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Politics & elections, 1917

2,502 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 126

State Election Day. 24th MARCH, 1917

The Australian Worker · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 23

[?] large number of letters are being re[?]ed by the Secretary Railway Workers' [?]stry Branch, A.W.U. (Mr. G. C. [?]kin) in connection with State Election…

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N.s.w. Elections. the Second Ballots. Nationalists Win Gordon and Kahibah

The Australian Worker · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 16

The New South Wales elections were advanced another stage last Saturday, when second ballots were taken for two of the seats where the leading candidates…

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State Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 9
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. W. A. Holman, Premier, returned to Sydney yesterday, after a visit to the Albury electorate, in the interests of Mr. A. G. Manning, the National candidate, in the second…

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Selecting a Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 8

The executive of the Political Labour League is in a state of turmoil over the selection of a candidate for West Sydney. Ever since Saturday, when the counting of the…

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Nationalist Candidates for the Senate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 10

MR. H. E. PRATTEN. SENATOR E. D. MILLEN. MR. JOSIAH THOMAS…

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Federal Elections the Soldiers' Vote. London, April 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 8

Voting by the Australian soldiers in connection with the Federal elections begins in the middle of April, and will be finished on May 5. Colonel Knox will be assistant…

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Conscription. Issue of Elections. If Sir W. Irvine Had His Way

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- At Frankston tonight, Sir William Irvine said the necessity now existed for another referendum on the question of conscription…

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State Elections. Meeting of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 2

Both Houses of Parliament have been summoned to meet for the despatch of business on April 17. RETURN OF WRITS EXTENDED…

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The Senate. Selected Nationalist Candidates

The Land · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 9

Senator Millen, Mr. H. E. Pratten, and Mr. Josiah Thomas, M.P., have been selected by the Nationalists as the candidates for the Senate in that interest…

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Senate Election and What is Involved

The Land · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 8

FOR the first time in the history of the Commonwealth the Senate election transcends in vital importance even the election for the House of Representatives. It was the deadlock in the Senate which brought about the dissolution of Parliament and precipitated a general election…

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Nominations for the Federal Elections. Four Seats Uncontested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 8

Nominations of candidates for both Houses of the Commonwealth Parliament closed with the returning officers at 12 o'clock noon yesterday. A complete list of the nominations…

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State Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 6

A special supplement to the "Government Gazette," issued yesterday, called upon members of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of New South…

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The Senate Three. What Their Election Means Great Afternoon Rally. Prime Minister's Stirring Speech

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 7

A great afternoon rally, on behalf of the New South Wales National candidates for the Senate -- Messrs. Millen, Pratten, and Thomas -- took place in the Criterion Theatre yesterday…

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National Federation. Welcome to National Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 9

The election of officebearers in connection with the National Federation Branch recently formed at Leichhardt, resulted as follows: -- President, ex-Alderman J. Lonsdale;…

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The Polling Booth

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 11

The number of votes polled here fully justlfied the action taken by Mr. Toung that resulted in the establishment of the booth. The arrangements for voting…

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Federal Candidates Must Deal with Public Waste. Public Waste. Business Control Seeded

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 3

One question which should be directed to every candidate for tho Federal Parliament, and particularly to the leaders on both sides, is the question of waste of…

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The Talk of the Town a Seaman's Candidate

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 6

In few Federal electorates has the competition for nomination as the selected Labour candidate been be keen as in West Sydney, and there was a good deal of…

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The State Elections and Master Class Lieutenants

The International Socialist · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 2

The elections are over, and the figures up, show the revolutionary Socialist to be at the bottom of the list. This was expected by all who understood the…

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Federal Elections Mr. Scaddan Secedes. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 10

Mr. Scaddan, lender of the State Labour Parliamentary party, said yesterday:—"I find myself unable any further to balance my conscience or square my principles with the…

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