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Politics & elections, 1913

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THE C.P. Movement in Mudgee. Searching for a Candidate

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 1

Interest is being aroused in the project to run a country candidate for the Mudgee State electorate, says the "Western Post." It is not yet…

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How we are Governed the Federal Elections. the Liberal Party the Gainers Incomplete Returns Absent Votes May Alter Returns Recorded

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 3

The Federal ejections of 1913 will take rank as one of the most exciting electoral contests ever witnessed in Australia. The first returns sent in…

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The Elections. Position of Parties Unaltered. "Yes" Leading

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 15

The position of parties remains unaltered. The Liberals seem certain of 38 seats and Labor 35, with two very doubtful…

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The Late Elections. Invalid Voters. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 10

Sir,—I think it is of first importance that the hardships imposed upon invalids and cripples, at the recent elections by the withdrawal of the postal vote, should be widely and…

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Mr. Cook's Speech. Lessons of the Elections. the Swing Round in N.s.w. Electoral Law Criticised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 9

Mr. Joseph Cook, leader of the Federal Liberal party, addressed a meeting of his constituents in the Parramatta Town Hall las[?] night…

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Federal Elections. This Afternoon's Figures. Mr. Fuller Gaining Rapidly. Mr. Burns 98 Ahead. Result of Local Poll

The Propeller · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 3

Though a large number of local electors did not face the poll, the elections passed off in this district in a most satisfactory manner on…

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Wandsworth By-election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 12

LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. J. Havelock Wilson, general president of the National Seamen's Union, will contest the Wandsworth seat in the House of Commons, rendered vacant by the…

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The "Independent" Candidate

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 8

Yesterday we published two letters from correspondents claiming the right to run as Independent candidates at the forthcoming State elections. The right of the…

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The State Elections. Another Opponent for Mr. Willis

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 12

MUDGEE, Thursday.--Mr. W. J. Johnson, the defeated" Labor candidate for the Robertson electorate, arrived in town in town to-day. Interviewed by "The Daily Telegraph" representative, he…

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Singing in Parliament

Globe · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 5

The Canadian House of Commons rose at midnight on a Saturday night…

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The Polling. Still Undecided Illawarra Fight Mr. Fuller's Further Gain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 15

The immediate political future of the Commonwealth still depends on the elections at Illawarra and Ballarat. If one of these two scats is gained it will…

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Probable Gigantic Polling Frauds. Labor's Suspicious Absent Voters. Result of Abolishing the Safeguard of the Electors' Rights

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 1

For some time p[?] the N[?]tter has been quietly [?] probable gigantic polling [?] in the [?] We [?] not loudly…

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Federal Election Notes. A Silent Thunderbolt

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 4

The interest in the Federal elections was so widespread, hardly a cheer was heard throughout Australia, though the contest was the…

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Federal Elections S.L.P. Vote Increases Swing of the Political Pendulum Labor Party Reversal

People · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 2

The Federal election of 1913 has come and gone. On Saturday last the Australian working class delivered its judgment at the polls, and gave itself again into economic and…

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Victorian Elections. the Upper House. a Minister Defeated. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 15

One half of the members of the Legislative Council retire this montn, owing to the term of six years, for which they were appointed, having expired. Tweive,…

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Federal Elections. British View of Results. Financial Interests Pleased. London

The Sun · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 8

Financial interests are pleased with the result of the Commonwealth elections. Leading Australians in London have expressed the hope that Mr. Cook will force a…

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The Elections. No Material Changes. Illawarra and Ballarat

The Sun · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 9

For the time being interest in the Federal political situation turns upon the fights at Illawarra and Ballarat. The returns are coming in slowly, and the margins between…

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The People's Health. Acute Coryza. Election and Parade Ailments

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 15

By acute coryza is meant a catarrhal in flammation of the upper air passage, popularly known as a "catarrh" or a "cold in the head." This disease prevails most extensively in the…

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Fight and Vote! Thirty Years Ago. Impersonating Electors. Strenuous polling Days

The Sun · Sunday 8 June 1913 · page 12

Could man who took part in the strenuous election days of 25 and 30 years ago have risen from their graves on Saturday week and seen the good order and system with…

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Illawarra for Labor. Final Count Gives Mr. Burns Majority of 154. the Latest Election Figures

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 June 1913 · page 9

Illawarra will have a Labor representative in the Federal House of Representatives. This was practically definitely decided by the final announcement of the divisional…

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