The Liverpool Elections. Mayor W. A. Smith Speaks
Despite the rain on Saturday night, a large and representative body of electors assembled in the Town Hall to hear Mayor W. A. Smith's viewy on current civic…
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Municipal Election Notes
The electors of Parramatta have not much choice to-day. In Anderson Ward Mr. Thomas would displace one of the old brigade. No one can doubt Mr. Thomas's…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Imperial Parliament Opened
The Imperial Parliament was opened by the King and Queen in person on Wednesday. Their Majesties were greeted with enthusiasm. The Speech promised the introduction of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newmarket and Cup Candidates
Among the Newmarket horse mentioned as doing very well in Melbourne are Lady Rylstone, Step Out, and Tangaroa. The last-named is sprinting in especially…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Imperial Parliament. an India Amendment. Presumptuous Tourist. London, Feb. 1
In the House of Commons last night, in continuation of the Address in Reply, Dr. Rutherford (Liberal) moved,—"That the present condition of India demands the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local Government. Municipal and Shire Elections. the New Councils
The first general elections under the Local Government Act were held on Saturday, when nearly 3000 men were returned as the representatives of the people on the shires and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Labour Conference. Sixth Day. the Cost of Elections. in Expenditure of £1055
The business of the annual conference of the Political Labour League was continued at the Trades Hall on Saturday afternoon and evening, under the presidency of Mr. Frank…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Municipal Elections
A gratifying amount of interest was evinced in the municipal elections which were held on Saturday for the return of representatives of 192 municipalities and 134…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Queensland Elections
Women voters in this State should note with interest the progress of the Queensland State elections on Wednesday next, for on the result will hang the fate of the postal vote in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Elections. Final Rally of the Kidston Party
BRISBANE, Sunday.---The final rally on behalf of the Kidstonite Party in the Exhibition-hall on Saturday evening was largely attended. The Mayor presided…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Polling Irregularities. Broken Hill
Allegations were made at the official declaration of the municipal poll that some persons had voted twice in Wills Ward, and Mr. Polkinghorne, a defeated candidate, added that it was possible that a couple of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Queensland Elections
To-morrow the electors of Queensland will record their verdict upon the issues placed before them by the three political parties in the course of a month's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal and Shire Elections. Additional Results
Keen interest was manifested in the municipal contest at Manly. Two members of the council, Messrs. J. H. King and F. O. Passau, were displaced. The council as now constituted generally favours the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tariff Reform Prominent in a British Bye-election London, Monday, 2.65 p.m
The question of tariff reform is very prominent in the bye-election being fought for the Parliamentary vacancy at South Hereford (Poss), caused through the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Topics of the Day the Late Elections
The reproach of indifference and neglect, so often levelled at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Elections Ministerialists Confident. Brisbane
The election campaign, though brief, has been carried out with unusual vigour, and is creating intense interest throughout the country. Although It is always a difficult…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Election Invalidated
BALLINA, Tuesday.--Mr. Thomas Temperley, who was elected an alderman on Saturday, resigned at last night's council meeting, he having overlooked the payment of his sanitary rate, thus being not eligible to take his…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Queensland Elections. Today's Fight. Premier Optimistic
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Mr. Denham has received from Mr. Philp, at Townsville, a telegram couched in optimistic terms with regard to the prospects of the Government party at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Municipal and Shire Elections
The first election under the Local Government Act for municipalities and shires took place in New South Wales on February 1; but the interest manifested in the day's proceedings,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Elections. Parramatta
The elections in Parramatta were contested with a good deal of enthusiasm, the different parties working very hard in the three contested wards. The surprise…
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