Seats Vacant in Qld. Parliament
BRISBANE. Tuesday.—Three seats in the State Parliament have become vacant in less than a month. Mr. W. J. Wellington, the member for…
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Politics & elections, 1939
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Eight By-elections Pending in Britain
LONDON, /March 29.— With the death of the sixth M.P. in 12 days there are eight by-elections pending. Sir George Harvey, Conservative…
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SYDNEC, Friday.— Its voting strength assured, the Government quickly silenced attempts by recalcitrant supporters to prevent the…
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BRISBANE. Wednesday.— The Queensland central executive of the Labor Party has endorsed 17 candidates for the plebiscite for the Griffith…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.— The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr. Bell) announced [?] polling day in the by-election in…
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SYDNEY.— In the Paddington Police Court today. Michael Doyle (35), a printer, was remanded on a charge of having at the Waver…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The State Parliament, after assembling tomorrow, will adjourn for 24 hours out of respect for the late Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons)…
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To the Editor, Sir.— In reading the columns of "Barrier Daily Truth" of 24/4/39, I was amused and amazed when I read that…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— The Assistant Minister for Supply. (Mr. Holt), in an address yesterday said that as long as nothing cut across…
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"WE laid the foundations of a nation, and it is a proud distinction for any man to say that he was a member of thec first…
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TIM BROWN, West skinner, who captained the Broken Hill team which defeated South Australia last year…
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LONDON, May 28.—Tomorrow's Hungarian election fight may he summed up as "Nazis v. Moderate Parliamentarians." The Nazi "Right…
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AMID memorable scenes of pageantry and ceremonial, such as have seldom been equalled in the 102…
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IT was announced at a meeting of the League of Freedom that at the next election Protestant candidates would contest…
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HOBART, Monday—Owing to the electoral system functioning in Tasmania, no by-election will be necessary to fill the vacancy caused by the…
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CANBERRA, Friday.— The lobbies are buzzing with rumors that, there will be a Federal election in October. This development follows the open…
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SYDNEY, Friday.— Sir Ernest Fisk, speaking at the first annual dinner of the Electrical and Radio Development Association of N.S.W.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Confidence Motion Defeat Likely In N.Z. Parliament AUCKLAND
DURING the debate on the no confidence motion in the New Zealand House of Representatives the Prime Minister (Mr. Savage) attacked…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday,—Statements by Mr. Menzies in Adelaide last night are taken as an indication of a general election before the end of the present…
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A RUMOR was current in Canberra today that the Menzies Government may appeal to the people before the middle of Sep…
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