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Politics & elections, 1910

3,797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 190

Twenty Women for Parliament. Political Ambition of Parisiennes

The Star · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 13

Women candidates for the elections to the French Chamber of Deputies in May are to he brought forward in each of tho 20 divisions into which Paris is divided for…

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Bribery at Elections Ingenuity of Candidates. Ludicrous Election Bills

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 7

In days gone by all Parliamentary candidates, even those possessed of the highest sense of honor, public and private, had to woo the electors with a lavish expenditure of…

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Laws to be Repealed. Immediate Action in the State Parliament

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 4

It is understood that as a result of the Federal elections and the dismal outlook for the Fusionists in the coming State elections, Premier…

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After the Election

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 4

The counting of the absent and postal votes in the Nepean, which was not completed when our last issue was published, did nob alter the result as…

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Some Election Notes

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 4

Tho music of the polls—the rattle of tho leu irons! The koy of tho political situation —the Turnkey…

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The Coming British Election

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 8

LONDON, Friday Evening.-A belated return shows a small majority of the Northumberland miners against opposing Messrs. T. Burt and C. Fenwick, members respectively for Morpeth and…

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The Election Cyclone Not a Labor Victory

People · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 2

THE Federal elections resulted in a veritable cyclone against the Liberal-Fusion Party, the "Labor" party winning right along the line…

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The Elections. Commonwealth Untrammelled. Tax on Unimproved Land Values. Paying for Defence. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 14

A great Labour rally in commemoration of the Labour victory at the elections was held in the Exhibition to-night. Mr. Fisher said it was a singular thing…

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Sta[?]e Elections. Industrial Legislation As a Factor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 14

Mr. Holman, like his leader, Mr. M'Gowen, is sure that the success of the Labour party at the Federal elections will be repeated at the State elections, about four months hence…

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Sound Policy and Good Candidates. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 6

Sir,—Though the fate of the Liberal candidates for the House, of Representatives makes such unpleasant reading, what shall we say of the wholesale slaughter of the candidates…

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The Elections. Public Opinion. Better Methods at the Poll. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 6

Sir,—Will you kindly insert a voter's experience of Wednesday last, and his ideas of polling methods as follows:- The voter entered the polling booth at…

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Candidates for the Ministry. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 11

Dear Sir,—The letter of "Preceptor" in your last issue must have stirred the blood of ninny of your readers. We often hear boastful remarks about the elasticity of the Methodist system. But in some respects we are…

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The Conning Tower The Federal Elections

The Methodist · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 9

Wednesday, the 13th instant, witnessed an act upon the part of the constituencies of Australia, the consequences of which remain yet to bo written. Never before was interest in an election so deep and…

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Election May Be Upset

The St George Call · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 4

Rumours are persistent in portions of the Lang electorate that, owing to certain irregularities having taken place at at least one polling booth at the…

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To-day's Cables. World's Latest News. Independent Service to the "Star." West Indian Elections. Serious Disturbances. London

The Star · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 1

The elections now in progress in the West Indies have been responsible for a furious outbreak of partisan feeling. During a disturbance at St. Joseph's, in…

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The Lang Election. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 14

Sir,--In your issue of Wednesday Mr. G. B. Holt replies to Mr. Johnson's letter of the 18th instant, stating that "as far as he knows nobody ever accused Mr. Johnson of being, responsible for the vile, scurrilous…

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State Elections. North Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 15

North Sydney Laborites are already bestirring themselves in connection with the State elections. Notwithstanding that their candidate, Mr. P. E. Tighe, suffered defeat for the…

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Labor Candidates for Singleton

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 15

SINGLETON, Friday.--Singleton has never been represented by a Labor member, but the return of Mr. W. J. Johnson for the Federal electorate of Robertson has suggested to local…

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Sectarianism and the Elections. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 18

Sir,--It is highly amusing to read the number of letters and the published utterances of Laborites deprecating the influence of sectarianism in politics when it is well known that but for the fact that the Labor Party had…

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Victorian Upper House the Forthcoming Elections

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 April 1910 · page 5

The Legislative Council elections in Victoria, which will take place in about two months' time, are expected to yield some surprises to retiring members, most…

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