Six Candidates for Upper House Seat. Sydney
No further nominations were received by the closing time to-day for the vacancy in the Legislative Council caused by the death of Sir Allan…
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Politics & elections, 1940
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AGRICULTURE Reorganisation Of Dept. Questions in Parliament. Sydney
Reorganisation of the State Agricultural Department was announced in the Legislative Assembly to-day by the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Reid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FINED £20 Breach Of Security Act Former Labor Candidate. Adelaide
Before the Adelaide Police Court today, Thomas Garland, State secretary of the Gas Employees' Union, who stood as an Independent Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →L.G. ELECTIONS Poll Demanded
The annual conference of the Local Government Association unanimously decided to ask the State Government that the local government general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Govt. Ship "Scuttled by State" Annual Elections Urged Association Conference Sydney
Practically unanimously the annual conference of the Local Government Association to-day criticised the proposal to postpone municipal and shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →F. AND S. ASSN. Tyndale And L.C. Branch Postponement of L.G. Elections Opposed
The regular meeting of the Tyndale and Lower Clarence branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the Shire Hall, Maclean, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RALEIGH A.L.P. Candidate or Not?
Mr. A. J. Wallace, President of Coffs A.L.P., writes:— In answer to many inquiries concerning the State Election and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →L.G. CONFERENCE S. Grafton Delegate's Report. Postponement Of Elections
"It was the 14th annual Local Government Conference that I have attended and the best one," said Aid. Flaherty, at last night's meeting, of the South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Licenses? Restricted Areas Question in Parliament. Sydney
The Premier, Mr. Mair, refused in the Legislative Assembly to-day to disclose whether next Monday's conference at Canberra would discuss the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →National Govt. Kalgoorlie's Chance Menzies on By-election. Melbourne
The electors in Kalgoorlie next Saturday had the opportunity of giving Australia suitable administration, either through a National Government or by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →L.G. ELECTIONS Bill For Postponement Govt. S Action Criticised. Sydney
Deep regret at the decision of the Government to postpone the local government elections was expressed in the Legislative Assembly to-day by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Next Week Federal Parliament Labor Attack Forecast May Lead to Elections Canberra
Indications are not lacking that the Federal Government will face a serious challenge early in the first session of the new Parliament. There…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S.W. ELECTIONS In May Or June Unless War Interferes. Sydney
Unless the war situation warrants a postponement, the State elections will be held at the usual time, in May or June of next year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →L.G. ELECTIONS Postponement Bill Govt. Attitude Unchanged. Sydney
The Government did not intend to be influenced in any way by outside criticism concerning the municipal and shire elections. It believed its action…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Close Contest Kalgoorlie By-election Voting To-day May Challenge Government. Perth
A majority of urban votes in the important Kalgoorlie by-election to-morrow is conceded to the Labor candidate, Mr. V. Johnson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meets To-morrow Federal Parliament Election Of A Speaker Support for Mr. Francis Canberra
The election of a Speaker will be the first business of the House of Representatives after its meeting Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton City Council Extraordinary Vacancies By-elections to Be Held
The question of filling the vacancy in the Grafton council caused by the resignation of Ald. B. C. Eggins some time ago occupied the attention of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Govt. Defeat N.Z. By-election. Wellington (N.z.)
Interpreted as a no-confidence vote against the New Zealand Labor Government's agricultural policy the Warpawa by-election went in favor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heaviest Yet Financial Burdens Lord Cowrie's Forecast Federal Parliament Opened Canberra
Confidence in the ultimate victory of British arms was expressed by the Governor -General, Lord Gowrie, in his speech at the opening of the 16th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →L. G. Elections Withdrawal of Postponement Bill Urged. Sydney
Quoting recent cabled reports that the local government elections had been held in Great Britain despite, air raids and bombings, Mr. Knight (Lab,…
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