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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1936

348 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 18

Irak Riots Parliament Dissolved Ministers in Flight Cairo

National Advocate · Monday 2 November 1936 · page 2

The former Minister for Defence in Iraq, Jaffa Pasha was shot dead on Thursday by an officer whom he met outside Bagdad when he was en route…

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Melbourne Cup the Candidates Discussed Young Crusader Selected Is Talking Another Phar Lap?

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1936 · page 4

Can the champion three year old Talking win the Melbourne Cup today? Many good judges, or they claim they are, regard the race as…

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Dead Governor Parliament Adjourns SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1936 · page 4

After a short sitting to-day, the Legislative Assembly adjourned until to-morrow as a mark of respect to the late Governor (Sir David Murray…

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Parliament Opens British Tradition Foretaste of Coronation Pageantry London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 November 1936 · page 1

A foretaste of the pageantry that may be expected at the Coronation was given when the King opened Parliament to-day…

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Close Poll Expected in Presidential Election a Bitter Campaign New York

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1936 · page 4

Approximately 46,000,000 out of 58,000,000 registered voters will go to the polls to-morrow in the Presidential election…

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Police Bashers Question in Parliament Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1936 · page 2

"Will the Minister reassure the House that the bashers will have to go?" asked Mr. C. C. Lazzarlni (Labor, Marrickville) of the Chief…

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Distressed Areas Marchers Approach British Parliament LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1936 · page 1

The culmination of the march of 200 unemployed from Jarrow, a distressed Tyneside town, to London was reached at the opening of…

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Banned Woman Scenes in Parliament Minister's Silence Canberra

National Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1936 · page 3

There were rowdy scenes in the House of Representatives this afternoon when several members endeavored to secure from the Minister of…

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Bathurst's Bishop Dr. Wylde's Position "Election Certain" Bathurst

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 November 1936 · page 1

THE Rt. Rev. Arnold Wylde, Bishop Administrator of Bathurst diocese, will, it is believed, be the new Bishop to…

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Early Election? Questions In Federal Parliament CANBERRA, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 1

In the House of Representatives to-day the Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Earle Page) said the Government had not yet considered the question,…

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Shot His Father 13 Year Old Son Charged Leg. Council Election To Be Held on December 8 ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 2

Donald Michael O'Neill, 13, presented a pathetic figure in the deck at the Central Criminal Court to-day when be faced a charge of having…

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U.S.A. ELECTIONS Democrats' Sweeping Victory

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 5

As a result of the elections the Democratic party of the United States has increased its majority in the House of Representatives. It has…

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Legislative Council. Election Early in December. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 5

It was announced in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon that the election of 15 members of the Legislate Council to All the vacancies due to…

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"Labor Daily" Election of Directors Many Contestants SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1936 · page 4

Shareholders in the official Labor newspaper were notified to-day that nominations for the annual election of four directors will close on…

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Rush Election Opposition Growing CANBERRA

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 November 1936 · page 1

THE proposal of the Federal Government to hold the triennial elections at the same time as the marketing…

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Early Election Is Seriously Regarded By Members SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 November 1936 · page 2

Talk of a Federal election early in the New Year is now being taken very seriously in political circles, and a feeling of resentment at the…

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Early Federal Election Government Members Protest

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 November 1936 · page 4

Members of the Federal Parliamentary Country party, at a special meeting in Canberra, condemned the proposal to hold an election for the…

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News Briefs. Federal Elections

Leader · Monday 9 November 1936 · page 2

The Prime Minister's statement concerning the date of the Federal election has caused surprise, apparently, to all members of the Government…

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Federal Election Labor's Official Views Reason for Rush Election Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 2

The Federal President of the Australian Labor Party (Mr. Makin. M.H.R.) said that the party was opposed to an early election being held…

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Next Election U.A.P. Members Anxious Stormy Meeting Expected CANBERRA

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 4

[?]that the in March [?] kite, but is coldly serious…

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