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Politics & elections, 1919

2,295 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 115

National Candidate

The Sun · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 8

Captain W. D. Harris's campaign is now fairly launched. Committee- rooms have been taken at 284 Oxford- street, Paddington, and all…

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Polling Day, May 24

The Land · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 12

On Tuesday afternoon the Governor issued a writ for the election of a member for Paddington, to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Mr…

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Women in Parliament

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 10

Thirty-four women wore elected in the recent balloting for the German National Assembly, reports Berlin. The Majority Socialists elected 15, the…

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The Paddington By-election a Nationalist Soldier-candidate

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 4

The executive of the N.S.W. Nationalist Association has selected a returned soldier. Captain Harris, M.C., to contest the Paddington (Sydney…

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Paddington By-Election. Nationalists' Peculiar Tactics

The Land · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 12

The National Executive has selected a soldier, Captain Harris, M.C., to contest the Paddington by-election against the soldiers' and the Labour candidates…

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Parliamentary By-election London, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 7

The Central Aberdeen by-election resulted: Wood (Asquith Liberal) 4950 votes, Davidson (Coalition Unionist) 4764, Duncan (Labour) 3482…

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"To Think About It" Candidate's Considering Cap

The Sun · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 5

Captain Harris, M.C., the selected Nationalist candidate for Paddington, was asked this afternoon hla opinion of the action of the Government in…

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London Letter The King Opens Parliament Great Ceremony at St. Paul's Dickens' Lovers at the Abbey a Question of Bell-toppers February 11

Evening News · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 6

Probably the most important event of the past week was the opening of Parliament, but the public never lose much sleep in preparation for that perform…

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The Paddington By-Election

Labor News · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 5

Jack Osborne, having been made one of the three Chief State Butchers, with more gravy than his last job produced, has left a vacancy at Paddington…

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Paddington's Labor Candidate

Labor News · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 5

Mr. L. J. O'Hara, the selected Labor candidate for Paddington, first saw the light less than 30 years ago at Taradale, near Napier, on the East Coast of New…

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Tasmanian Elections Near Nationalist Victory Predicted

Sunday News · Sunday 4 May 1919 · page 1

[?] have closed [?] Labor…

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Getting Ready at Randwick Progress of Doncaster and Cup Candidates Postponement Benefits Some Horses

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 May 1919 · page 6

In the hope that the A.J.C Autumn meeting will eventually be brought off, Randwick trainers continue to send their charges along. The Doncastcr favorite,…

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Patchwork Additions More for Parliament House

The Sun · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 7

Each year large sums of money are spent on alterations and improvements to the building which houses the two branches of the State Legislature…

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Victorian Elections. Legislative Council Contest

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 May 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--According to present calculations the writs for the triennial Legislative Council elections will be issued on May 19. Nominations for the 19 scats which will…

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The Red Flag in Brisbane. a Member of Parliament Summoned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 4

Edgar N. Free and R. J. Carroll have been summoned to appear in the Brisbane police court on a charge of having carried a red flag in the…

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Sydney Cup Notes Recent Track Form of Candidates a Well-conditioned Field Likely to Contest the Two Miles Race

Referee · Wednesday 7 May 1919 · page 1

Rebus, a rank outsider at the last moment, won the last Sydney Cup, but the books can scarcely, expect a similar result this time. Nevertheless, the race promises…

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In the Public Eye a Triangular Election

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 May 1919 · page 5

The vacancy for the Paddington seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, caused by the resignation of Mr. J. P. Osborne, who has become a member…

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Mudgee P.p. Board Elections

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 May 1919 · page 19

At the annual election of the Pastures Protection Board there were 15 candidates (including all the retiring eight directors). The election resulted in the…

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Federal Parliament. Reassembly Shortly

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In a fow days an official announcement will be made regarding the date for the reassembly of the Federal Parliament…

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