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Politics & elections, 1909

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Opening of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 8

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Very keen interest is being manifested in the opening of the Parliamentary session, and as the time draws near, a strong undercurrent of excitement that…

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Victorian Parliament. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 8

The State Ministers are working hard preparing a programme for Parliament, which will meet on Wednesday. The programme will contain about twenty-two bills, the most…

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The State Parliament. Work for the Session

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 7

The third session of the 2lst Parliament of New South Wales will be opened at noon to-morrow by his Excellency Lord Chelmsford. The opening ceremoninl will take place in the…

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State Parliament. Will Meet To-morrow. Vote of Censure Probable

The Star · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 5

The State Parliament will be opened noon to-morrow by Lord. Chelmsford. A guard of honor from the R.A.A., consisting of a captain and 109 rank and file, with the…

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Labor and the Municipal Elections

Evening News · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 4

In accordance with the declson recently arrived at by the central executive of the Polltical Labor League, relegating to the Laborites in each…

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Grand National Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The two jumping events decided at Moonee Valley on Saturday did not render much aid in the way of elucidating the Grand National situations. Paraloch, who won the Hurdle Race, is not…

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Tasmanian Parliament Opened

Evening News · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 3

HOBABT, Tuesday.—Parliament was opened this afternoon. The Governors Speech put up a record for a negative policy it was mainly, reminiscent, and intimated that, owing to the…

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Meeting of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 8

The Assembly, meet on Tuesday, when the election of the Speaker will be proceeded with. It is now generally believed in political circles that Mr. Bell will be nominated…

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General News. Opening of State Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 6

Lord Chelmsford will open the State Parliament to-day. As this is the first occasion in which his Excellency appears in this function the proceedings will be witnessed with added…

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Federal Parliament in Session. a Weekly Retrospect. Fusion Party's Dilemma

The Star · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 6

The Federal House found itself in a quandary on meeting last Wednesday. Usually motions of censure are moved in the form of an amendment to the Governor-General's…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, June 29, 1909. the State Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 6

The opening of the Parliament of New South Wales to-day should not have any special significance, except that the Governnor's Speech may contain an unexpected…

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State Parliament. Opened To-day at Noon. the Governor's Speech. the Session's Programme. Censure Motion Probable

The Star · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 12

The third session of the 21st Parliament of New South Wales was opened at noon to-day by Lord Chelmsford, the Governor. For the better portion of an hour prior to the arrival…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Opened by Lord Chelmsford Today. the Governor's Speech. Business of the Session, Growing Requirements of Education. Further Closer Settlement Laws

Evening News · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 4

The third session of the twenty-first Parliament of New South Wales was opened by His Excellency Lord Chelmsford, at noon to-day, ia the presence of a distinguished…

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Polling Booth Romance

Evening News · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 12

A romance is woven round the marriage of Miss Gertrude Brook and Mr. John M'Guckin, of Dundee, Scotland, which took place at Holmfirth, near Huddersfield, on May 12…

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In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 8

The State Parliament was opened at noo[?] yesterday. The chief feature was the presenc[?] of the newly-appointed Governor of the State. Lord Chelmstord's youthful appearance and…

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Federal Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 44

Tho Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) informed the House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 23. what business it was intended to submit to Parliament. The bills will include a…

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The State Parliament

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

On Tuesday the State Legislature met, and Lord Chelmsford opened for the first time the Parliament of New South Wales. How much the Parliament will do before it closes is not…

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Opening of Parliament

The Star · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 6

Lord Chelmsford, the State Governor, arrives at the Legislative Council Chamber…

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Opening N.s.w. Parliament

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 44

His Excellency Lord Chelmsford opened the third session of the 21st Parliament at noon on Tuesday, June 29; in the presence of a distinguished assemblage, which included many…

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