Popular Epsom Candidate
ST. CONSTANT, a popular choice m the Epsom Handicap, returning to scale after finishing third to Gold Rod and Royal Chief at Rosehill on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections
Politics & elections, 1939
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History Made in Parliament First Private Member's Bill Passed CANBERRA
An amendment to the Supply and Development Bill to safeguard the wages and conditions of Government munition workers passed all stages in the House…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Novice Candidates Flying Ace's Prospects
THE SECOND Novice Handicap promises to provide a particularly good race. Toy Time, who has been left at the head of the weights with 8.12 ran…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Hamilton Labour Leagues Merge Election of Officers Keenly Contested Two Ballots Won by One Vote
The election of officers at the combined meeting of the Hamilton Lang and Heffron branches of the Australian Labour Party, held at the Mechanics Institute…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Upper Hunter U.A.P. CANDIDATE Supporters May Be Disciplined SYDNEY
A meeting of the executive of the United Australia Party will be held next Monday to consider the position of members who support the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Spring Double Candidates at Rosehill Backed SYDNEY
Hawkesbury Club has attracted such a good acceptance for Saturday it Rosehill that punters bet fairly freely on the Epsom and Metropolitan double to-day in…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Parliament Up Till November CANBERRA
THE Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies), speaking on the motion for the adjournment of the house of Representatives to-night, said be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Upper Hunter By-elections Muswellbrook
Considerable interest is being shown in the forthcoming Upper Hunter by-election, and from now until polling day many leading members of both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Parliament Building Deterioration Alarms Engineers CANBERRA
The rapid deterioration of Parliament House, Canberra, is worrying the Works Branch of the Department of the interior, it was stated to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leadership of Miners Keen Election Campaign
The stage is set in the Miners' Federation for one of the keenest fights in recent years for the Central leadership…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Complaint Against Communists in Parliament Sydney
"I cannot take action against a man simply because he is a Communist," said the Premier, in reply to Mr. Lloyd (U.A.P.) to-day in the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arbitration Policy to Be Issue Miners' Elections
The departure of the Miners' Federation this year from its old policy of not retorting to arbitration is likely to become…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Taxation of Big Companies Question in Parliament SYDNEY
Following allegations last week by Mr. J. T. Lang, questions were asked in the Legislative Assembly to-day regarding taxation of big companies,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soviet Troops on Estonian Border Move Follows Sudden End of Moscow Talks Tallinn Parliament Summoned (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, September 26
It was reported from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, to-day, that Soviet troops had arrived on the Soviet-Estonian border. A meeting of the Estonian Parliament has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Election in Wartime London, September 27
It has been officially decided not to hold any elections during the war. The parties holding seats will retain them without a contest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.j.c. Derby Candidate
Beau Vite carried[?] in a bright gallop at Randwick to-day, and is ready for the A.J.C. Derby on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Censorship of Speeches Quebec Provincial Election Premier Irked by New Rule (Australian Associated Press.) New York, September 28
The Quebec provincial election will be subjected to censorship for the first time in Canada’s history, says the Ottawa correspondent of the “New York Times.”…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Spring Meeting Candidates Final Gallops in Sydney Beau Vite Impresses Sydney
Rosebery, not Randwick, was the convincing ground for trainers this morning, when they put their charges through their final gallops for the A.J.C. spring…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Newcastle Aero Club Commercial Licence Examination More Candidates Sat
The growth of the Newcastle Aero Club is indicated by the fact that eight pilot-members sat for the commercial "B" licence technical examination last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nazis in Hungary Walk Out of Parliament Budapest, October 1
Members of the Hungarian Nazi Party are withdrawing from the Hungarian Parliament. On Friday 50 Nazi deputies walked out…
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