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Politics & elections, 1919

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"Get Off the Track" Petersham Election

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 5

"I deny that we over asked Major Shillington to drop the Nationalists and run as our candidate for the Petersham electorate," said Lieutenant…

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Petersham By-election. Plenty of Ginger. National Campaign Opens

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 4

If one may judge by the lone of the Petersham meeting last night, when the National campaign was opened by the Premier and the selected National candidate. Major…

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Boolaroo Races To-morrow Form and Prospects of Candidates

Arrow · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 5

As there has been no racing in the Newcastle district since the Hedden Greta meeting, on February 1. owing to influenza restrictions, the Boolaroo races…

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Field of Politics Nationalist, Soldiers' and Farmers' Parties. the Petersham By-election

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 4

Polling in connection with the Petersham (Sydney) by-election will lake place on Saturday, March 22nd. Additional interest is being taken in…

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Public Service Board. Candidates Reduced to Five

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 6

In regard to the applications received for the position of chairman of the new Public Service Board, and which numbered over 40, it was stated yesterday that consideration had…

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State Election Country Preparing Bathurst

The Sun · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 7

Preparations are being made in a number of western centres for an election which, it is widely felt, may be sprung on the State this year. The…

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PARLIAMENT v N.S.W. ASSOCIATION

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 20

A return match between Parliamentary and New South Wales Association will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday, March 19…

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Petersham By-Election. Saturday, March 22, 1919

Labor News · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 4

The President and Secretary of the Leichhardt Branch, A.L.P., write stating that a meeting of the Branch will be held id the Town Hall, Leichhardt, March 12…

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Petersham Contest. Candidates and Supporters. Wide Flow of Oratory. Bolshevism and Personalities

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 12

The Petersham election is now in full swing. Mr. Doc, M.L.A.. said at the meeting outside the Stanmore railway station that Mr. John Storey's repudiation of Bolshevism and of such…

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Captain Wilson Out Not on the Roll Eleventh-hour Discovery at Petersham—Candidate's Nomination Invalid—Government Con-sidering Possible Remedy

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 March 1919 · page 2

There was an unexpected development in the Petersham election camp; is yesterday which has completely altered the aspects of affairs there…

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National Candidate. Says One Big Union is Camouflaged Bolshevism

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 March 1919 · page 2

Major Shillington, the Nationalist candidate addressed a meeting convened by the Women's Reform League at Petersham last night…

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Petersham Election Surprise :: Wilson's Nomination Informal Not on the Rolls = Government May Validate

The Mirror · Sunday 9 March 1919 · page 2

An unexpected development occurred at the nominations for the Petersham by-election yesterday, when Chaplain-Captain Wilson's nomination was…

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Case for Unification Burden of Over-Government Senate Candidate's Views FORBES

The Sun · Sunday 9 March 1919 · page 5

When the Federal elections come round Alderman Henry Webster, of Forbes, will be a candidate for the Senate on the unification ticket…

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Brink of Volcano in South Africa Caused by Labor Unrest Government Appoints Commission To Report to Parliament—Pretoria Grants Eight-hour Day—Permanent Industrial Board Wanted CAPETOWN, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 March 1919 · page 1

The Right Hon. J. X. Merriman, in the course of a Budget debate in the Assembly this afternoon, in a reference to the labor unrest, denounced…

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The Petersham Election

Evening News · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph

THE rejection of Captain-Chaplain Wilson's nomination is a purely legal question, and no effort should be made to validate it by any special process Action by the Government to that direction would be invidious. Nor can there be any question as to the peculiar danger involved in any interference…

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"All Candidates Out" Counsel's Opinion Not on Proper Form

The Sun · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 5

Captain Wilson's advisory committee held a meeting this morning to consider the situation with regard to their candidate's nomination…

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Compound Conditions. Experiences at Albury. Election Eggs

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 5

ALBURY, Sunday.--The crowd of New South Welshmen which entered the isolation camp, wet to the skin, on Tuesday afternoon, was liberated on Saturday afternoon. "We are the…

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Blackfriars Teachers' College. Candidates' Complaints

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 8

The Minister for Education has received several complaints from candidates for admission to the Teachers' College at Blackfriars, to the effect that candidates who, according to…

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