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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections
826 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 42
Legislation to "safeguard the interests of policy holdors upon a uniform basis throughout Australia" by requiring companies and others…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a short meeting of the Federal Labour Party to-day, Mr. J. H. Scullin was elected Leader of the party, and Mr. F. M. Ford Deputy Leader. Other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Governor-General's speech at the opening of the Federal Parliament yesterday was a plain recital of the difficulties of the nation, with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. T. Paterson (U.C.P., Gippsland) asked when the Government proposed to meet the overseas interest obligation long…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Parliament has been opened—the 13th since Federation. Let us hope it will prove that superstition concerning the number is without foundation. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →After the color and excitement of yesterday's opening of Parliament, members settled down this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →With the usual ceremony, the thirteenth Parliament of the Commonwealth was opened at Canberra yesterday by the Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There was a heavy poll for the Free State elections, 20 per cent. more voting in Dublin than at the 1927 vote It was the quietest, most sober and most…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →As the term of office of the three sitting members of the Honey Board expires on May 2, a poll to elect three producers' representatives to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Beasley (West Sydney) drew attention in the House of Representatives to-day to a statement that had been made in the House of Commons that Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There was only a short sitting of the House of Representatives to-day. After the Attorney-General (Mr. J. G. Latham) had spoken on the second reading of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Present indications point to a close finish in the Irish Free State elections. A change of Government is not yet certain, though Mr. De Valera and his party…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →While the heavy fighting at Shanghai seems temporarily to have ceased, there is no sign of any improvement in the Far Eastern crisis. This week has seen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some few weeks ago there was a feeling in certain political circles in the city that there was a possibility and even a probability, of an early election. Later the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The State Parliament, which was closed early in December owing to the Federal elections, will reassemble to-morrow. There will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →M. Andre Tardieu has formed a French Cabinet. He is evidently not superstitious, he formed a Government with a Cabinet of 13, being eight fewer than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The new Parliament—the 13th since Federation—was opened by the Governor-General, Sir Isaac Isaacs, on Wednesday, when there was a return to the ceremonial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New South Wales Legislative Assembly will be "on the air" to-day, and broadcasts of the debates will be a regular feature of station 2KY. The regular…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There was a mad scramble by members of the Assembly to catch the Speakers's eye at the resumption of the Parliamentary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Times" says that the defeat of Mr. Cosgrave is largely due to the fact that in a decade of stern maintenance of law and order he made bitter enemies,…
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