One Candidate Withdraws
Councillor Fltzsimons, President of tho Kuring-gal Shire Council, has decided not to offer himself for selection for the Gordon seat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Politics & elections, 1917
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Election Eggs
Eggs used for electioneering purposes by rude fellows of the baser sort are classed lowest in the list. There are delicate gradations between the trade terms new laid, fresh, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coming Elections
The decision of the New South Wales Government to go to the country came as a general surprise; but it was an eminently sane decision. The Parliament which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.s.w. Politics General Election Early
In his policy speech at Gundagai (N.S.W.) on Thursday night, the Premier (Mr. Holman) announced that it was not the intention of the Government to avail itself of the extension of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Elections. Labor's View. Urgency of Enrolling. P.l.l. Secretary Confident
Mr P [?] secretary of the New South Wales [?] Labor League this morning [?] with the election proposed [?] the opinion that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Elections. Caucus Party Not Satisfied. Mr. Holmafs Confidence
In political circles the feeling is that the sudden announcement of an immediate dissolution of Parliament and an election at the earliest possible moment afterwards has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →V.r.c. Meeting Favorite Candidates
As the result of his Bond Cup success at Caulfield on Saturday Pretty Bobby is the candidate most discussed for the Australian Cup. He came into such marked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Elections. Party Prospects. Both Sides Confident. Labor Claims "37 Sure Seats."
Both sides profess to be confident as to the result of the elections. The Ministerial party cannot conceive of its being returned without a more or less substantial majority; which the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Elections. Mr.durack Resigns Labor Leadership. Choice of His Successor. Farmers and Settlers En
There are activity in both political comps this morning. Mr.[?] resignation last night of the leadership of the Opposition was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The N.S.W. Nationalists' Election Bombshell the Gundagai Platform and Its Appeal to All Classes of the Electors. How Mr. Holman Can Win the Farmers
Uncle Wiseman's only serious criticism of the political bargain by which the Holman and the Wade parties came together to form the Nationalists was that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. POLITICS Elections on March 24 a Short and Sharp Contest Predicted
The N.S.W. Premier (Mr. Holman) an-nounced at Gundagai on Friday last that the N.S.W. State Parliament would be dissolved on wednesday, and that writs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Elections and the Policy
So the flood-gates of politics are to be let loose over the land. Is there to be the same old muddy water, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labour Candidates
The following list of candidates who have been selected by the P.L.L. to carry the Labour bannar at forthcoming State elections was made available by the general secretary,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire Elections
APSLEY.—Councillor F. B. Fleming has been elected president of the Apsley Shire. BLACKTOWN.—Councillor John H. S. Angus, J. P., was elected president of the Blacktown Shire Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Elections. Nationalists Organising Soldier Members' Seats
With characteristic electioneering thoroughness, Mr. Holman, as the National party leader, made use of the first day after his return from Gundagai to call together the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Federal Elections. Dubbo
The ballot to select the Labour candidate to contest the Darling Federal seat in opposition to Mr. W. G. Spence, M.P., has been fixed to take place between February 22 and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Masters of Caucus P.L.L. Work Proceeds Big Election-Rush
"Unfortunate!" said Mr. Evans, secretary of the P.L.L. executive, to-day, referring to the resignation of Mr. Durack. "Extremely unfortunate at this juncture, but, oh dear, no[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Political Surprise Mr. Durack's Retirement Meeting of Caucus Candidates for Leadership
No greater surprise has occurred in politics for many days than the retirement of Mr. Burack from the leadership of the Parliamentary Labor party. It is true that he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tamw0rth Contest Mr. Levien a Candidate
Asked to-day if he had decided to contest Tamworth at the coming State elections, Mr. H. Levien, formerly member for the constituency, said he had been inundated with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Elections. Opening the Campaign. Premier to Speak at Chatswood. Mr. Loxton Seeks Direction
Following upon the dissolution of Parliament to-day, the Premier will formally open the election campaign on behalf of the Government in the Chatswood Town Hall, in the Gordon…
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