Telegraph Messengers. Successful Candidates. MELBOURNE
The telegraph messengers who passed the examination to qualify for promotion for a higher position in the clerical division on March 30 included:--W. J. Byron, C…
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The Drink Traffic. Duty of Parliament. Total Prohibition Advocated
The 48th anniversary of the establishment of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance Friendly Society was celebrated at the Lyceum Hall, Pitt-street, yesterday, when addresses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Redistribution. Final Report. Many Electorates Affected. Scheme Ready for Parliament
The Redistribution Commissioners (Judge Edmunds, Mr. F. A. Coghlan, and Mr. Trivett) have completed the work of redistributing the State electorates. It now remains for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Life in Parliament. Me. Wade's Indictment of the Government. "Worst the Country Has Known."
"We are ruled by absolutely the worst Government that has ever been in power in this State," was the candid statement made by Cr. Clipsham, who presided at a politial meeting at…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Organisers As Candidates. Opposed to Liberal Policy. Forbes
Some time ago Mr. W. H. Clutton, organiser of the Liberal forces in Ashburnham, submitted his name as a candidate for selection in that electorate. The secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Worked on Polling Day. Queensland Miners in Trouble. Disobeyed the Union Edict
IPSWICH, Monday.--Trouble has arisen in connection with the Queensland Colliery Employees' Union, owing to the fact that April 27 was declared a public holiday, and in face…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Royal Agricultural Society. Election of Officers
The annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held in Sydney on Friday. Sir Francis Suttor, who presided, co-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alexandria Contest. Rival Meetings. Liberal Candidate Interrupted
Interruption of the most offensive and disorderly nature, coupled with senseless interjections, characterised a meeting which Mr. W. J. Ferguson, the selected Liberal…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Queensland Elections. Declaration of Polls
BRISBANE, Monday.--The official declaration of the polls for Brisbane, Paddington, and Merthyr was made, to-day. Brief speeches were made by the respective…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →State Elections. Alexandria Contest
MR. W. J. FERGUSON'S CANDIDATURE Mr. C. W. Oakes, speaking at a large meeting in support of the candidature of Mr. W. J. Ferguson, the selected Liberal candidate for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Legislative Council Election. Polling in West Australia. Party Prospects
PERTH, Tuesday.--The Legislative Council elections to-day were of special interest, as the first means of gauging electors' views since the sweeping victory of the elections last October…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Political Fatalism. the Parliament Act
LONDON, Tuesday.--According to "The Times," the small degree of public interest manifested with regard to the Home Rule and Disestablishment debates is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tom Mann's Sentence. Questions in Parliament. London, May 13
In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. R. McKenna, Home Secretary, replying to a question by the Marquis of Tullibardine (Unionist), said that Tom Mann had been convicted years…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →West Australian Politics. Legislative Council Election
Considerable interest was evinced in the Legislative Council elections in Weet Australia on Tuesday. The political position in the State is that the Labor Ministry has a majority in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Zoo Candidates
With the exception of Pakau. the horses that started in the Hurdle Race at Tattersall's Club meeting were a miserable lot. Bar Vons laid even…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cup Candidate Scores
In dubbing Call Boy a rotter, etc., racegoers have circumstances of an extenuating nature for their unladylike remarks. Backers walloped boodle galore on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Queensland Elections. Result of a Recount. Brisbane
The recount of the votes at Port Curtis, in connection with the State elections, gives each candidate an equal number of votes. The previous count gave Mr. Breslin, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir Joseph Ward on Election Prospects in N.Z.
Sir Joseph Ward (ex-Premier of New Zealand), accompanied by Lady Ward and Miss Ward, arrived in Sydney on May 9, and had an enthusiastic reception…
Continued on Trove, page 58 →No Candidates for the Ministry
The consideration of the question of the lack of candidates for the ministry, and tho probable causes, was the subject of some discussion at the Presbyterian General Assembly. Professor…
Continued on Trove, page 57 →Commonwealth By-election
The date of nomination for the Werriwa by election (N.S.W.), has been fixed for May 17, the date of polling June 1, and the date of return of writ on or before June 26…
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