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Politics & elections, 1914

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Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. Not a Candidate

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, who has long been in a critical state of health, and incapacitated from taking any active part in public life, has formally andounced that…

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The Programme for the New Parliament

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 6

The position of Mr. Holman and his colleagues at the present moment is one that must arouse a little malicious amusement. They are the Cabinet of a triumphant party, but they are unable to state definitely what their immediate programme will be, because the Cabinet has not yet been elected or re-elected, and Ministers are unable…

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Sutherland Shire Elections

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 6

Nomination closed on Thursday were for Sutherland Share Council election and the following is the list of candidates. A Riding Messrs. Edward Water Hynd…

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How We Are Governed. (Continued From Page One.) Victorian By-elections

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

Nominations closed on Tuesday for the six seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly automatically arising from members accepting office in the…

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The Elections. Jubilation at Trades Hall. Programme to Be Carried Out. Speech by the Premier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 10

The meeting-room of the Labour Council of New Sonth Wales was crowded to excess last night, all ordinary business being suspended to hear roports of those candidates…

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Municipal Elections. Newtown

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 12

At Newtown there is not likely to be any opposition to the sitting aldermen, who are: Frank Bamfield, W. C. Clegg, Nat Lewis, H. T. Morgan, W. Rigg, T. Cousons, W. H. Lawler,…

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Labor's Win. Mr. Holman's Warning. Candidates and Comments. the Party and the Upper House

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 10

A novel scene was presented at the Sydney Labor Council last night. The executive of that body had invited successful and unsuccessful candidates in the State elections to-meet the…

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What Is The Use Of Parliament?

The International Socialist · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 4

Sir,—Whatever point of view politicians generally may take up in regard to the functions and uses of Parliaments, there is one point of view always kept steadily in sight by…

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Parliament of the Empire. Business Main's Advocacy. Home Rule Means War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 18

"The general opinion in England is that trade reached the top of the wave in October last, and since that time there has been a slight decline," said Mr. Eric Lloyd Jones…

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Broadway. an Exciting Night. After the Elections

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 7

To the stranger, accustomed only to the restrained dignity of Piccadilly Circus, London, after nightfall or the chastened [?] of Paris, Broadway, New York, seems to been fete every…

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Newcastle. Mining Matters. Agricultural Society. the Municipal Elections

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 1

[?] with the district's staple industry, particularly those whose [?] them with the miners' wages board now sitting under the chairmenship of…

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Amateur Rowing. Selectors Turning Their Attention to Inter-state Candidates. Anniversary Regatta

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 3

Entries for the Anniversary regatta close to-night, and the crews have a fortnight in which to do their final work. Mosman, Leichhardt, and Enterprise have been together some time,…

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Tests for Policewomen. Fifteen-stone Candidate Too Heavy

The World's News · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 18

EXAMINATIONS began in Chicago recently for women candidates for the municipal police force. For ten vacancies there were more than 300 applicants. The rules call for…

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Municipal Elections

The St George Call · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 3

In one respect the State General Election has had a rather disastrous effect on those for municipalities under our local government laws. The larger…

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The Municipal Elections

The St George Call · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 3

With the exception of Kogarah, where the Sans Souci section is stirring up some excitement, little or no interest is being taken in the municipal fight on…

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Botany Election Strife. Mayor and Labor League. Name Erased From Roll

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 6

The Mayor of Mascot (Alderman Chipman), who, in defiance of the Labor Executive, Supported Mr. Page, M.L.A., has had his name expunged, from the roll book oft the Mascot…

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The Coming Elections. Aldermen and Councillors

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 14

Last week we published an article describing the procedure at elections of aldermen and councillors up to the date of nomination. In a few cases the nominations in shires have…

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The Election Commission

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 12

On October 23 last the House of Representatives on a motion by Mr. Sinclair (Q.) resolved that a Royal Commission of five members should be appointed to inquire into and report…

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Selecting a Candidate at Epping

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 11

At the meeting of the Epping Progress Association this week. Alderman Smith said he wished the meeting adjourned so that they could make arrangements to…

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