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Politics & elections, 1919

2,295 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 115

Labor Party's Task Lesson of the Elections LONDON, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 5

W[?] of the section results, Mr. App[?] secretary of General Federation of Trade [?] said:—"Confidence in the British workmen's…

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British Elections. Workmen's Common Sense

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 13

Mr. Appleton (Secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions), writing of the results of the elections, said: "Confidence in the British workmen's common-sense had been…

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The Election Canard

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1919 · page 4

THE suggestion that the State Government has some fell design to precipitate a general election before the rolls are ready for the proportional system may be disregarded like any other goose cackle. Seeing that yet another election would have to be hold as soon…

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Senate Vacancy. Tasmanian Parliament to Vote. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 7

The order of procedure at the joint sitting of both Houses of the State Parliament next Wednesday afternoon, for the purpose of electing a successor to ex-Senator Long in the…

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Opening of Parliament Pre-War Pomp to be Resumed LONDON,[?]

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 1

The king is to [?] February 4 There will be a resumption of the [?] and [?] which…

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The Turf Challenge Stakes Candidate

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 2

Willie Ploms, who created something of a sensation when, with 7st 91b, he defeated Balarang, set 1[?]1b, at Randwick on October 19 last at City Tattersall's…

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Imperial Parliament. Opening on February 4. LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 5

The King will open the Imperial Parliament on February 4, when there will be a resumption of the old-time stateliness and splendor, which was abandoned during war-time…

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Election for Council Engineer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 6

GUNDAGAI, Monday.--Fifty-seven applications were considered at a special meeting of the municipal council last night for the position of water works engineer. The applications…

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State Parliament. [?] Attendances in Divisions. Mr. Hoskins' Record

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 6

During the 1918 session of the State Parliament, there were 160 divisions (61 in the House and 99 in Committee), all of which were attended by Mr. Hoskins, Government Whip. Mr…

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Federal Parliament House The Most Suitable Design Cabinet to Consider Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 7

Among the questions awaiting the Federal Cabinet's consideration is whether the competition for the most suitable design for the Commonwealth…

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Kembla Candidates How they've been Shaping

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 6

Special trains leave Sydney at 9.15 a.m. (horses), 10.5, 10.30, and 10.50 a.m. First race starts at 1.55 p.m…

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Preparing for Randwick Challenge and Anniversary Candidates Their Latest Doings in Races and on the Training Tracks

Referee · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 3

Most of the fancied horses for the Challenge Stakes and Anniversary Handicap are being trained at Randwick, but only a few have so far been asked to do…

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Vacant Judgeships. Candidates for Speakership. Writ for Petersham

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 6

The Government has not yet finalised matters in connection with the proposed third appointment to the District Court bench. Messrs. Ralston and Broomfield have declined the…

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Candidates for Speakership

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 8

MR. COLQUHOUN. MR. LEVY. MR. H. D. MORTON…

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Ireland's Last Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 11

The following review of "The Last Independent Parliament of Ireland," by George Sigerson, M.D)., is taken from the London "Tablet." it is, in…

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Sinn Feiners Plan a Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 7

The police raided the Sinn Fein headquarters in Dublin and seized a number of documents, includeing the draft constitution and standing orders for an Irish Parliament…

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In and Out of Parliament, Mr. Webster's Wail. Some of the Gentlemen Who Would Be Speaker. he Amusing Webster

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 19

Mr. Webster, the Postmaster—General, may not be very wise, but he is nearly always amusing. In the "S. M. Herald" he bewails the press…

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The Policy of Irish Labour. National Unity. Why They Did Not Run Candidates

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 10

By 96 votes to 23 a special session of the Irish Trades Congress and Labour Party in the Dublin Mansion House yesterday adopted a declaration of the national Executive…

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German Elections Minister's Forecast LONDON, Wednesday evening

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 5

The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Express" staes tht Herr House, a number of the German Government, in the [?] of an interview, declared that…

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