Federal Parliament
The Senate will meet at 3 p.m. on Monday, September 26, according to a promulgation published in the Commonwealth "Gazette." House of…
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More Polling Places for Benambra: To Serve Road Camps
Two extra polling places to be appointed for the Licensing District of Benambra by the Governor at a meeting of the Victorian Executive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Parliament S. P. Bill Passes Second Stages
A sensation was caused in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night when Government members indicated their desire to have free discussion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Poll Declared Void Defeated Candidates' Appeal Upheld Crown to Pay Costs
In the Court of Disputed Returns in Sydney Mr. Justice Maxwell granted the petation of William Cassia Milne, defeated candidate in the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Federal Government Criticised an Early Election Tipped Melbourne
Criticism of the Federal Government for failing to give assistance to wheat-growers was made at the quarterly meeting of the Sea Lake District…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Better Than a Seat in Parliament
The kerosene case used in musical chairs on horses at the show ground yesterday must have seemed infinitely better than a seat in Parliament to Mr M. Perry as he occupied it a second before the other finalist in the event and lost no time in following him the moment he dismounted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Tracks Relief From Unemployment Funds Reference in Parliament Melbourne
When the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) stated to-day in the Legislative Assembly that much of the £2,088,000 allocated to the Railways Department…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Church's Queen Competition Successful Candidate Crowned Spectacular Ceremony At Culcairn OVER £400 RAISED 200 Couples at Coronation Ball
With more than 200 couples on the floor and more than 100 onlookers in the gallery, the Coronation ball held in the Culcairn Memorial Hall on…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Only Two U.A.P. Candidates for Gordon By-election Sydney
Only two nominations have been received for the Gordon Ly-election to be Held on September £4. The candidates are: William C. Milne…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council By-election Labor Candidate Wins Small Majority Melbourne
The Labor Party won yesterday by a narrow margin the by-election in Melbourne Province to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Council caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fixed Price for Wheat. Objection Raised by Candidate. SYDNEY
Mr. H. B. Turner, one the U.A.P. candidates for the Gordon bye-election, in an address last night, said the proposals to fix a home…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Respectable by Act of Parliament”
It remained for the Stevens Government to make the first attempt to legislate people into a condition of respectability. The futility of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Parliament to Be Summoned London, September 15
Parliament will resumed after Mr. Chamberlain returns from Germany to hear a statement of his conversation with Herr Hitler…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How Acts of Parliament Interfere with the People’s Liberty Sydney
The liberty of the subject could always be interfered with by an Act of Parliament, declared Mr. Justice Owen, in the Supreme Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Henty Cricket Club Election of Officers
The following were present at the annual meeting of the Henty Cricket Club: Messrs. B. J. Smith (chairman), S. G. O'Leary, E. O. W. Bartsch, R. J…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →N.Z. Election on October 15 Both Sides Confident Wellington (N.z.)
The general ejection will be held on Saturday, October 15. The outstanding issue to be placed before the people is the merits of the Social Security…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor to Force Issue Move in Parliament May Precipitate a Bitter Session Canberra
All effort to force the Federal Government to intervene in the coal dispute will be made by the Labor Party when House of Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Banking Legislation “Reform” Bill Likely Federal Parliament to Meet on Wednesday Canberra
Despite opposition from [?] banking interests, the Federal Government may decide after all to introduce reform…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Rod and Nightguard Epsom and Metropolitan Appear to Be the Winners Candidates’ Possibilities Discussed SYDNEY
Nightguard and Gold Rod were suggested in these columns a week ago as the likely pair to win the Epsom Handicap and A.J.C. Metropolitan double. Racing at Rosehill on Saturday strengthened the contention that these…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →“Personal Freedom” National Party’s Promise New Zealand Election Auckland
The National Security Act will not be operated if the National Party gets into power at the New Zealand elections on October 15, [?] all pensions…
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