Country Party Will Not Have Mr. Menzies Remarkable Position Created an Early Election Possible. Intensive Efforts Bang Made to End Impasse CANBERRA
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 1
The most remarkable political position in the Commonwealth's history has followed the election to-day of Mr. R. G. Menzies as leader of the United Australia Party, for the leader of the United Country Party and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Abbott Does Not Want an Election Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 1
Senator Macartney Abbott (U.C.P., N.S.W.) to-day made it clear that he did not approve of the personal attack made by Sir Earle Page in the House…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Politicians Fear a Winter Election But one May Be Forced C.P. Holds Key to Situation Labor In An Unhappy Position CANBERRA
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 1
Speculation in Canberra to-day—a place of peace and calm in contrast with the turmoil of the past few days—centres entirety around the possibility of a general Federal election being precipitated as soon as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Printer’s Name Not on Handbills Man Fined &5; Election Sequel Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 6
A sequel to the distribution of handbills during the Hurstville by-election campaign was the appearance of a printer in the Kogarah police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heffron Wins Again Waverley By-election Now Has a Party of Six Blow to Lang Labor and U.A.P. SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 1
Both the Lang Labor and United Australia parties received a set-back at yesterday’s Waverley by-election, the Industrial Labor Party…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dame Enid Lyons Not for Parliament Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 6
Dame Enid Lyons has definitely decided not to contest the Wilmot seat, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Lyons. She is still resting in Mercy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Waverley By-election Tnother Heffron Party Success SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2
Both the Lang Labour and United Australia Parties received a setback at yesterday's Waverley by-election. The Industrial Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election Fraud Man Arrested for Impersonation Paddington
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 3
In the Police Court to-day, Michael Doyle, 35, printer, was remanded on a charge of having at the Waverley by-election on Saturday, impersonated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Impersonation at By-election a Printer Charged Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2
Michael Doyle, aged 35, printer, was charged at the Paddington Police Court to-day with impersonation in connection with the Waverley by-election on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of Election Challenge to Mr. Lang SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 3
The loss of the Hurstville, and then the Waverley seats by the Lang, Labor Party to the Industrial Labor Party, has provided opponents of Mr. Lang…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Regular Sessions Federal Parliament Aim of New Cabinet Matter Being Explored Canberra
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 6
The possibility of regular parliamentary sessions being established to replace the present haphazard method of railing the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Country Party. Will Not Force an Election Menzies Government Safe SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 1
The Federal Parliamentary Country Party will not seek an election, will help the Government with constructive criticism to carry on, provided the Government legislated in the interests of the Commonwealth as a whole. This was the outstanding point in a statement issued to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Fears Election Reverses as Spur Food Combines May Be Attacked Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 8
The defeat of the U.A.P. candidates at Hurstville and Waverley by-elections was referred to by several members at to-day’s meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parliament Meets To-morrow No Hostile Motion Expected SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 2
A message from Canberra says it is not expected that when the House of Representatives meets to-morrow there will be any attack on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Fireworks When Parliament Meets Labor Stays Hands Canberra
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 4
Labor will not for the moment submit a No-Confidence motion against the Menzies Ministry, which occupied the Treasury benches for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →P. and C. District Council Election of Officers
The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 3
The annual meeting of the District Council of Parents and Citizens’ Associations was held at the Finley Public School. Mr K. Druitt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Unemployed Herded in Concentration Camps” Half Starved, Physically Unfit Assertion in Parliament Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 3
Alleging that unemployed relief workers were herded in camps that were said to be worst than the concentration camps of Germany,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rumanian Elections To Be Held in Few Weeks Factories Closing Down London, May 9
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 1
It is officially announced that the Rumanian Parliamentary elections will be held on Jane 1. Parliament will meet again on June 7. The Upper…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British By-election; No Change in Hallam London, May 10
Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 2
The Hallam by-election, which was held to-day, resulted: R. Jennings (Cor.) 16,033: C. S. Darvill (Lab.) 9939. There is nor change in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Oppose Mr. Collins, M.H.R. Heffron Labor Candidate MR. P. M. O’brien Endorsed
Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 2
At a large and representative meeting of delegates of the Home Federal Electorate Council of the Australian Labor Party (Heffron…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →