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Politics & elections, 1913

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Socialist Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 10

The Australian Socialist party has selected the following candidates for the noxt State elections:—Darling Harbour, F. J. Riley[?] King, J. W. Roch[?]; Belmore[?] Cec[?]l Whitmore…

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Reported Assassination. Presidential Candidate Murdered. Tokio

The Sun · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 7

A message from Pekin reports that Li Yuan Heng, General Yuan Shih Kai's rival for the Chinese Presidency, has been assassinated in Wuchang…

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Senate Elections. Sir J. Symon, Independent. Adelaide

The Sun · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 9

Sir J. H. Symon to-day announced that he will contest a seat in the Senate, and he will run on independent lines. Of course, he would not link up with the Laborites,…

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University Senate Elections. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 4

Sir,--When Mr. Edwards states that convocation could have been called together at any time during the past 20 years or 60 to make representations for reforms, he omits all reference to the occasions when convocation…

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Federal Elections. Writs on April 24. Nominations Close May 2

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Federal Parliament will be dissolved on April 23. The writs will bo issued on April 24, nominations will close on May 2, and the elections will take…

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Election Campaign. Wentworth

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 8

Mr. E. T. Green, the selected candidate in the Labor interest, addressed a meeting at the Randwick Town-hall last night. He detailed the measures passed during the Labor Party's…

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Electioneering in the Mud

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 8

PILLIGA, Wednesday.--Mr. Webster, M.H.R. for the Gwydir, who was hemmed in by flood for six days in 1910, to-day finds himself in the Pilliga district, surrounded by black soil mud,…

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Canadian Parliament. Disorderly Scenes. the Closure Bill. Ottawa, April 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 9

The Prime Minister, Mr. Borden, to-day introduced a Closure Bill, with the object of ending the Liberal obstruction. Mr. Borden pointed out that Sir Wilfrid…

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How to Select a Candidate. System of Voting Explained

The Land · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 2

The following appeared in our issue of September 29, 1911, and we republish it in reply to several questions asked by subscribers:—…

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The Political Outlook. What the Candidates Are Doing. Federal. Hume

The Land · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 7

Mr. R. Patten, president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, and also selected candidate in its interests for the Hume Federal…

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The Murrumeidgee Geat. An F.S.A.-Liberal Candidate

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 3

At last meeting of Wagga Branch F.S.A. the secretary (Mr. Lindon) and the treasurer (Mr. Halloran) were appointed to attend the conference of…

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The F.s.a. and the Liberals. Choosing a Candidate for Robertson Seat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 3

At last meeting of Mudgee Branch F.S.A.. a letter was received from the Liberal Association asking that the roll of membership of the Association be…

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Tamworth F.s.a. and the Federal Elections. Preparing for the Fray

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 3

At the meeting of the Tamworth F.S.A District Council last week the question of the Federal elections was discussed…

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Paddington Liberals. Question of Candidate

Evening News · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 3

Paddington Liberals are at present considering the question of selecting a candidate to represent the party at the coming State elections as it is expected that the date of…

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Federal Elections. Preparing the Rolls. Cleaning Up Duplications. Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 9

There is no doubt that the New South Wales Federal electoral rolls should have been proclaimed and issued many weeks ago, and that the old processes of purging cannot…

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Labour's Candidate

The Propeller · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 1

The Labour Leagues have decided that Mr G. M. Burns shall oppose Mr Geo. Fuller, for Illawarra as the Labour…

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East Sydney. Liberal Candidate at Paddington

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 12

Mr. J. G. Willson, the selected Liberal candidate for East Sydney, opened his campaign at the Paddington Town-hall last night, when the Mayor of the municipality (Ald. M. Kerrigan)…

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The Elections. Liberal Leader's Plans

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 12

Mr. Joseph Cook, M.H.R., Leader of the Federal Liberal Party, is engaging on an exceedingly arduous campaign. He will be travelling constantly for the next month, addressing…

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Candidates for License to Survey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 6

At an examination of candidates for license to survey conducted by the Surveyors' Board at the Lands Department on March 28 and following days, the following gentlemen were…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, April 11, 1913. Federal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 8

In a fortnight the writs for the Federal elections will be issued, and on the last day of next month the ballots will be taken throughout the Commonwealth to…

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