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Politics & elections, 1919

2,295 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 115

The British Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 6
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

For the jaded nerves of Australian democracy the result of the British elections makes a fine tonic. It is, however, a mistake to attempt…

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The Elections. Coalition Triumph. London, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 7

Owing to the doubtful denomination of certain Unionists and Liberals the precise results are uncertain. The "Daily Chronicle", in a revised list gives the Coalition the following…

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Mudgee By-election

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 30

This quiet and uninteresting event came off in the, hustings, on the Market Square, in the presence of about 150 of the electors, and was about the tamest…

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Our London Letter Belfast Prison Scandal. Discussed in Parliament

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 17

The Special Commission (Belfast Prison) Bill was read a second time, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House on October 22. In explaining its provisions, the…

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The British Elections a Fake or a Faroe

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 26

There are some strange features about the recent British elections which will require a much more satisfactory explanation than we are likely to get by cable. They…

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The Crisis in Ireland Preparing for the Elections. Nationalist Gets in Out of the Wet

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 7

Mr. P. "White, Nationalist M.P. for North Meath, has written to John Dillon: "Dear Mr. Dillon.—It iy now about 20 years since—in the interests of unity—I…

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Results of the British General Elections: Up De Valera!

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 19

The long-expected figures of the British elections have now been published, accompanied by more or less explanatory cablegrams. According to the most feasible…

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Sinn Fein Ejection Manifesto to Oppose Every Candidate Who Is Not for the Republic

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 14

The Standing Committee of Sinn Fein has issued a general election manifesto to the Irish people, in which they state that Sinn Fein aims at establishing the Irish…

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WHAT Ts Sinn Fein ? a Chat About the Startling British Elections

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 19

The final returns of the British elections provided two great surprises, for the big majority which the Lloyd George Coalition Government secured…

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British Election Results. Triumph for Lloyd George. Mr. Asquith and Labor Leaders Defeated

The Australian Worker · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 7

The first instalment of British general election results cabled from London on Sunday show that the Lloyd George Coalition Government is certain of a fresh…

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British Elections. Unionists Claim Victory. London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 7

The swearing in or the new member of the House of Commons will begin on the 21st, and occupy ten days. Mr. Bonar Law's organ, the "Dally…

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War-time Elections. People's Sound Judgment. Exclusion of Unstable Elements. Reconstruction Problems

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 4

Mr. Lloyd George's sweeping victory at the polls is, after all, only a repetition on a grand scale of the results of similar appeals to the people of the self-governing Dominions…

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Sinn Fein Dismal Prospects New Irish Parliament VANCOUVER

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 6

"The Star's" Dublin correspondent says that the Sinn Fein's construction renders unavoidable the summoning of a mimic Parliament to frame a…

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British Elections

The Land · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 12

The final count for the British elections gives the Coalitionists a majority over all parties of 236. The figures are: Coalition, 471;…

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Maitland Races To-morrow Form and Prospects of the Candidates

Arrow · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

Maitland races are set down for to-morrow at Rutherford course, and everyting points to a highly successful meeting. Good entries have been received for…

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The British Elections

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 6

The result of the British elections is a sign of the changing times, and the new thought that has been brought about by the war. Radicalism has won the…

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British General Elections

Labor News · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 2

The progress results of the British elections show a huge triumph for the Coalition forces in Great Britain and a similar triumph for the Sinn Feiners in…

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The Power of the Press. Mr. Lloyd George's Election Campaign

Labor News · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 3

We are unfeignedly sorry to hear that the "Daily Chronicle" has been sold. Under its old proprietors who neither enjoyed nor aimed at office for themselves,…

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British Election Figures. Unionists on Top. the Fly in Lloyd George's Ointment

Labor News · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 5

Already there is apparent a big fly in the ointment of Lloyd George's election victory, and London papers are busy in pointing it out to those who have not…

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