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Politics & elections, 1913

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Staff Candidate

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 May 1913 · page 28

Captain G. F. Murphy, 28th Battalion (Red-fern) Senior Cadets, will attend next Friday an examination for first appointment as lieutenant on the Administrative and Instructional Staff…

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Prussian Elections. "Blue-black Bloc" Succeeds. Merlin, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 8

The elections to the Lower Houses of the Prussian Diet have taken place. As a result the Conservatives and Centre party, who are in ailiance, retain their…

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The Elections. Mr. Edden on the Referendum. the Coal Vend. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 7

Mr. A. Edden, Minister for Mines, and Messrs. T. S. Crawford and A. R. Gardiner, Ms.L.A., addressed an open-air meeting last evening on the referendum…

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British By-election. Unionist Wins

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 10

LONDON, Saturday.--The election to fill the vacancy in the House of Commons for the Newmarket Division of Cambridge, rendered vacant by the death of Sir Charles Day Rose (Lib.)…

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Federal Elections. Against the Referenda. Mr. Wade's Advice to Electors. Vote "No."

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 12

Electors! vote against the Referenda. It means the destination of State Governments. The government of all Australia will be…

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State Elections. Ryde

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 12

There is likely to be considerable interest in State election matters in this electorate, which comprises the northern, portions of the old electorates of Gordon and Lane Cove. Five…

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Mr. O'malley's Highhanded Action. "Removing" Election Officers. Indignation in Tasmania

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 12

LAUNCESTON, Sunday.--Reports from the North-west Coast are to the effect that much indignation has been aroused in the Darwin Division, for which Mr. King O'Malley is a…

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Election Inquiry. Polling Booths at Darwin. Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 7

Chief Electoral Officer Oldham admitted to-day that between sixteen and twenty officers are concerned in the inquiry instituted at the instance of Mr. O'Malley into the…

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Fiji's Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 6

At the opening of the Legislative Council of Fiji, at Suva yesterday, the Governor, Sir Bickham Sweet-Escott, stated that he had recommended the separation of the offices of…

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Rush for Parliament. Fourteen for One Seat. Broken Hill

The Sun · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 7

Yesterday nominations for the P.L.L. preliminary ballot for Labor candidates to contest Willyama and Sturt seats in the Legislative Assembly closed with the secretary,…

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Empire Trade. a Commercial Parliament. Foreign V. British Trade. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 7

The strenuous journeyings of the Deminions' Commissioners through the Commonwealth has had the inevitable effect on their health, and at the first sitting of the commission in…

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How we are Governed Duncog League C.P.A. Election of Officers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 3

Mr. J. Moylan reports that a meeting of the Dungog League of the country Party Association was held on Friday, 11th May, when the following officers…

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The Elections. Mr. Wade's Tour. Speech at Cowra. Leasehold Policy Effects. Increased Price of Freehold. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 9

The State Liberal leader, Mr. Wade, arrived from Forbes yesterday. Throughout the 60 miles which he traversed in a motor car Mr. Wade found the country looking well, and the…

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20,000 Disfranchised Labour's Electoral Trickery. How to Manipulate an Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 8

Consistency is a jewel, but it is not worn by the Labour party The greatest solicitude is apparent when there is a possibility of a Labour supporter not being able to record his…

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Victorian Legislative Council. Issue of Election Writs

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- The President of the Legislative Council gave the Chief Secretary notice to-day that he will on Thursday, May 22, issue writs for the election of members to serve…

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Federal Elections. the Liquor Issue. How It Is Affected. Sir Joseph Carruthers' Advice. a Word to the Doubtful. Puzzle the will

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 8

And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of. To those in doubt as to how to cast their votes on the Referenda, I should say, "Take…

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Prussian Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 8

BERLIN, Sunday Evening. -- As the result of the elections to the Lower House in the Prussian Diet, the Conservative-Centre Party alliance retains overwhelming superiority…

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Queensland Parliament. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 14

It is believed that Parliament will meet on Tuesday, June 17…

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Fiji Parliament. Suva

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 18

At the opening of the Legislative Council to-day the Governor stated that he had recommended the separation of the office of Governor and High Commissioner for the Western…

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Two Executed. China Still Troubled. Uproar in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 10

PEKIN, Tuesday.--Two further executions have taken place of persons officially described as robbers, but who really are rebels. The Premier interpellated regarding the…

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