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Politics & elections, 1917

2,502 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 126

P.l.l. Conference. Election of Officers and Executive

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 7

When the annual conference of the Political Labour League of New South Wales was resumed in the Trades Hall last night theo president (Mr. J. W. Doyle, M.L.A.) read a…

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State Parliament. Opening on July 17

Evening News · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 5

The New South [?] for a couple of hours this [?] programme for the next session of Parliament…

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State Parliament To Re=open on July 17 Estimates to be Taken Early

The Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 6

Parliament will be called together for the despatch of business on July 17. In order to prevent the necessity for having frequent Supply Bills, the Government…

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Newcastle City Approaching Municipal Elections New Party's Campaign Newcastle

The Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 7

Many of the residents of Newcastle City are so dissatisfied with the personnel of the municipal council and the actions of that body during the last three years that they…

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Federal Elections Writs Returned Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 2

To-day the writs for the Federal general elections were returned, and the provision requiring all political reports and articles commenting on the issues submitted to the…

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State Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 6

At a special meeting of the State Cabinet yesterday it was docided that Parliament will be called together for business on Tuesday, July 17, at noon. This will be the second…

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The National Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 6

To-day the first really Nationalist Parliament meets. It is the Federal Parliament that is, under the Constitution, entrusted with those duties that are properly classed…

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State Parliament Meets on July 17

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 4

At its meeting yesterday--the third this week--Cabinet decided that Parliament should be summoned to meet on July 17. In making this announcement Mr. Fuller…

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Federal Parliament. This Morning's Opening, Mr. Johnson Elected Speaker. Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 5

Half an hour before the sponing of the Federal Parliament this morning. the public and other galleries in the House of Represntetives were crowded with ladies. eager to witness the…

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Federal Parliament Mr Johnson Elected Speaker Mr. Considine and the Oath MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 5

Sir John Forrest, the Treasurer, was the joker at the opening of the seventh Federal Parliament this morning. Looking rather worried from an operation undergon…

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And Out of Parliament: How the Industrial Element Has Captured the Labor Conference. The Remarkable Figures Which Show That Australia is Against Extremism

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 18

The Industrial party has had everything its own way at the Labour Conference. It has elected all the new officers, carried most of its pet resolutions, and put everybody that…

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Annandale Municipal Election. a Full Labor Ticket

The Australian Worker · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 4

Electors in the Sydney Metropolitan Municipality of Annandale will on the 30th inst. have an opportunity of sending into office twelve selected Labor aldermen. A…

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Local Government. Candidates and Their Rates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 5

To-day is the last day for a candidate to pay his rates to the council. If he leaves it until to-morrow his nomination paper will be rejected. It is expected that there will…

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N.S.W. Amalgamated Railway & Tramway Association Election of Two Organisers

Co-operator · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 3

Fellow Members.—Having been approached by a considerable number of members and asked to submit myself for the position of organiser, I…

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Municipal Elections on June 30

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 4

The municipal elections should have been held on January 27 last, but by the authority of an amending Act passed late in 1916 the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Fitzgerald)…

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The Federal Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 4

For the first time the Commonwealth Parliament met yesterday with a War Government in power. The previous election, although held during the war, was…

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Parliament Meets on July 17

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 16

The Acting-Premier, Mr. Fuller, announces that State Parliament will meet on July 17. Also that one of the first measures to be brought…

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THE N.S.W. PARLIAMENT. To Meet In July

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 4

At a meeting of the N.S.W. state cabinet In Sydney on Wednesday, It was decided that Parliament would be called together for the despatch of business on…

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Proportional Representation in Relation to the Late State Elections

The Land · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 3

"The system that elected me is the best." After strenuous times, the average man seems to be enjoying a little rest from political activity. The great success…

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