Candidate's Tactics Criticised by Premier
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Addressing a meeting at Double Hay in support of Mr. G. Beresford Grant, endorsed U.A.P. cnndidate for Wollahra, the…
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Politics & elections, 1937
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40-Hour Week Matter For Parliament MELBOURNE
While he supported the principle of a 40-hour week, the Commonwealth Public Service Arbitrator (Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Good Poll in Irish Free State Elections Mr. De Valera Expected To GAIN-MAJORITY (Special to "The Miner.") DUBLIN, July 1
IT is estimated that 1,250,000 of the 1,700,000 electors voted in the Irish Free State election to-day. The reaults will not be available until to-morrow. There were five women among the 251 candidates nominated for the 138 seats in the new Dail…
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SYDNEY, Saturday. —The State Government will shortly be faced with the necessity of holding another by-election. It is understood that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Success for De Valera Progress Totals In Irish Elections (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, July 4
THE success of De Valera's party in the Irish Free State elections is undoubted, the Government requiring less than half the outstanding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News in Brief Election Preparations
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Chief Electoral Officer (Mr. Turner) has begun preliminary preparations for a general Federal election, which,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seeks Honors in Parliament Mr. M. J. Noonan Port Pirie
MR. M. J. Noonan, of Adelaide, wh[?] is visiting Port Pirie, said that he had decided to contest the Rocky River seat at the next State elections…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cup Candidates At Work Duranta Was Responsible for Best Effort
CANDIDATES for the Silver City Cup Handicap and other events on the Silver City Racing Club's programme to be submitted on Saturday—the opening day of the club's three-day carnival—had their final gallops on the Broken Hill course this morning. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →40-Hour Week In Australia Federal Parliament Can and Should Move, Says Mr. M. BLACKBURN
AN eminent barrister, former Speaker of the Victorian Parliament and noted authority on Constitutional and International Law, Mr. Maurice Blackburn, member of the House of Representatives for Bourke (Vic.), demonstiates in this article that Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News in Brief U.A.P. Senate Candidates
SYDNEY, Monday.—Senator J. G. Parkins, Dr. Hall, and Mr. B. A. Helmore have been selected to contest the Senate election in the U.A.P…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News in Brief Sir Charles Marr, U.A.P. Candidate For Parkes
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Sir Charles Marr was unanimously endorsed as the selected U.A.P. candidate for Parkes electorate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OCTOBER 23 for Election Federal Plans Made Known Approval Yet to Be Given Canberra
IT was stated at Canberra on reliable authority that October 2[?] had been agreed upon by the Government organisation as the date of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ministerial Election Prospects Bright
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An informal survey, which has just been completed for the Federal Cabinet, indicates that the prospects for…
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Country Party members of the Federal Cabinet are understood to support an October election, as against a November poll, which seems…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor Planks in Election Higher Pensions; No Communism SYDNEY
THE Federal Labor leader (Mr. Curtin), outlining the policy which would be placed before the electors in the Federal campaign, declared that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aspersions on Organiser Follow Campaign For Parliament Explanations Given Sydney
A MEETING of members of the campaign committee of Mr. H. H. Mason, who was recently elected Independent U.A.P. member for…
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WITH full ceremonial, the fourth session of the 31st Parliament of New South Wales was opened by the Governor (Lord Wakehurst) at noon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local A.L.P. And Elections
At the meeting of the Barrier District Assembly of the A.L.P. last night it was decided that the two members for the district (Messrs. M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor Optimism in Elections
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The general secretary of the A.L.P. (Mr. J. J. Graves) said to-day that the Labor Party would have an easy win in…
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LONDON, August 20.—"Good Times in Australia" is the heading of a leading article in the "Times" commenting on a recent speech in…
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