No Re-election Milk Board Members Decision by Cabinet Sydney
The term of office of the members of the Metropolitan Milk Board, Messrs. E. A. Hamilton, Chairman, J. M. Martin, and W. J. H. Graham, has expired, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections
Politics & elections, 1937
1,029 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 52
Support Labour Communist Organisation Election Campaign Assistance Not Desired MELBOURNE
The decision to throw the full weight of the Communist organisation behind the Labour Movement in the Federal elections was announced to-day by the leader of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →On April 7 Mr. Abbott for Darwin Gwydir By-election Sydney
Mr. C. L. A. Abbott, who has been appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory, will leave Sydney for Darwin by the Merkur on April 7. He will be…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Council By-election
The President of the Maitland branch of the Australian Labour Party (Mr. W. F. O'Hearn) stated yesterday that a special meeting of the branch would be held…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Patchy Tennis By American Davis Cup Candidates Grant and Parker May Second String Form in 1936 Matches Not Consistent Sydney
Frank A. Parker and Bryan M. Grant are being spoken of as the second string for the United Statefc in the Davis Cup. Their performances in 1936 and the beginning of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Will Seize Power Belgian Fascists' Threat Contesting By-election Brussels, March 20
"If I win, as I hope, I will immediately take power without a dissolution of Parliament or a general election," declared M. Degrelle, Leader of the Belgian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MAITLAND-CESSNOCK-KURRI West Maitland By-election Candidates
At a special meeting of the West Maitland branch of the Australian Labour Party last night, the Secretary (Mr. B. W. Punch) was selected as the Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Maitland Council By-election Labor Candidate Is Selected
Mr. B. Punch, who is secretary, of the Maitland State Labor Council and President of the Maitland unemployed funeral fund, was selected at a special…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Ran Away" Mr. Lyons Accused Assembling of Parliament Canberra
Accusations that the Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) had ran away from undertakings he gave the Federal Parliament at the end of last session were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Semi-Final Gallops For A.J.C. Autumn Double Work Useful Rather Than Fast Doncaster and Sydney Cup Candidates Sydney
Pamelus, Prittle Parattle. Beechwood, Young Idea, Gay Blonde, Cid and The Raider, were the smartest or most interesting Doncaster Handicap candidates in semi-final gallops this morning at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Open to Doubt" Mrs. Simpson's Divorce Parliament Urged to Act London, March 22
"The intervention in the Simpson divorce case unfortunately affords no light on the validity of her first divorce obtained at Warrenton, Virginia, in 1927,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Elections Dec. 11 ? Discussions at Canberra Canberra
No date has yet been fixed for the Federal general election, but in Cabinet discussion before the departure for England of the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State Parliament Prorogued Expected to Assemble in June or July Sydney
By a proclamation approved by the Executive Council to-day, the State Parliament was prorogued until May 31…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Election November 20 Likely Date Hard Fight Expected Canberra
While December 4 was tentatively fixed by the Federal Cabinet, prior to the departure of the Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) for the Imperial Conference, as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Labour Unity Before Gwydir Election Federal Efforts Readmission of Members Sought SYDNEY
According to reports in trade-union circles, efforts are being made to bring about unity in the Labour party before the campaign…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Abbott's Salary Increase Likely Later By-election on May 8 CANBERRA
The resignation of Mr. C. L. A. Abbott from the Gwydir seat in the House of Representatives will take effect on Sunday. He will become Official…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gwydir By-election Early in May Sydney
Mr. Abott, whose appointment as Administrator of the Northern Territory dates from Monday, last night sent his resignation from the Gwydir…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Falls In Final Gallops For A.J.C. Meeting Oro's Dashing Mile and a Quarter Autumn Candidates Make Racing Times Sydney
Racing times were the order at Randwick this morning, Features were a record-breaking mile and a quarter by Oro and a dashing six furlongs by Billy Boy, Mark Antony, Gay Blonde and Turbine in 1.13½…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Parliament Proclamation to Reassemble in May SYDNEY
A proclamation issued to-day prorogued the reassembling of the State Parliament until May 31. It is likely that before this date a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Elections
Still further developments are anticipated which will increase the interest in the already interesting municipal elections, and make the contests still keener…
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