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Politics & elections, 1916

2,023 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 102

Tasmanian Elections. Labor's Lost Majority

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 8

HOBART, Tuesday.--A meeting of the Labor Government will be held to-morrow, when consideration will be given to the position created by the election. viz., 15 Liberals, 14 Labor 1…

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State Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 8

The State Parliament will most likely prorogue on Wednesday or Thursday next…

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Federal Parliament. Re-opens Next Month

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 18

The Federal Parliament will re-assemble about the 10th of May. The date of meeting cannot be prolonged much later because it is necessary for the…

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Totalisator Bill in New South Wales Parliament

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 17

After being defeated on March 30 in an effort to introduce the Totalisator Bill in the New South Wales. Legislative Assembly, Mr. J. P. Osborne made another…

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State Parliament. Bakeries Bill Passed. Disfranchising Naturalised Aliens

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 7

Questions asked in the Legislative Assembly yesterday did not produce a wealth of information. In reply to Mr. Hoskins, the Minister for…

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Tasmanian Elections. Labor 14, Liberal 15, Independent 1

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 22

The counting of the votes in the Tasmanian elections has been completed, with the result that Labor has been returned with 14 members, Liberal 15,…

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Tasmanian Topics. Election Count Hung Up

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 22

You never can tell when a complicated machine may jump a cog. For the first time in a State election provision was made for the recording of absent votes…

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Queensland By-election. Labor Retains Fortitude Valley

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 17

The Fortitude Valley seat in the Queensland Assembly, which became vacant through the death of the honored Laborite, Dave Bowman, remains Labor…

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Tasmanian Elections. Novel Suggestion. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 10

The total number of valid No. 1. votes cast for the whole of the State at the general election was 74,387. There was 4470 Informal votes, so that 78,857 voters went to the poll…

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Tasmanian Elections. Government to Resign

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 6

HOBART, Wednesday.--The Labor Ministers met this morning and considered the position as created by the result of the election. Afterwards the Premier made the following…

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Parliament

Construction and Local Government Journal · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 6

The foolery of formality is supposed to reach its apogee in the case of the bewigged judge who cannot see the wigless counsel…

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Tonight's Parliament

Evening News · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 5

The chief in to-night's programme in the Legislative Assembly will be the second reading of the Railway (Amendment) Bill…

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Federal Parliament

The Land · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 13

Federal Parliament must meet about the middle of May next in order to vote Supply. The understanding when Parliament adjourned last year was that…

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Last Nights Parliament

Evening News · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly last night the Industrial Arbitration (Amendment) Bill was road a [?] by [?] votes to [?] The following works measure were taken…

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Questions and Answers in Parliament

The Land · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 8

Wheat for export—agreements between the handling firms and the Government:—Mr. M. Abbott asked the Minister for Agriculture:—…

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State Parliament. Arbitration Debate. Council Vetoes Grain Elevator Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 8

The half-hour devoted to questions in the Legislative Assembly yesterday produced a multiplicity of inquiries on various subjects…

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Elections of Councillors. 10. Liverpool Plains. Principle of Proportional Representation

The Land · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 6

"That in Section 72 (3) of Local Government Bill, 1915, provision be made for a Poll of Electors in lieu of Petition signed by not less than…

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The Relation of a Commission to a Forthcoming Election

The Land · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 8

ROYAL Commissions are becoming as common as rabbits or prickly pear, but that they all cost money, taken out of the taxpayer's pocket, seems to be the least vital point in their constitution. A commission of three Labour members of Parliament is at present touring the State, inquiring…

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City Council Election. an Alderman Ousted. Alleged Cases of Impersonation. Policy of the Law. Secrecy of the Ballot

Evening News · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 5

The [?] chief Justice. [?] Culler [?] Sly. and Mr. Justice Ferg[?] judgement in Ban[?] this morning [?] application made [?]…

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Progressive Candidates. Farmers and Settlers Active

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 4

GUNNEDAH, Thursday.--At the annual meeting of the Liverpool Plains Farmers' and Settlers' District Council, it was decided to nominate a candidate in support of the…

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