Burmese Elections
RANGOON , Wed: The demo[?]tic parties today claimed to have won all Rangoon city’s seven constituencies in the first instalment…
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195 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 10
Gun play on eve of elections
PARIS, Fri.: Masked men firing machine-guns wounded three Communist bill posters in Nice last night…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: More than 24,000 Prahran electors will select a new member of Parliament at tomorrow’s Legislative…
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LONDON, Fri.: Labor retained the East-Woolwich seat last night when Mr Christopher Mayhew, right-hand man of the late Ernest…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: On Saturday Labor won the Prahran by-election to fill the vacancy in the State Legislative Assembly…
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CANBERRA, Tues.: A sensational election eve attempt had been made to influence their votes in the ballot tomorrow for ejection of a new leader, members of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party…
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Member for Albury, Mr. Padman, was rebuked by the Speaker in the NSW Parliament when he directed a question to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minister, Ex-minister Clash Over Butter in Parliament
CANBERRA, Wed.: If butter was stored in Australia against seasonal contingencies, little could be exported during flush periods. Minister for Agriculture (Mr McEwen) said in the House of Representatives today, replying to Mr Pollard (Lab., Vic.), who asked what powers, if…
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LONDON, Fri.: Labor restored its Parliamentary majority to five last night by winning the West Houghton (Lancashire)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wangaratta News Wangaratta Friday, Borough Election
L. Hooper won the extraordinary borough election for the vacancy caused by the retirement of Cr. M H. McDougall…
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More interesting stories are coming to hand of the visit of the Duke of Cornwall to open the first Australian Federal Parliament in 1901. The latest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chiltern Shire Elections—august 25
Nominations of candidates seeking election to Chiltern Shire Council close on August 8. Retiring members are Crs C. A. Oates,…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Dr. William Henry Hannan was tonight chosen from four candidate as the Liberal Party candidate for the…
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CANBERRA, Tues.; The proposed Commonwealth Bank Board would take control of the people’s bank out of their hands, the Leader of the Opposition (Dr. Evatt) said in the House of Representatives today. He was speaking during the second reading debate on the Commonwealth Bank…
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CANBERRA, Tues.: The Prime Minister (Mr Menzies) today discounted ALP executive opinion that a Federal…
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SYDNEY, Sun: Ald. A. S. Luchetti, a former Mayor of Lithgow, will be the Labor candidate at the Macquarie seat by-election…
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TEHERAN, Tues.: Several Deputies attacked Dr. Mossadeq in the Persian Parliament today for his handling of the oil dispute. Speeches could be heard only with difficulty above the din and uproar…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Ald. “Tony” [?]chetti, twice Mayor of Lith[?] has been selected as the [?] candidate for Macquarie…
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[?] for Albury Chamber of Commerce Council, [?] election has been avoided. The members will be automatically elected at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four in Culcairn Shire Election
Four nominations have been received for B riding, Culcairn Shire, to fill a vacancy on the council caused by the resignation…
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