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Politics & elections, 1913

3,779 stories in Sydney's papers · page 84 of 189

West Australian By-election. Labor Wins

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 July 1913 · page 9

PERTH, Sunday.—It is six years since the election was hold for the Assembly scat of Forrest, the candidates then being rival Labor lies, and the voters almost entirely members of…

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The Land Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 8

Four hundred delegates have met in conference to represent the Farmers and Settlers' Association, and the fact deserves the congratulations voiced by the president…

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State Parliament. Session's Business

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 8

The State Premier, Mr. W A. Holman, was seen yesterday afternoon as he returned from a meeting of the State Labour party hold at Parliament House. He said there had been…

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Farmers' Parliament. Conference Opens. Four Hundred Attend

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 7

The twentieth annual conference of the Partners and Settlers' Association of New South Wales began yesterday in the Manchester Unity–hall, Castlereagh–street. The hail was…

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Federal Parliament. Sharing the Victors' Spoils. To-day's Caucus Meetings. Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 1

Members of the Federal Parliament arrived in large numbers to-day to attend, the ordinary pre-sessional party meetings. A few bore on arms or legs the marks of vaccination…

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Rand Riots. Reference in English Parliament. Lord Gladstone's Action Justified. London, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 4

Mr. Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of States for the Colonies, in reply to questions in the House of Commons, said that Lord Gladstone, Governor-General of South Africa, acting in…

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The Wollondilly Election. Mr. Wade Starts Campaign

Evening News · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 5

Mr. Wade, leader of the Opposition, last night addressed a crowded meting in the School of Arts, Bowral, in support of the candidature of Mr. F. A. Badgery for the…

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Wollondilly. Address by Mr. Wade. "Rushed Into an Election." (By Our Special Reporter.) Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 9

The Liberal campaign which opened so auspiciously at Moss Vale on Saturday was advanced a stage at Bowral to night when the leader of the State Opposition (Mr. Wade)…

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Federal Politics. the Speakership. Mr. Bruce Smith Not a Candidate. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 9

Both parties in the Federal Parliament will hold meetings to-morrow to discuss their plan of campaign for the coming session, which begins on Wednesday morning…

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Farmers' Conference. Country Party Politics. Pederal Election Successes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 7

When the Farmers and Settlers Association Conference opened yesterday morning in the Manchester Unity Hall a delegate rose from the body of the auditorium and proposed a…

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State Elections. Willoughby

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 12

The number of candidates for selection in the Liberal interest in the electorate of Willoughby is gradually, being reduced, evidently because of a desire to centralise the vote and lessen…

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The Farmers' Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 8

The Farmers and Settlers Conference, at its first sitting yesterday enthusiastically congratulated its candidates on their success at the Federal elections. Members were most…

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Queensland Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 11

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—In the Legislative Council today, the Sugar Cultivation Bill and the Sugar Growers' Bill, were received from the Assembly, and read a first time…

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The Federal Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 8

The new Federal Parliament, which opens to-day, meets under a cloud of uncertainty that dims the political outlook almost to total darkness. The Liberal party has…

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N.S.W. Parliament. the Session's Bills

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 51

The Parliamentary Labor Party of New South Wales sat in caucus from 11 a.m. till 4 p.m. on July 7. It was considering the Legislation for the session…

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The Country Party. Discussed at Farmers' Parliament

Evening News · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 11

The debate was continued this morning at the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, sifting in the Manchester Unity Hall, on the motion, introduced on…

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Unsewered Mascot. a Hopeless Outlook. Member of Parliament Blamed

The Sun · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 6

A petition which was presented to the Mascot Council at its meeting last night urged that provision for up-to-date sewerage facilities for Mascot should immediately be made…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, June 9, 1913. Federal Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 12

To-day the Commonwealth Parliament meets, but under conditions unknown since the consummation of union. With the election of Speaker in the House of…

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In High Spirits. Opening of Parliament. the Lady in the Throng. Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 7

All the usual ceremonies marked the opening of the fifth Federal Parliament to-day. The feature of the swearing in ceremony in the Senate Chamber in the morning was…

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Federal Parliament. Opened To-day. High Court Judges Preside. a Last Official. Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 9

Precisely at 10.30 a.m., in the Senate Chamber at Federal Parliament House the initial ceremony in connection with the assembly of Parliament was begun…

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