The Ballot-box in a Mosque. Electioneering in Stamboul. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 22
The Catholic Press · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 12
I have just seen a live Epoch Bird. That is a sight that does not often reward the traveller's pain, for although the historic breed is by no means extinct, still it…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Modern Turks. a Statement in Parliament. Some Effects of the Hew Regime Safeguarding National Rights
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 7
LONDON, Thursday. -- In the Turkish Chamber yesterday, the Grand Vizier and Premier (Kiamil Pasha) announced that German instructors had been engaged to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →P.l.l. and Senate Elections
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 10
The counting of the ballot directed to be taken by the Political Labour League for the selection of Labour representatives to contest the Senate elections for the next Federal Parliament is not more thin half finished…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Remodelling Parliament House
Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 2
An inquiry was commenced by the Standing Committee on Public Works on Friday, with reference to a scheme for remodelling the Parliamentary Buildings, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Re-building Parliament House
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 18
The Public Works Committee have before them a scheme for the re-modeling of the Parliamentary Buildings, and at their meeting yesterday afternoon Mr. W. J. Hanna,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Parliament House. Inquiry by Works Committee. Proposed Expenditure of £74,051
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 11
The standing committee on Public works commenced an inquiry yesterday regarding the expediency of carrying out a scheme for the remodelling of the Parliamentary Buildings,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Victorian Cabinet. Writs Issued for Elections
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 9
MELBOURNE, Friday.--Writs were issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly today for the Ministerial elections. Nominations must be made on January 21,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Labor Candidates for the Senate. Ballot for Selection
Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 7
A commencement was made by the scrutineers at the Trades Hall yesterday with the task of counting the votes recorded for the 22 labor candidates for the three…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Germany Fears the Next British Election
Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 5
Professor Theodore Schiemann, the most prominent exponent of German Imperialism, deplores that the signs of the times indicate the speedy fall of the Liberal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australian Parliament. Considering the Mining Estimates
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 7
PERTH, Saturday.--The Assembly on Friday night continued the general debate on the mining estimates till late, then reporting progress. The Labor members only agreed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Parliamentary Election
Evening News · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 4
LONDON, Sunday Evening.—Mr. Newdigate-Newdegate, Tariff Reformer, was yesterday elected unopposed for Tamworth, in the place of the late Sir P. A. Muntz, Conservative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket. Grade Matches Resumed. Australian Eleven Candidates on Their Mettle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 10
Fine weather favoured the resumption of the grade cricket matches on Saturday afternoon. The wickets generally were in splendid order, but no phenomenal scoring was witnessed. In the first grade only one…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Federal Elections
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 6
The fact that the political Labour leagues are at the present moment engaged in a ballot to determine what candidates they shall run for the Senate is a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Her Unlucky Planet. Fortune Telling in Sydney. Warning a Constable. Healing Members of Parliament. Clairvoyant Who Goes Into Five Worlds
Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 5
Mary Scales, a middle-aged woman, was proceeded against at the Water Summons Court, this morning on the information that she had pretended to tell Constable Anderson's future…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliamentary By-election. Tariff Reformer Elected. London, Jan. 17
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 7
Mr. F. A. Newdigate-Newdegate, tariff reformer, has been elected unopposed for the Tamworth division of Warwickshire, in the House of Commons, in succession…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Federal Parliament. Further Porogation Proclaimed. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 7
At a meeting of the Federal Executive Council to-day the Governor-General signed a proclamation further proroging the Commonwealth Parliament from January 27 unti[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →University Reform. the Senate Vacancy. Two Candidates to Be Nominated
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 8
It is now practically certain that two [?]didate [?]Dr. C[?] Purse[?] and Dr. Camac Wil kinson—will be nominated for the vacancy in the university Senate caused by the death…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Cup Candidate
Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 1
Lady Diffidence, who won the principal event at the V.A.T.C meeting last Saturday, should stay a distance well. Her dam, Diffidence won the Sydney Cup in 1899…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broken Hill Crisis. Inflammatory Speech. by a Member of Parliament
Evening News · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4
BROKEN HILL, Thursday.—Nothing of importance happened last night, which passed quietly and without incident. The usual mass meeting was addressed by Mr. Roberts, M.P…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electioneering in Turkey How the Votes Were Counted. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 30
The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 11
I went out to a distant part of Stamboul to-day to watch the business of counting the voles. It was in the fourth ward or electoral division, comprising the district of…
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