Senate Candidate Surprise In W.A.
PERTH, Wednesday.—Senators J. A. Cooke and J. M. Fraser and a former senator, Mr. J. Harris, have been…
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Politics & elections, 1952
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Dates For Council By-elections
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The N.S.W. Cabinet to-day fixed the dates for two by-elections to fill vacancies in the…
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LONDON, Thur. (AAP): Aviation and Parliamentary history will be made today when the chairman…
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SYDNEY. — Following protests which were upheld by the A.L.P. Executive upsetting earlier…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. N. Ferguson, schoolteacher, of Narrabri, had been selected to oppose the sitting…
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Mrs. H. D. Quinlan has been re-elected unopposed as Red Cross Divisional Counsellor for Zone 3…
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PUSAN, August 7. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Dr. Syngman Rhea surged into a three million vote lead in the Presidential…
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SYDNEY. — The State Parliamentary session starting next week will deal with important legislation and probably will be the last before the General Election which is expected to be held before Easter, 1953…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EDITORIAL Women In Parliament: Why So Few?
OF THE COUNTRIES in which the parliamentary system operates, Australia, it seems, is one of those with the fewest women representatives…
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CAIRO, Aug. 11. A.A.P.—General Naguib said to-day that general elections for a new Egyptian Parliament would be held in February…
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MELBOURNE: Prominent stockbroker James Taylor Vinton Smith, found shot dead in the woodshed of his Melbourne home, was a "candidate for sudden death," medical witnesses…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—The United Nations Commission to investigate conditions for…
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The third session of the 36th New South Wales Parliament will open next week with one big question hanging over it—when will the next election be held? Rumours at present favour an…
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Important changes in the structure, strength and prospects of the New South Wales Government have…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Government proposed to amend the Transport Act to enforce stricter collection of bus and tram fares, the Governor (Sir John Northcott) said to-day…
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WASHINGTON (O.S.R.): Despite laws designed to limit funds spent on U.S. elections, millions of "hidden" dollars will be poured through legal loopholes to elect candidates in…
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ELIGIBLES (From left): Tom Egerton, 33, ex-Guards officer; Billy Wallace, 25, stepson of an American newspaperman; and Mark Bonham Carter, 30, ex-Guardsman, who have been among Princess Margaret's most consistent escorts. They are regarded as among the rapidly dwindling number eligible for her hand…
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, A.A.P.—Both candidates for the Presidency have fallen foul of the Old Guards of their parties in their bid for the support of independent voters…
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CANBERRA: The battle of the Under-Secretaries was carried a stage further to-day when the door of Mr. Swartz's room was locked…
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Russia's latest proposal for a four-Power meeting on Germany is her fourth in the series of suggestions and…
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