Brisbane Notes Date of the Elections. Brisbane, February 25
When will the State elections take place? This is the question which is being asked by many people almost daily. Figuring out a reply, it may be stated…
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Politics & elections, 1929
739 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 37
A Woman Candidate
For the first time in the history of Queensland, as officially endorsed woman candidate, will seek Parliamentary honours at the forthcoming elections. It…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Liberal Party Policy for Elections Promise of Prosperity (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
Choosing the feast of St. David, the Welsh patron saint, for the occasion, Mr. Lloyd George on Friday addressed 410 of the 500 Liberal candidates who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bavin "Bombarded" Questions in Parliament SYDNEY
Mr. Bavin, with his several port-follos, had to face the brunt of the questions asked in the first half-hour when the Legislative Assembly met…
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The petition of Messrs. A. E. H. Blakey and E. Findley, the defeated Labour candidates at the last senate election against the declaration of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Timber Workers Fine and Controversy Questions in Parliament Canberra
In the House of Representatives to-day. Mr. Bennett was asked by Mr. Lazzarini (Werriwa) if he was responsible for papers being served on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Crisis Debate in Parliament Mr. Baddeley's Attack Premier's Vigorous Reply Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, Deputy-Leader of the Opposition, moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the action of the colliery proprietors in closing their mines down last week…
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The Premier of Queensland (Mr. W. McCormack) announced in Brisbane yesterday that the State elections would be held on May 11…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Elections Broadcast of Speeches Restriction to Leaders (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
In a discussion in the House of Commons on the Post Office estimates, several speakers referred to the use of broadcasting at the forthcoming election…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Hospital. Board Elections
Ballot for the election of employees' representatives to Wallsend Hospital Board will close on March 15. Most of the papers have been sent…
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Amid cheers from members of the Opposition and laughter from the Ministerialists, Mr. M. Burke this afternoon presented a petition from the One Big Union…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Holloway's Fine Questions in Parliament Canberra
In the House of Representatives to-day, the Attorney-General (Mr. Latham) indicated in answer to Mr. Beasley (West Sydney), that newspapers which published…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Unemployed Motion in Parliament Three Men Removed Sydney
Shortly after the Legislative Assembly met this afternoon, Mr. M. Burke moved that, as a matter of urgent necessity, the House should forthwith…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Candidates' Form Reviewed Poor Class in Maiden
The programme will be commenced with the Maiden Handicap. An indifferent class has been nominated, and it will be an opportunity for owners and trainers to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Dora" an Issue British Elections Unhappy Government (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
With the general election just around the corner, the Government is at present caught in a dangerous whirlwind of criticism, not only from opponents, but from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Popularity Market" Election Quotes on 'Change LONDON
Conservative stock is falling and Liberal is rising faster than Labor in the Stock Exchange "popularity market" in the city speculations on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Relief From Parliament
Sir,—A number of suggestions have been made to fix the price of coal, but examining producers' books will never help to fix the price of any article on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Guy Fawkes Bomb to Shift Parliament "Do Something"
It would require a bomb, according to the Mayor of Waratah (Alderman Griffiths) to move Parliament. A plea for the abolition of State…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disorder in Parliament Uproarious Scenes Oppositionists Defy Speaker Refuse to Act As Tellers Three Members Suspended Sydney
Disorderly scenes, unprecedented in the history of the State Parliament, marked to-day's sitting of the Legislative Assembly. After Mr. Bavin had moved a resolution adjudging Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Crisis References in Parliament Will There be Prosecutions? Examination of Books
Many questions were asked both in the State Legislative Assembly and the House of Representatives as to what action either of the Government proposed to take in regard to the coal crisis and whether it was intended to prosecute the colliery…
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