at the late Federal elections was the delay which took place in many…

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State Elections. Mr. Young and the Labor Party. Refusal to Sing the Pledge

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 5

BATHURST, Sunday,--Mr. W. W. Young, M.L.A., interviewed this afternoon concerning the probability of his being opposed at the forthcoming general elections unless be is…

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