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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1937

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Plaintiff to Pay Costs in Unusual Case Elections Main Print of Rolls EDEN-MONARO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 1

Falling to substantiate a claim that a former tenant had detained certain articles valued by him at 30/, John Peters, an elderly man,…

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ELECTIONS Main Print of Rolls EDEN-MONARO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 1

The main print of the electoral rolls for each subdivision of the division of Eden-Monaro have been distributed to all post offices…

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Election Probable in October

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: Opinion in the lobbies, when the Federal Parliament resumed, has strengthened the belief that the Federal…

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Labour's Defence Scheme Mr. Curtin's Speech in Parliament

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday: The Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Curtin), speaking in the House of Representatives yesterday, emphasised that the defence policy of the Labour party differed radically from that proposed by the Lyons Government…

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Federal Election Mr. Allen Recovered From Indisposition

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 4

Mr, C. R, Allen, the Labour candidate for Eden-Monaro, is Just recovering from an attack of Influenza, but will be well enough to make a…

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Two Candidates Raise £280: 7: 2 In Show Queen Competition Miss Betty Brown Successful

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 3

The announcement in connection with the Queen Competition which was launched by the Show Committee in February last to…

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Federal Elections Mr. T. Collins' Candidature Strong Committee Formed at Harden

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 6

Mr. T. J. Collins, M.P., addressed a very well attended meeting in the Harden Mechanics' Institute, on Saturday afternoon last…

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Auburn Street Road Ratepayers Sanction Loan For Concrete Pavement Details of Polling

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 5

By 391 votes to 266, the ratepayers of Goulburn agreed, at a poll held on Saturday, to approve of the Goulburn City Council borrowing £11,500 for the purpose of reconstructing Auburn Street with a concrete pavement…

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Derby Candidate Sold for £1 Mr. A. E. Cooper Makes Gift of St. Constant to J. W. Cook "Fed Up with Him"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 8

Mr. A. E. Cooper, who gave £26,000 for Talking and Mala, yesterday sold the Derby candidate, St. Constant, to J. W. Cook for 1…

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U.A.P. PROSPECTS Mr. Perkins' View Of Elections

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 8

Speaking at the South Coast U.A.P. electoral conference at Nowra. Mr. J. A. Perkins, M.P. said be favoured giving cheap…

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Federal Elections Date Fixed For October 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: The Federal elections will be held on October 23, seven weeks from Saturday…

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Parliament May End on

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, said to-day that he hoped to complete the work of Parliament on Friday, before…

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Riots S. American Election Three Deaths

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 5

BUENOS AIRES, Monday: Wide spread violence in the presidential elections has been responsible for at least three deaths, while many have…

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ELECTIONS Mr. Perkins Opens Campaign

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 September 1937 · page 1

Commencing in the Goulburn district this week, Mr. J. A. Perkins M.P., will address a number of political meetings in connection with the…

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Liberty of Speech in Parliament Privileged Blackguardism, Says Mr. Menzies

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 7

CANBERRA, Wednesday: In the House of Representatives the Deputy-Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Forde) accused the, Attorney-General (Mr. Menz[?]es) of having seriously attacked the privileges of Parliament in a public statement which, he said…

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OCTOBER 23 Election Date Fixed Telephone Rush

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon ann[?]unced that the…

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Federal Parliament Closes Final Session Before General Elections

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: The fourteenth session of the Federal parliament, which began on October 23, 1934, ended yesterday, when both Houses rose until a date ti be decided…

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Derby Candidate Highborn's Easy Win

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 8

Features of the Botany Handicap at Rosebery yesterday were the failure of the Epsom candidate Barramul, and the easy success of the New…

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Huge Dam for Namoi River Bill Introduced in Parliament

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: In the Legislative Assembly yesterday a bill was introduced to sanction the construction of a dam across the Namoi River at Keep it at a cost of £1,340,000, and of a diversion weir in the Namoi River,…

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ELECTIONS Final Opportunity To Enrol Next Week

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 1

Writs for the forthcoming Federal Elections will be issued on September 24 next, and consequently the rolls to be used at…

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