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Murray · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1927

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Wireless Parliament Children Hear Canberra Four Sets at District School

The Independent · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 2

Four loud speakers were installed at the District School yesterday to receive the speeches at the opening of Canberra. The material was supplied by…

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Opening of the Federal Parliament. Successful Transmission at the High School

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 2

The opening of the Federal Parliament, at Canberra, by His Royal Highness, the Duke of York, should long continue to be a memory to the…

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Federal Parliament Historic Ceremonies at Canberra. Duke of York Opens Federal Capital. Canberra

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 2

The official opening of the Federal Parliament of Canberra this morning took place in glorious weather. It is estimated that between 20,000…

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N.S.W. Country Party. Election Organisation in Hand

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 3

Organisation at the headquarters of the N.S.W. Country Party, Hudson House, 15 Bligh street, Sydney, in respect to the next State elections is…

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The Federal City Parliament Opened by the Duke of York Ceremonies Witnessed by 20,000 Persons

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 11 May 1927 · page 3

Gloriously fine weather prevailed at Canberra on Monday when the Federal House of Parliament was op[?] by His Royal Highness the Duke of York, in the presence of twenty thousand persons…

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Australia's Heart-CANBERRA Duke of York Makes History Sun Smiles on Brilliant Pageant Memorable Speeches at Opening of Parliament House

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 2

"To-day is the end of an epoch and the beginning of another." Thus the whole spirit of the ceremony was crystallised into a simple sentence by his Royal Highness, the Duko of York, during his speech from the portico of the Federal Parliament House at Canberra…

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State Election Country Party Prepares Three Organisers Appointed

The Independent · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 2

Organisation at the hardquarters of the N.S.W. Country Party, Hudson House, 15 Bligh Street, in respect to the next State elections is well in…

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Warringah By-election

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 22

A by-election of a member of the House of Representatives, in the place of Sir Granville Eyrie, will be held in the division of Warringah on…

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Victorian Parliament Labour Ministry in Power, Mr. Hogan Commissioned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 30

All doubts concerning the nature, of the next Victorian Ministry, whiten will be the 45th since the establishment of responsible government, were settled on…

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State Election

The Independent · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 4

The Wagga branch of the National. [?] Association has declared it intention of running Mr. E.E. Collins as a candidate for the next State elections…

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Southern Polling Places

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 11

State electoral office advises that the Minister has approved of the following alterations in polling facilities for and within the boundaries of the…

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Mr Lang Resigns Will Form New Ministry. Split in State Labor Party. Early Election Probable. Sydney, Thursday, 4 p.m

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 2

Mr. Lang, the State Labor Premier handed to the Governor today the resignation of himself and his Ministers…

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Mr Lang Forces Election Overthrows His Cabinet Commissioned to Form a New Cabinet

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 2

Dissension in the ranks of the Labor Party reached a climax on Thursday when the Premier air Lang called a special meeting of the Executive…

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Election About August Sydney

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 2

It is the general opinion in political circles that the State Parliament of New South Wales will be dissolved about the beginning of August…

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Italian Parliament. Abolished by Mussolini. London, May 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 20

The speech in the Italian Chamber of Deputies by the Prime Minister (Signor Mussolini), in which he referred to the German patriotic…

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State Election

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 2

Saturday, the twenty-seventh day of August next, is the tentative date of the State election. Death at Hospital…

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Candidates at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 2

Mr. R. E. Quintrell, president of the Barrier branch of the Workers Industrial Union, who recently returned from sydney, said yesterday that he…

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Chamber of Commerce. Election of Officers. Important Matters Discussed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 2

It was very satisfactory to see so many representative business men present at the general meeting of members of the Corowa Chamber of…

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Local and General Polling Place

The Independent · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 2

MR. W. W. Killen, M.H.R., has been informed by the Chief Electoral officer for the Commonwealth that a polling place has been approved at Moonbria…

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