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Politics & elections, 1918

1,824 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 92

Flinders By-election. Polling To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The by-election tomorrow for the Flinders seat will be a straight-out fight between Captain S. M. Bruce, the selected Nationalist candidate, and Mr. G…

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The Censorship. Criticism in Parliament

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 1

Further criticisms of the methods of censorship pursued in Australia were made yesterday in the House of Representatives…

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Cobar By-election Labor Candidate Unopposed COBAR

The Sun · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 5

Mr. M.A. Davidson, the selected Labor candidate, has been returned unopposed at the Cobar by-election in succession to the late Mr. Fern…

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Cobar Labour Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 14

A ballot was taken yesterday of the members of the Cobar branch of the A.L.P. for the selection of a Labour candidate to contest the Cobar seat. Up to a late hour last night…

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Cobar Election. Labor Party Nominee

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 10

It was stated last night by the secretary of the Australian Labor party of the State (Mr. P. C. Evans) that Mr. M. A. Davidson was lending in the Cobar Labor selection ballot,…

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Flinders Election Polling Yesterday Returns Are So Far Incomplete Melbourne

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 May 1918 · page 2

An election to fill the vacancy in the Flinders division of the House of Representatives was held to-day. The nominations were:—…

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Flinders By-election. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 6

Captain S. M. Bruce, Nationalist candi[?] for the Flinders by-election, was elected by nearly a two to one majority. The figures were:—Bruce, 13,787; Holmes (Labour), [?]…

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State By-elections. Labor Unopposed for Cobar

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 4

Mr. Mare Antony Davidson (Labor) was on Saturday elected unopposed for the Cobar seat in the Legislative Assembly, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Forn…

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W.a. Politics. Elections for Upper House

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 6

PERTH, Sunday.--The returns for the biennial elections of the Legislative Council are incomplete. The results, so far, are:--Central Province: J. M. Drew (retiring Labor)…

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Parliament or Judge Re-registering the Unions Who Should Do the Job?

The Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 5

Argument in the application by the Minister for Labor for the reinstatement of 15 unions which had been deregistered as the result of the great strike was continued…

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Upper Hunter Election

Evening News · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 1

The Speaker, Mr. Cohen, this morning issued a writ for the election of a member of the Legislative Assembly for the Upper House. vice Mr. Abbott, resigned. May 21 was fixed…

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The Flinders Election

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 8

The election for the Flinders seat in the House of Representatives was field on Saturday, and the result was that the Nationalist candidate, Captain…

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Upper Hunter By-election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 7

Mr. Macartney Abbott has resigned his seat in the Legislative Assembly for the Upper Hunter electorate. During the last conscription referendum Mr. Abbott said he would…

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Woman Labor Candidate London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 5

Mrs. W.C. Anderson, wife of the Labor member for Attercliffe, Sheffield, has been adopted as the Labor candidate for Stourbridge. She is the first woman to be…

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Upper Hunter By- Election. Polling Day, June 8

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 May 1918 · page 8

The writ for the Upper Hunter State by-election with issued yesterday, and, as already foreshadowed in "The Daily Telegraph," the polling day has been fixed for Saturday, June 8…

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Upper Hunter By-election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1918 · page 12

Yesterday the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. J. J. Cohen, issued a writ for the election of a member of the State Parliament for Upper Hunter, vice Mr. Macartney…

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Upper Hunter Election

The Sun · Wednesday 15 May 1918 · page 4

Nominations for the Upper Hunter by election will close on Tuesday next. The election will take place on Saturday, June 8, and the return of the writ will be made on…

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Western Australian Parliament. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly the Stamp Duties Bill, which, among other things, imposes stamp duty on bookmakers' betting tickets, was passed…

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Tasmania. Legislative Council Elections

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 43

Stafford Bird, the retiring member for the Huon district, was re-eleced by a two-one majority over Dan Ryan. Very litlle interest was manifested in the election…

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A Protest. Alderman Barlow and the Water Board Elections. the Council Receives an Interesting Letter

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 17

When the City Council met on Tuesday night of last week, the following letter was read from Alderman T. H Barlow in regard to the election for the City Council representatives…

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