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Politics & elections, 1910

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British Polities. Election of Speaker

Evening News · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—The House of Commons formally met to-day for the swearing-in of members and the election of a Speaker. The Right Hon. J. C. Lowther…

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State Election. Queanbeyan. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 10

Twenty-one delegates from branches of the Liberal and Reform League in the Queanbeyan Electorate met at the Town Hall this morning to make arrangements for selecting…

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Shire President Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 4

BANNOCKBURN.—Mr. J. W. Anderson. BULLI.—Mr. Phillip Spiller. BOWRAVILLE.—Mr. Lyon. COONABARABRAN.—Dr. Failes…

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The Finnish Elections' Fifteen Women Returned. London, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 9

At the elections in connection with the Finnish Diet, 15 women were returned. The Agrarians and Socialists secured 103 seats, outnumbering 11 other parties…

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Federal Elections. the Federal Area

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 10

There appeals to have been some uncertainty as to the position of electors living within the capital site area in the forthcoming Federal election. It has been supposed…

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Water Board Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 10

The election of City Council representative on the Water and Sewerage Board is to take place on March 22, and it is understood that Alderman R. D. Meagher, the sitting…

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Election of the Primate

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 34

VOTING papers in connection with the election of Primate of Australia were opened last week in the presence of the Acting Primate and the following scrutineers:—Archdeacon Oakes, Canon Thompson, Mr. George Lee, M.L.C,. and…

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Newmarket Candidate Haco

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 1

Haco proved too good for the opposition in the Tramway Handicap at Newcastle last Wednesday. The son of Havoc had the steadier of 9.9, and won by a length from…

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State Elections. the Bathurst Seat. Bathurst

The Star · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 5

Nominations from persons wishing to contest the Bathurst seat in the State elections in the Labor interest are invited by the Bathurst branch of the Political Labor…

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Interrupting Election Meetings. a Punishable Offence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 7

There is a section in the Commonwealth Electoral Act which makes it an offence to interrupt at a public meeting called for doctoral purposes. Section 182, sub-section E, enacts…

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Federal Elections. Mr. Bruce Smith at Canterbury

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 7

A meeting of the electors was addressed by Mr. Bruce Smith in the Canterbury Town-hall last might. Ald. M'Culloch, the Mayor-elect, being in the chair…

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Final Election Result

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The polling for the representation of Orkney and Shetland resulted (as was anticipated) in the re-election of Mr. J. Cathcart Wason, Liberal, by…

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Water and Sewerage Board Election

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 8

The Water and Sewerage Board elections take place on March 22, and it is understood that Ald. R. D. Meagher will again offer himself for re-election as the City Council representative…

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Queanbeyan Election

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 11

GOULBURN, Tuesday. -- A meeting of delegates representing all bran[?]ses of the Liberal and Reform Association in the Queanbeyan electorate met at the Town-hall to-day to make…

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Dark Days. Mr. Wade and Industrial Troubles. What Legislation Has Done. the Coming Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 11

Members of the Liberal and Reform Association extended a welcome last night to the Premier and Mrs. Wade, on their return from New Zealand…

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Finnish Diet Elections. Fifteen Women Returned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon -- Fifteen women have been elected to the Finnish diet. The Agrarians and Socialists secured 103 seats, outnumbering all other parties…

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Melbourne Sporting Notes. Monday, February 14. Some Autumn Candidates

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 47

One of the most satisfactory features about the work at Flemington and Caulfield, to my mind, is the promise quite recently developed by several youngsters. These, of course, does not…

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British Election Amenities

Watchman · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 10

Mr. Chlozza Money surprised those supporters in the Paddington contest who regarded him as a purely intellectual fighter by a vehement bit of physical ju-jitsu…

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The Federal Elections the Real Issue. Destructive Revolutionary Socialism. or Sane Progressive Democracy. the Duties of Citizens. President Snowball's Message

Watchman · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 7

"It is impossible to over-estimate the importance of the issue before us at the Federal elections," was the significa remark of Bro. O. R. Snowball, the Most Worshipful…

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Election of Primate. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 9

Sir,—The deadlock which has arisen in this matter has caused extreme regret. It appears to me that the only way out of the difficulty will be for the senior bishop to convene a…

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