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Politics & elections, 1919

2,295 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 115

Petersham Seat. Returned Soldiers' Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 14

Owing to the outbreak of pneumonic influenza it has been decided to delay the issue of the writ for the election of a member for the Petersham se[?]t in the place of Mr. J. J…

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Seamen's Executive. Election of Officers

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

The executive of the Federated Seamen's Union of Australasia is at present sitting in Sydney, dealing with a number of matters of interest to the…

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News in a Nutshell Campbelltown Municipal Election

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 5

Nine candidates have been nominated to contest the extraordinary election for six vacant seats in the Campbelltown Council, which have been rendered…

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Championship Candidates

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 7

COMPETITORS IN THE 18-FOOT CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY MAVIS YESTERDAY…

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Women and Elections

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 8

Woman have always exercised a wide influenza on British elections, as much by personal charm perhaps as by political reasoning. Everyone has heard of…

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Germany. Prussian Elections. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 7

A Copenhngen report says the Prussian elections resulted as follows:—Majority Socialists, 142; Catholics, 87; Democrats, 61; Conservatives, 41; Independent Socialists (Stresemann…

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Seamen's Union Deadlock Occurs Election of a President

The Sun · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 7

The Executive Council of the Federated Seamen's Union, which has been meeting in Sydney, has reached a deadlock, and this will possibly have a…

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Farmers' Politics Candidates to Contest All the Senate Elections. Farmers' Bodie's Moving

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

Following the receipt of a circular and report outlining the views of the Queensland University Council upon the important matter of agricultural…

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Farmers' Candidates. To Contest the Senate Elections

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

The secretary of the victorian Farmers' Union (Mr. Hall) stated last week that at a special meeting of the Federal Farmers' Organisation it had…

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Socialists Confer German Delegates Attend Labor Unrest in Britain Belfast "Parliament" Rules [?]

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 1

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Pastures Protection Boards Farmers Organising for the Elections

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

A meeting of delegates appointed by the local branches of the Primary Producers' Union and the Farmers and Settlers' Association to select…

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The Week in London (By Our Special Correspondent.) The Election. LONDON, Dec. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 6

The general election was du[?]y held on Saturday last, but no result of it can be announced until the soldiers' votes are pol[?]ed and added to those recorded in this country…

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Petersham Electorate Soldiers' Candidate

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 2

Lieut. Cortis, the organising secretary of the Soldiers and Citizens' Political Federation, reports that Chaplain-Captain James Wilson, late of the…

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Industrial Trouble. Belfast, London, Glasgow. a Strikers' Parliament. London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 7

The strikes in Glasgow, Belfast, and London show no signs of improvement. There are indications that the Belfast strikers contemplate more drastic action, similar to that which…

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Mayoral Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 11

HAY.—Aid. W. Minogue has been unanimously elected mayor, with [?] allowance of £26. MANILLA.—Alderman A. C. Veness has been reelected Mayor of Manilla…

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Petersham By-election

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 9

Lieutenant Cortis, of the Soldiers' and Citizens' Political Federation, stated last night that Captain-Chaplain Wilson has definitely decided to content the Petersham by-election…

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Mayoral Elections. Suburhan

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 11

Ald. F. C. Petric has been elected Mayor of Willoughby. His nomination was not contested. Ald. R. T. Forsyth, whom he succeeded, had been elected to the mayoral chair…

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Petersham By-election. National Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 4

Eleven men have submitted their names as candidates for the National selection for the Petersham by-election. The following are the names:--…

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