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Catherine Helen Spence: 1898-1900

A guide to Catherine Helen Spence featuring writings about her and a chronological bibliography of her works.

1898-1900

1898  

 

Effective voting: Australia's opportunity. An explanation of the Hare system of representation. Adelaide, Shawyer & Co., Printers, 1898. pp. 26. [Pamphlet by Catherine Helen Spence.][Reviewed 12 November 1898, in Weekly Herald, p. 3c.]
March 23 Character reading. Lines and wrinkles. Register, p. 6d. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
March 30 Employers' liability in England. Register, p. 5h. [Letter by C. H. Spence. Insurance.]
June 13 'Miss C. H. Spence. . .' Register, p. 5b. [Short report of speech on effective voting in Melbourne by Miss Spence.] [not found in Trove 01/2020]
July 2 The united trades and labor council. Miss Spence on "Effective Voting." Weekly Herald, p. 3a-b. [Report of lecture by Miss Spence at Trades Hall on June 24 1898.]
July 19 Friendly societies and funerals. Advertiser, p. 6e. [Letter by C. H. Spence. Welfare.]
July 19 Friendly societies and funerals. Register, p. 6c. [Letter by C. H. Spence. Welfare.]
July 23 Friendly societies and funerals. Observer, p. 13a-b. [Letter by C. H. Spence.Welfare.]
July 26 Effective voting. Annual meeting. Register, p. 6b. [Report of meeting includes abstract of report by the President, Miss Spence.]
1899  
January 12 Hare's system of representation. Register, p. 6f. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
March 15 Effective voting. Advertiser, p. 6f. [Letter by Catherine H. Spence, President.]
March 15 Effective voting. Register, p. 6f. [Letter by Catherine H. Spence.]
March 25 Effective Voting League. Herald, p. 9b-c. [Letter by C. H. Spence. President Effective Voting League.]
March 28 Totalizator fractions. Advertiser, p. 7c. [Letter by C. H. Spence. Gambling.]
March 28 Totalizator fractions. Register, p. 6i. [Letter by C. H. Spence. Gambling.]
March 31 Effective voting. Register, p. 7b. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
April 10 Candidates and effective voting. Advertiser, p. 6f. [Letter by C. H. Spence, President Effective Voting League.]
April 10 Candidates and effective voting. Register, p. 7f. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
April 12 The remedy for waste of votes. Register, p. 5b. [Letter by C. H. Spence. Effective voting.]
April 22 Effective voting. Observer, p. 16d-e. [Report of meeting to consider the adoption of the Hare-Spence system at elections. Biographical material.]
April 22 Destitute voters. Register, p. 7e. [Letter by C. H. Spence. Politics.]
April 27 Effective voting and minor issues. Advertiser, p. 6g. [Letter by Catherine K. (sic) Spence.]
April 27 Effective voting and side issues. Register, p. 6e. [Letter by C. H.Spence.]
April 29 Effective voting and side issues. Observer, p. 31c-d. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
April 29 Destitute voters. Observer, p. 43c. [Letter by C. H. Spence. Politics.]
May 20 Effective voting. Herald, p. 8a-d. [Report of lecture given by Miss Spence to the Adelaide Democratic Club on 14 May 1899.]
June 13 "Miss C. H. Spence of South Australia". Register, p. 5b. [Short report of speech by Miss Spence to the Trades Hall Council in Melbourne. Public speaking. Biographical material.]
June 15 Woman's suffrage. Address by Miss Spence. Argus, p. 7i. [Report of lecture by Miss Spence at the old Town Hall, Prahran, on 14 June 1899.]
June 15 Miss Spence in Victoria. Register, p. 5e. [Short report of speech by Miss Spence on women's suffrage at the Prahran Town Hall Melbourne.]
June 17 The apostle of effective voting. Miss Catherine H. Spence. Herald, p. 1b-c. [Photograph. Biographical fragment.]
June 17 Miss Catherine H. Spence. Herald, p. 7a. [Paragraph. Tribute.]
August 23 How should we vote? Evening Journal, p. 3c-d. [Article by C. H. Spence, President Effective-voting League of South Australia.]
August 23 How should we vote? Register, p. 6d-e. [Article by C. H. Spence, President Effective-voting League of South Australia.]
August 26 How should we vote? Observer, p. 15c-e. [Article by C. H. Spence, President Effective Voting League of South Australia.]
September 6 Electoral reform. Advertiser, p. 3e. [Letter by Catherine H. Spence, President Effective Voting League.]
September 6 Effective voting. Register, p. 5g. [Letter by Catherine H. Spence, President Effective Voting League.]
September 9 Effective voting. Observer, p. 32e. [Letter by Catherine H. Spence.]President Effective Voting League.]
September 16 "Work, wine, woman and death." Herald, p. 8a-d. [Report of lecture by Miss Spence at the Adelaide Democratic Club on 10 September 1899. Labour. Drink. Women.]
September 21 [In 'Public notices'.] Hare-Spence system of voting. Southern Argus, p. 2b. [Advertisement for Miss Spence's lecture on effective voting at Goolwa on 25 September 1899 and Port Elliot on 26 September 1899. Biographical fragment.]
September 23 [In 'In the Country'.] Port Elliot, September 14. Observer, p. 12d. [Miss C. H. Spence to be invited to explain the principles of effective voting. Biographical fragment.]
September 28 Effective voting. Register, p. 6g. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
September 29 Effective voting. Register, p. 6i. [Letter by C. H. Spence, President Effective Voting League.]
September 30 Effective voting. The Hare-Spence system criticised. The returning officer's objections. Evening Journal, p. 3f-g. [Article. Biographical material.] [not found in Trove 01/2020]
September 30 Effective voting. The Hare-Spence system criticised. The returning officer's objections. Observer, p. 54b-c. [Article. Biographical material.]
September 30 [By Professor E. J. Nanson, Melbourne University.] Observer, p. 54c. [Article by E. J. Nanson discussing preferential voting and Miss Spence's activities. Effective voting. Biographical material.]
September 30 Effective-voting league. The annual meeting. Register, p. 4c.[Report by the President, Miss C. H. Spence.]
October 3 Effective voting. Public meeting at Port Adelaide. Evening Journal, p. 3f. [Miss Spence at meeting. Biographical fragment.]
October 3 Effective voting. Public meeting at Port Adelaide. Register, p. 6b. [Miss Spence at meeting. Biographical fragment.]
October 7 Effective-voting League. The annual meeting. Observer, p. 42a-b. [Report by the President, Miss C. H. Spence.]
October 7 Effective voting. Herald, p. 3c. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
October 19 The high priestess of effective voting. Miss C. H. Spence. Quiz, p. 4. [Article with photograph. Biographical material.]
December 16 Effective voting. Advertiser, p. 5i. [Letter by Catherine Helen Spence, President Effective-voting League.]
December 16 Effective voting. Register, p. 8h. [Letter by Catherine Helen Spence, President Effective-voting League.]
December 23 Effective voting. Observer, p. 32e. [Letter by Catherine Helen Spence, President Effective-voting League.]
1900  
  The Hare-Spence voting system. Arena, Melbourne. 29 September, 1900. p. 5. [Mention of Miss Spence. Biographical fragment.]
  When I was young. Arena, Melbourne. 6 September 1900. p. 7. [Article by Catherine Helen Spence. Autobiography.]
  From youth to age. Arena, Melbourne. 27 October 1900. pp. 8-9.[Article by Catherine Helen Spence. Autobiography.]
  A federal outlook on charity. Charity Review, vol 1, no. 1. March1900. pp. 4-5. [Article by Catherine Helen Spence.]
  Effective voting. Australia's opportunity. What is effective voting and how is it to be secured? Sydney, William Brooks and Co.Printers, 1900. pp. 4. [Pamphlet by C. H. Spence]
  The 'Hare' system applied to Commonwealth elections. United Australia, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 15-16. 15 January 1900. [Article by Catherine Helen Spence, President of the Effective Voting League of South Australia.]
  Proportional representation: success in Belgium. pp. 7. [Pamphlet by C. H. Spence, President Effective Voting League, reprinted from Advertiser, 19 September 1900.]
  Woman's place in the Commonwealth. United Australia, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 15-16. April 1900. [Article by Catherine Helen Spence, President of the Effective Voting League of South Australia.]
  The "Argus" and its statements. Australian Woman's Sphere, December, 1900. p. 35ab. [Includes letter to Miss Spence from Miss Harriet Mills, New York. Biographical material.]
January 13 "The body to the soul." Herald, p. 9a. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
February 10 Proportional representation in Belgium. Register, p. 10d. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
April 10 Effective voting. Wanted for the federal elections. Register, p. 3f. [Report of deputation to the Premier, including speech by Miss Spence.]
April 13 Dust and disease. Register, p. 6d. [Letter by C. H. Spence. Health.]
April 14 Effective voting. Herald, p. 10c. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
April 21 Dust and disease. Observer, p. 30c. [Letter by C. H. Spence. Health.]
April 25 Effective voting. Register, p. 3f. [Report of meeting at the Town Hall,Adelaide, including speech by Miss Spence.]
May 12 Effective voting. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 8h. [Miss Spence's programme in Sydney. Biographical material.]
May 15 Effective voting at elections. Propaganda work in Sydney. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 3h. [Article about Miss Spence. Biographical material.]
May 15 Welcome to Miss Spence. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 3h. [Report of welcome at the home of Miss Rose Scott on 14 May 1900. Biographical material.]
May 17 Effective voting. Explained by Miss Spence. With a mock ballot. Daily Telegraph, p. 3e. [Report of meeting at the Protestant Hall (Sydney) on 16 May 1900, including summary of speech by Miss Spence.]
May 17 National council of women. Meeting at the Town Hall. Daily Telegraph, p. 8g. [Report of afternoon meeting at the Town Hall (Sydney) on 16 May 1900, including short summary of speech by Miss Spence.]
May 17 National council of women. The annual meeting. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 4d. [Report of afternoon meeting at the Town Hall (Sydney) on 16 May 1900, including speech by Miss Spence.]
May 17 Effective voting. A lecture by Miss Spence. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 8b. [Report of speech by Miss Spence at the Protestant Hall (Sydney) on 16 May 1900.]
May 19 Effective voting. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 11d. [Letter by Catherine Helen Spence, President Effective Voting League of South Australia.]
May 23 Effective voting. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 4b. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
May 26 Effective voting. Bulletin, p. 7a. [Report of Miss Spence and effective voting. Biographical fragment.] [title not on Trove 01/2020]
May 30 Effective voting. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 10e. [Report of lecture by Miss Spence at the Unitarian Church (Sydney) on 29 May 1900.]
May 31 Effective voting. Formation of an association. The senatorial elections. Daily Telegraph, p. 3b. [Report of meeting and Miss Spence's influence. Biographical material.]
June 5 Women's suffrage. Register, p. 6h. [Miss Spence at meeting in Sydney. Biographical fragment.]
June 5 Womanhood suffrage. A big public meeting. Addresses by prominent supporters. Daily Telegraph, p. 3e. [Report of meeting at the Protestant Hall (Sydney) on 4 June 1900, including speech by Miss Spence.]
June 9 Womanhood suffrage. Deputation to the Premier. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7g. [Report of Deputation including summary of speech by Miss Spence.]
June 13 Effective voting. Daily Telegraph, p. 3h. [Short report of lecture by Miss Spence to the Democratic League (Sydney) on 8 June 1900.]
June 28 Effective voting versus block voting. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 3h. [Letter by Catherine Helen Spence.]
June 28 Lecture by Miss Spence. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 6h. [Brief report of lecture by Miss Spence at the Unitarian Church, Sydney, on 27 June 1900.]
June 30 Minerva Victrix. [To Miss Catherine Spence and Miss Rose Scott, and the New Woman Movement.] Bulletin, p 13d. [Poem by V J Daley. Biographical fragment.] [title not on Trove 01/2020]
July 2 Effective voting. A league to be formed. Argus, p. 6e. [Report of Miss Spence's activities. Biographical material.]
July 3 Proportional voting. Explanation of the system. Age, p. 6a. [Short report of speech by Miss Spence to the Free Trade League on 2 July 1900. Effective voting.]
July 3 Preferential voting. Reasons for its adoption. An organisation formed. Argus, p. 7a. [Report of meeting attended by Miss Spence. Effective voting. Biographical fragment.]
July 3 Preferential voting. Lecture by Miss Spence. Argus, p. 7a. [Report of lecture by Miss Spence to the Free Trade Association on 2 July 1900. Effective voting.]
July 5 [In 'Concerning People'.] Effective voting. Register, p. 5a. [Miss Spence lectured on 4 July 1900 at Castlemaine. Biographical material.]
July 6 Miss Spence's campaign. Register, p. 4g. [Report of lecture by Miss Spence at the Kew Town Hall, Melbourne. Effective voting.]
July 7 Miss Spence's campaign. Observer, p. 29b. [Report of lecture by Miss Spence at the Kew Town Hall, Melbourne. Effective voting.]
August 4 [In 'Current Comment'.] Miss Spence. . . Herald, p. 7b-c. [Paragraphs. Effective voting. Federation. Biographical material.]
August 6 Effective voting. Register, p. 7i. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
August 25 [In 'News of the Day'.] Effective voting in Japan. Register, p. 6h. [Report of Miss Spence's contribution to political thinking in Japan. Biographical material.]
September 19 Effective voting. Register, p. 6g-i. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
September 19 Proportional representation. Advertiser, p. 3f-g. [Letter by C. H. Spence, President Effective Voting League.]
September 26 Effective voting. Register, p. 6i. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
September 29 Effective voting. Register, p. 10e. [Letter by C. H. Spence.]
October 9 Effective voting league. Annual meeting. Register, p. 6i. [Report of meeting includes comments on Miss Spence. Biographical material.]
October 17 Effective voting. An ineffective appeal. An "effective" reply. Evening Journal, p. 2f. [Report of deputation to the Premier, including speech by Miss Spence.]
October 17 Effective voting. An ineffective appeal. An "effective" reply. Register, p. 8e. [Report of deputation to the Premier, including speech by Miss Spence.]