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Politics & elections, 1913

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County Council Elections. London, March 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 19

The municipal Reformers were successful at the triennial elections of the London County Council. The Progressives made a vigorous effort to…

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The Elections

The Methodist · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 7

IT would be a piece of glaring over-priggishness to deny that the election of the President, with its corresponding appeal to curiosity,, formed a prominent attraction of this popular function. The State…

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Reformers Successful. London County Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 14

LONDON, Friday Morning.--Municipal reformers were successful at the triennial London County elections, gaining five seats…

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The Elections. for Federal Seats. South Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 17

A meeting of delegates from the Belmore, Surry-hills, Redfern, and Randwick branches of the Liberal Association in the South Sydney Federal electorate was held in the Liberal…

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Federal Elections

Globe · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 3

Official confirmation was given last week to the report that the Federal general elections will be held on Saturday, May 31. The referendum on the Constitutional amendments will be…

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Parliament Prorogued. Private Bill for Women's Suffrage. London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 March 1913 · page 9

Parliament has been prorogued. A private Bill, dealing with the suffrage, will be introduced next session. In the measure will be embodied the principle…

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End of the Gas Strike. by the Union. Men Return to Work. an Early Wages Board. Parliament to Meet

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 March 1913 · page 9

Tho strikers have returned. The mass meeting of unionists, held at the Protestant Hall yesterday morning, gave careful consideration to the agreement drawn up at…

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The Yass Election

The Sun · Sunday 9 March 1913 · page 18

Never has a Government made a more desperate light for a single seat than that from which the Government has breathlessly emerged at Yass. For weeks the Ministerial…

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Yass Election. Its Validity Questioned. Unauthorised Polling Place. Statement by Mr. C. G. Wade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 6

It is more than likely that another election will be necessary for the Yass constituency. "News has come to hand," said Mr. c. G. Wade yesterday, "of a serious irregularity in…

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The Meeting of Parliament Only Gas Business

Evening News · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 4

The Premier, Mr. M'Gowen, was asked this morning if he had yet decided the date for calling Parliament together, in accordance with the agreement arrived at in connection…

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Meeting of Parliament. the Liberal Attitude. Mr. Wade's Letter to the Premier

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 4

Mr. C. G. Wade stated yesterday that on Friday last he wrote to the Premier, defining the attitude of the Liberal Party in the event of a special Session of Parliament being held…

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"Order, Order." Dignity of Parliament. How They Manage in Hungary. Buda Pest, Sunday Afternoon

Evening News · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 6

In order to combat the obstruction in which members of the Hungarian Diet frequently indulge, the Government is introducing new standing orders…

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Opening of Parliament. King to Wear His Crown. Notable Departure. London, Sunday, 8.30 p.m

The Sun · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 8

The King has decided to wear his crown at the opening of Parliament to-morrow. The circumstance is a notable one, since the royal headdress was never worn by either…

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Back to Work. Terms of Peace. in the Gas Trouble. Parliament to Meet at Once. Wages Board to Be Appointed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 4

Saturday morning's mass meeting of the gas employees accepted the terms of settlement which were drawn up at Friday's conference, and thus the strike was ended. The terms…

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Federal Elections. New England. Labour and the Land Tax. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 10

Mr. Frank Foster, M.P. for New England, at a meeting held on Friday evening, said he was prepared to increase the land tax with a view to bursting up big estates. He declared…

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Yass Election. Is It Valid? Another Ballot Urged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 9

Is the Yass election valid? Mr. Wade, the leader of the Opposition, discussed the matter yesterday. "News has come to hand," he said, "of a…

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Election of Officers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 5

The following officers were elected for 1013:--D.C.R., Bro. C. W. S Read: D.D.R., Bro. C. Adams:P.D.C.R., Bro.J. H. Kirk; D.C.J.T., Bro. W. C.'Crisp: D.T., Bro. G. White : D.L.,-Bro. T, R.,Jones: district councillors,…

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Party Politics. Candidates for Parliament Preferential Voting Advocated Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 10

Speaking at a smoke social in Oberon, Mr. E. S. Carr, M.P., said that the Industrial Workers of the World at Lithgow, some of whom were identified with the Labour party,…

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Parliament Act. Cabinet Oligarchy. London, Monday, 7.30 p.m

The Sun · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 8

The "Times" in a leading article on the House of Commons and the Parliament Act says that the unlimited control of the nation's affairs, which ought to be in the…

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The Gas Strike. Parliament May Not Meet. Letter From the Companies. Wages Agreement Cancelled

The Sun · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 7

Parliament may not be called together to amend the Gas Act, as was promised in the terms of settlement of the recent strike. In a statement made this morning Mr…

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