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Politics & elections, 1913

3,779 stories in Sydney's papers · page 81 of 189

An Expensive Election. Cost £100,000. Mr. Cook Doesn't Want Another. PARRAMATTA

The Sun · Sunday 29 June 1913 · page 4

Mr. Cook arrived at Parramatta to-day on his first visit as Prime Minister to his constituency. A reception was held in the Town Hall…

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State Elections. Wollondilly. Sir William M'millan a Candidate for Selection

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 8

Sir William M'Millan has decided to stand for selection as. Liberal candidate for Wollendilly, along with Mears. F. A. Badgery, A. Campbell, H. A. Mills. Cr. Knox, and Dr. Leighton Jones…

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Labor Quarrel. English By-election. Outcome of Tittle-tattle. London, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 8

The by-election for Leicester [?] in the return of Mr. Gordon Hewart (Liberal.) Speaking on the subject of the election Mr. J. Ramsay M'Donald, who is the other…

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Wollondilly. Sir W. M'millan a Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 9

Sir William M'Millan has decided to allow his name to be submitted for selection to contest Wollondilly in the Liberal interest. Delegates from the various branches of the…

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Mr. Cook. Possibilities of the Near Future. Elections Cost £100,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 9

The Prime Minister (Mr. Cook) was cordially welcomed at a public meeting in the Parramatta Town Hall on Saturday morning. The Mayor (Alderman Collett) presided, and…

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Leicester. the By-election. Labour-socialist Difference. London, June 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 9

The polling in the Leicester by-election, rendered necessary by the resignation of Mr. E Crawshay-Williams (Liberal), resulted as follows:—…

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At Parramatta. Elections Cost £100,000. Another Appeal to the Country. in the Hands of the Senate

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 6

Mr. Cook was on Saturday accorded a reception by the citizens of Parramatta. The gathering, which look place in tho Parramatta Town-hall, was of an impromptu character, as very…

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The New Federal Parliament. Result of the Elections

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 3

Now that the long-drawn-out counting of votes polled ut the recent elections has been completed, and the writs are on the eve of being…

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Victorian Parliament. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 10

The State Parliament will reassemble on Wednesday to commence the business of the session. Members of the Legislative Council will meet at noon and choose a President. It…

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State Elections. Liberal Campaign. Selecting the Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 14
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The executive of the Liberal Association yesterday gave further consideration to the selection of candidates in the various electorates…

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Wollondilly. the By-election. Selecting the Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 10

Nominations of candidates for selection in the Liberal interest for the Wollondilly electorate closed yesterday with Mr. Parkhill, general secretary of the Liberal Association…

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Canterbury Liberals. Selector a Candidate

Evening News · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 4

A meeting of the combined Liberal Leagues in the district was held at the Canterbury Town Hall, for the purpose of selecting a candidate to contest the sent at the State…

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N.S.W. State Elections. Bega Seat

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 3

The Liberal League at Eden has endorsed the candidature of Captain Millard fur the Bega scat. Messrs. Codroy, of Sydney, and Webster, of Yass, have…

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The Wollondilly Seat. Writ Issued for the By-election

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 3

The writ for the Wollondilly seat in the N.S.W. Parliament, rendered vacant by the recent death of Mr. William M'Court, was issued by the…

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Leicester By-election. Labour Split. the Plot Thickens. London, June 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 9

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P. (Labour), speaking at Leicester, said there was absolutely no foundation for the National Executive's manifesto or Mr. Masterman's amended…

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Burwood State Election. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 11

Sir,—I notice a paragraph in to-day's issue stating that a publichouse meeting was held on Saturday night for the purpose of selecting a candicate in the Liberal interest. I do not know by what authority such a meeting was…

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Victorian Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 8

The Victorian State Parliament will be opened this afternoon by the State Governor (Sir John Fuller). The Government is meeting the House with a full programme of legislation,…

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Wollondilly By-election. Sir Wh. M'millan Loses Selection

Evening News · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 6

Six candidates—Messrs. F. A. Badgery, A. Campbell, Sir William M'Millan, Dr. Leighton Jones, D. Ross, and T. Corby—offered their names for selection as the Liberal candidate…

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Press Criticism. Mr. Trefle in Reply. Federal Election Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 15

The Minister for Lands referred yesterday to articles dealing with his criticism of the pres[?] during the recent election campaign. "I wish my remarks to be taken as…

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