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THE problem raised by the proposal for constitutional amendment in order to prolong the life of Parliament needs some very careful consideration. In the first place, there are objections to inviting the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CANBERRA, Monday.—The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Curtin) to-day expressed opposition to any approach to the British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday.—With factions running rife at the most critical time in Australian, history, rarely had the political scene been less assuring, the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →So far in the Presidential campaign it is an open race with the odds probably a shade in Roosevelt's favor. Mr. Willkie is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Curtin appears to have banged and bolted the door against a national government by his intimation that he will not submit Mr. Menzies'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TAMWORTH, Tuesday.—The Stat Government was ready to begin a big list of defence works at a moment's notice, the Premier (Mr. A. Mair) said to-night,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the lost meeting of the executive committee of the Newcastle Labor Council it was decided to organise a team of speakers and workers to visit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. William Adolphus Chaffey, who is 25, is the eldest son of the late Mr. F. A. Chaffey, who held the Tamworth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Trades Hall Council last night decided to ask the Minister for Health to amend the Hospitals Act to provide the election of Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the instance of Mr. F. Ticchurst (Carters' Union). Newcastle Labor Council last night decided to arrange a deputation of interested bodies to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ald. A. McLagan, of Newcastle Hospital Board, by invitation of Newcastle Labor Council, explained the operation of the Newcastle Hospital Contributions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CANBERRA, Friday.—Slow progress in completing the Budget and departmental estimates may make it impossible for the Treasurer to bring down the Budget as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Legal men have played a prominent part in Australian politics despite the view voiced by David Buchanan, lawyer-legislator of the 'Sixties, that barristers do not shine in Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MOSCOW, August 4.—The Soviet Parliament unanimously voted in favour of the incorporation of Lithuania in the Soviet Union as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Sunday.—A strong section of the Federal Ministry may urge an early election at the pre-sessional Cabinet meeting in Canberra on Monday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anticipating that a federal election in September is possible, many Labor members are urging the need for a swift…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CANBERRA, Monday.—The Federal Parliament will reassemble to-morrow for what may be the last session before the election. Majority opinion in discussions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Kotara Progress Association last night the secretary (Mr. I. Evans) said that the association months ago protested against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The stage is now set for Federal general election. Labour has refused to be associated with the Mensies-Cameron Government in a National…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GRAFTON, Tuesday.—Grafton City Council declined to agree to a request by the Minister for Local Government that elections to fill extraordinary…
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