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Politics & elections, 1910

3,797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 190

Melbourne Malcontents. Why They Oppose the Agreement. Victorians Desire to Retain Capital. and Dominate the Federal Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Monday.--When the protectionist agitation proved a grotesque failure, the hand of Melbourne malcontents with the Deakin Government threw the bulk of its…

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Election Legalities. the Federal Law on Voting

Evening News · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 6

The election Jraws nigh. Mercantile affairs, the law of cheques, and statutes of the market place, all can be deferred, and this column may well discuss the Stalls and the Musts of…

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The State Bye-elections. How the Vote Went Last Time

Evening News · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 3

Three bye-elections in connection with the New South Wales Parliament are to be held to-morrow. The resignation from the legislative Assembly of Messrs. Charlton, Norton, and…

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Election Night Crowds. Police Will Prevent Rowdyism

Evening News · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 4

The metropolitan police superintendent. Mr. Sherwood, when seen by an "Evening News" reporter this morning, stated that 120 extra police would be on duty in the city to-morrow…

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The Elections

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 4

The Federal elections being the chief subject for discussion at present, it is interesting to note the different opinions expressed by the supporters of the…

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The Elections. the Last Parade. Rallying to the Flag. the Great Issue. All Votes Wanted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 9

The last rally is to-day. The candidates and their henchmen are trumpeting their final calls to the electors to gather about the standards. The ranks are closing up; the…

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State By-elections. Three-year-old Rolls Used. Alleged Departmental Neglect

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 10

Some dissatisfaction is being caused by the condition of the rolls being used for the State by-elections to-morrow. The rolls for Darling Harbour, it is declared, are those compiled…

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Candidate and Canvasser. Writ for Alleged Libel Lismore

The Star · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 1

Mr. Venour Nathan, the Independent Liberal candidate for Richmond, has, through his solicitor. Issued a writ for libel against Mrs. Smith, wife of Alderman John Isaac…

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Jurymen and the Elections

The Star · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 5

In releasing the jurymen to-day at the Quarter Sessions Judge Backhouse said that as to-morrow was polling day ho would sit at half-post ten o'clock Instead of ten o'clock, as…

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To-day's Cables. World's Latest News. French Elections. Opening of the Campaign. Anarchists and Revolutionaries Playing Up. Paris

The Star · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 1

The opening of the electoral campaign in St. diamond by the Premier, M. Briand, was marked by violent counter-demonstrations on the part of anarchists and…

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Making Elections Attractive

The Star · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 4

A correspondent, who signs himself "Plebeian," puts forward a suggestion for facilitating voting on election day:-- Seeling the inconvenience experienced by…

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Law and Liberty and the Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 8

Unmistakably involved in to-morrow's polling are the questions, incomparably appealing to every citizen of an assumedly free country, whether the law is to have…

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General News. No Holiday for the Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 8

There will be no special holiday to-morrow, in connection with the elections. The State Premier when asked about the question yesterday, said that the Labor Council wrote to him on…

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The Senate Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1910 · page 8

In a ease where a Liberal candidate is believed to be safe for his seat in the House of Representatives, or in a case where a Liberal candidate has been elected…

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Polling Booth at Eastwood

Evening News · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 12

In addition to the polling booths for the Parramatta Electorate, mentioned in a list which was printed in Thursday's "Evening News," there is a booth at the Eastwood…

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New Polling Places. Parramatta and Nepean

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 10

In the Parramatta and Nepean electorates a number of additional polling-places have been declared. The complete list for those electorates is now as follows:…

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Where to Vote. the Polling Booths

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 10

ABSENT VOTERS (voters who are out of their own electorates) can vote at the places given in capital letters. The names in the s[?]dehends are those of the…

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Running High. Election Fever in Victoria. Labor Caucus's Diplomatic Mistake. Polling Postponed in Northern Territory

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The city is growing unusually excited over to-morrow's elections. In fact this threatens to be the most whirling polling day that has been seen in…

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The People's Day a Parliament in the Making Business at the Booths. Battle Eve Exhortations. To-day is the people's day

The Star · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 4

For weeks past the political opinions of all sorts and conditions of men have been thrust upon the populace both from the press and the platform with such assurance as would…

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Old Time Elections. How They Fought in Days of Yore. Cheers, Hootings, and Free Fights

Evening News · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 3

The changes brought about in the conducting of elections by the ballot-box can hardly be conceived by the present generation in Australia. An election in England…

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