Council Deadlock Special Election Ordered. Mudgee
To overcome the deadlock at the Cudgegong Council, where only tour nominations were received at the general election, a proclamation has been issued ordering a special…
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Sporting: the Turf. Notes. a Newmarket Candidate
Postponed races are seldom a success, but the same cannot well be said of the Rosehill meeting (which was postponed from Saturday to Thursday) in so far as the attendance was…
Continued on Trove, page 436 →Our Melbourne Letter. Sundry Race Meeting. Tattle on the Turf. Doings of Newmarket and Australian Cup Candidates
Heavy rain fell between 6 and 8 a.m. on Saturday, and it looked anything but promising for the Sunbury R.C. meeting in the afternoon. But it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Election of Mayors. Burwood
Alderman James Gregg was, on Monday night, unanimously elected Mayor of Burwood for the ensuing term. Mr. Gregg occupied the Mayoral chair during the municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Elections
The Queensland State general elections took place on February 5. In the metropolis the Kidston and Socialist victories turned the scale against Mr. Philp, though he gained victories…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Federal Parliament
As the House of Representatives will meet on March 11,hardly a month has to elapse now before the two Houses of the Federal Chambers will be in operation again. The Government…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland's New Parliament
The renaissance of conservatism under Mr. Philp as within little more than half a year—first through the backdoor defection of Mr. Kidston, next through…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Orange River Colony. First Parliament Opened
The first Parliament of the Orange River Colony created under the new Constitution assembled on December 17, when the members were sworn in. Mr. Mantis was elected Speaker of the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Elections The Cardinal's Opinion. the Labour Policy and Continental Socialism. an Important Statement
We asked his Eminence the Cardinal yesterday what he thought of the result of the Queensland elections. "It appears to me," he said, "to be a…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Queensland Elections. Satisfaction in Victoria. the "Age" Demands Recall of ThE GOVERNOR
Whilst, following the Queensland elections, the mouthpiece of Conservatism attempts to whitewash Lord Chelmsford, the "Age" demands his recall by Downing street. The…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Bellinger Shire Election
BOWRAVILLE, Thursday.—A legal opinion has been given by Messrs. M'Guren and Pollock, solicitors, Grafton, that the recent election for Bellingen Shire is invalid It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Australian Senate Election. An Appeal to Protestants. the Labour Party Divided
On Saturday, February 15, the electors of the State of South Australia will be asked to vote for a Senator for the Commonwealth Parliament, caused through the High Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Noisy Election
The large number of ratepayers in attendance at the meeting of the North Sydney! Council, held to elect a Mayor for the ensuing year, made matters very lively during that part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Should Parliament Be Called Together? Opposition Members Interviewed. in Favor of the Proposal
In view of the extremely serious outlook in the local industrial world, the proposal that Parliament should be called together Is receiving careful consideration in business and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local Government. Mayoral Elections
BEXLEY—Alderman Biddulph elected. BURROWA.—Alderman O. Watson. BOMBALA.—P. J. Jonas. CASTLEREAGH.—Alderman J. Smith-elected…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →North Sydney Mayoral Election. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")
Sir,—Some years ago I saw two youths walking up Moore-street with their eyes on the "Star" office and its sensational news announcements, when one said to the other,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Queensland Elections. to the Editor
Sir,--There is a good deal of misconception on the Queensland elections just ended. To designate Mr. Kidston and his followers as Socialists is a misuse of words, and contrary to fact. Mr. Kidston certainly did belong…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cardinal Moran on the Queensland Elections
Cardinal Moran, when asked this week by a representative of the "Catholic Press" what he thought of the Queensland elections, said:--"It appears to me to be a triumph for sane…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Guillotine. Debated in the Commons. Justification of the Lords. the Lesson of By-elections
LONDON, Thursday.--A two-days' debate on the guillotine resolution, designed to accelerate business, was begun last night in the House of Commons…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Abolition of State Parliament
The question of the abolition of the State Parliament will be brought before the annual conference of the Political Labor Council, the Prahran branch, at the last meeting, having…
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