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Politics & elections, 1916

2,023 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 102

Daylight Saving. Parliament Approves. an Overwhelming Majority. London, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 1

Sir Henry Norman, [?] the resolution in favour of daylight saving in the House of Commons, estimated that advancing the [?] an hour would have the effect of an annual saving…

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Labor Conference The Unionists' Parliament the Contest Between Rival Ideals

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 3

At the P.L.L. Conference in Sydney on Wednesday night a proposal to grant more representation than" is at present allowed to large unions was defeated. On the…

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State Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 5

Aid. Joseph Kemp, of "Rawson Park," Ingleburn, has submitted his same as a candidate selection in the Liberal interests for Camden…

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Federal Parliament. Bills to Be Passed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 11

In the Ministerial statement made in both Houses of Parliament to-day a forecast of the business which the Government proposes to bring forward before adjourning was made…

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Six O'clock. First Gun of the Campaign in Parramatta. A Drunken Parliament

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 2

On Thursday evening a well-attended temperance meeting, "In favor of 6 o'clock at the referendum," was held in the Town Hall, Parramatta. The Mayor of…

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Ireland. More Rebels Shot. Protest in Parliament. Mr. Asquith's Reply. London, May 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 13

It was a slim Sinn Fein council which was held about starting the rebellion, the fatal, decision being carried by a small minority…

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"Pilot's" Turf Topics of the Hour Continued From Front Page—pedigrees of Winners the Totalisator in England May 1 Receive Consideration in Parliament Questions Asked

Referee · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 3

In England the Government is casting round for new sources of revenue, and the possibility of the installation of the Totalisator on the same lines as in France may not be entirely…

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State Elections. the Liberal Campaign

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 11

At a meeting of the Council of the Liberal Association of New South Wales, acid on Monday night, the selection of candidates for the next election was considered at length. It had…

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Candidates for Duntroon

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 16

The military authorities state that, in view of the largo number of candidates awaiting admission to the Duntroon School for officers for the A.I.F., no unsuccessful candidate, who has…

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Conscription. Debate in Federal Parliament. "The Safety of Australia."

Evening News · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 4

There was a general debate in the Federal House of Representatives on Wednesday afternoon on the question of conscription. Mr. J. Cook, leader of the Opposition, said…

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Conscription. Speeches in Federal Parliament. Referendum Suggested. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 7

The conscription question formed the subject of an animated debate in the House of Representatives this afternoon, when stirring speeches were made by the leader of the…

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Bingara By-election. Labor Candidate Selected

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 4

The P.L.L. executive met last night, for the purpose of selecting a candidate to contest the Eingara by-election on behalf of the Labor party. The three principal nominations were…

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In and Out of Parliament: the Labor Conference with the Big Stick. Has it Played into the Hands of the Wadeites?

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 12

The gentlemen of the Labour Conference who started out to shake up the Labour movement are doubtless feeling on excellent terms with themselves. They asserted their…

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The Deliberations of the Hibernian Conference and the Close of the Meeting. Election of the New District Board

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 18

That commendable interest which the Hibernian delegates display in the interests of the society was strikingly manifest in the deliberations of the Annual Conference, which…

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On the Track. Morning Gallops at Randwick. Newcastle Cup Candidates Appear

Evening News · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 1

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Bingara By-election

Evening News · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 4

Mr. Alfred M'Leiland, of Tamworth, has been selected by the Political Labor League executive to contest the Biagars by-election. There were two other candidates— Messrs. F. Foster,…

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Tasmanian Topics. Legislative Council Election

The Australian Worker · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 5

As forecasted in this coruscating column last week, the three Council seats that were contested on Tuesday, May 2, were filled by two Tories and one Labor man…

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The Council Must Go! Labor Conference's Demands Conceded. Referendum Next Election

The Australian Worker · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 17

THE WORKER, going to press on Wednesday morning last week, was able to gay there were indications that the impending crisis in the relations between…

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Victorian P.l.c. Election of Officers

The Australian Worker · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 14

The following officers were elected to the Political Labor Council of Victoria jat the Annual Conference:— President: E. J. Holloway…

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Bingara. Progressive Candidate. Mr. Beeby Asked to Stand. Manilla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 6

The Bingara seat is to be contested in the interests of the Progressive party. This means there will be a three-cornered fight, which promises to be of the liveliest nature…

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