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Politics & elections, 1910

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Absent Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. --Mr. Halsc the Liberal candidate for Bristol West, is hurrying hack from Afghanistan to light for his seat…

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The Next Parliament. Date of Meeting. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 10

The date for the issue of writs for the Federal elections will probably be February 28. The Constitution provides that the writs must be issued within ten days from the expiry of…

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Canada's Fleet. Details Before Parliament. Cost of Two and a Third Millions. Serious Delay Possible. Where War Breaks Out. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 7

The Canadian Naval Service Bill was Introduced into the House of Commons of the Dominion yesterday. Mr. L. P. Brodeur, Minister for Marine, was to have…

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The Federal Elections

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 5

Upwards of ten million ballot appers will by distributed amongst the six or seven thousand polling places in the commonwealth for the next federal…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. The Election Campaign. to Follow Tariff Reform. Black Bread and Horse-flesh

Evening News · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—In election speeches, working men are frequently warned of the prospect of having to eat black bread and horse sausages in the event of Tariff Reform…

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Labor Council Officers. Half-yearly Election

Evening News · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 6

The half-yearly election of officers of the New South Wales Labor Council, which was conducted at the (meeting of that organisation, held in the Sydney Trades Hall,…

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Federal Elections. Herrings Across the Trail. Some Aspects of the Fight. Hopes and Fears of Labour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 10

The Federal polling day will be April 13. The campagin is not yet in full swing, neither side having made much progress in the selection of candidates. Labour is organising…

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Labour Council. Election of Officers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 10

At the meeting of the N.S.W. Labour Council last evening at the Trades Hall, Mr. E. Farrer, newlyelected president, said that there would be many difficulties and obstacles confronting the labour…

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General Election. Tory Tactics. Interpreted by Mr. Lloyd. George. the Peers Descent. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 7

Mr. Lloyd-George. Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at Wolverhampton, said: "The Tories are trying to prove that blackbread and horseflesh are very…

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Election of Primate. Initial. Steps Taken

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 6

Interviewed in Bathurst on Wednesday, Dr. Camidgo, Acting Primato of Australia, said that the House of Bishops had decided that the election of the Primate of Australia should…

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The State Elections. Mr. M'gowen's Tour. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 7

Mr. M'Gowen, leader of the Opposition, arrived from Casino yesterday. He was officially welcomed in the Town Hall by the Mayor, and in the ovening he addressed a larg[?] meeting…

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Labor. Industrial Organisation and Politics. Half-yearly Meeting of Labor Council. Election of Officers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 8

At the half-yearly meeting of the Labor Council of Now South Wales last night a statement of accounts covering the period from July 18 to December 31, 1909, was presented' and the…

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Election Amenities. Mr. Lloyd-george's Fears. How Lords Are Chosen What Tories Ars Trying to Prove

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 5

LONDON. Thursday.--Speaking yesterday at Wolverhampton, Mr. Lloyd-George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) stated that the Tories were trying to prove that black…

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The British Elections. Defence of the Lords. Lord Curzon at Oldham

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 6

PERTH, Thursday.--English files by the mall steamer which arrived to-day are full of speeches on the impending general election, and the Asquith Government's challenge to the Lords,…

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Federal Elections. Ashfield Liberal League

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 6

The members of the newly-formed Ashfield Liberal League, at a meeting in the Ashfield Town-hall, decided that it was desirable that a candidate should bo selected by the members at…

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New Polling Place. Melbourne

The Star · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 10

The Minister for Home Affairs notifies in the "Government Gazette" that Wallarohba is the polling place for the sub-division of Dungog in lieu of the sub-division…

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The General Election. Chamberlain First Returned

Evening News · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

LONDON, Friday Friday Evening.—The first election was held to-day at Birmingham West, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Unionist, being returned unopposed…

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Election Cries

Evening News · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

"Black bread and horseflesh" seems to hare taken the place of the "wooden shoes and brass money" as a phrase in British politics. The Briton is now being urged to resist tariff re-…

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Latest Sporting "Evening News" Office, 6.30 p.m. [A Portion of This Afternoon's News Will Be Found on Page 5 of This Issue.] Late Cable News. Received To-day. The British Elections. Unopposed Returns

Evening News · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Friday Evening.—At the elections today Mr. W. E. Guinness, Conservative, Bury St. Edmunds; Mr. J. Hills, Conservative, Durham City; and Lord Wolmar, Conservative, were…

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£. s. d. of a British Election. Votes That Cost £13 8s 6d Each. Interesting Facts and Figures

Evening News · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 13

When a British general election looms on the political horizon, thousands of people throughout the United Kingdom look forward with pleasure to supplementing their incomes…

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