3000 Strikers March To Parliament Police Rush, But No Incidents
Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 1
BRISBANE, Friday: One hundred police were hurried to Parliament House this morning from all metropolitan stations when 3000 striking railwaymen and watersiders left their mass meetings and marched there to demand hearing of their case by the Labor Caucus…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labour Victory at By-election
Northern Star · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 5
LONDON. Friday (AAP).--The Wigan by-election caused by the death of the sitting member has resulted in a win for Labour with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Produce Board Election
Tweed Daily · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2
Nominations of candidates for election as members representing butter and cheese factories on the Australian Dairy Produce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament Ratifies Trade Agreement
Tweed Daily · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 3
CANBERRA, Thursday: The House of Representatives today ratified the new tariff schedules provided for under the world trade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament Rises for Three Weeks
Tweed Daily · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2
CANBERRA, Thursday: The sitting of the House of Representatives collapsed today after members had raced through 15…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election of P. and C. Officers at Green Pigeon
The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 7
The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Green Pigeon P. and C. Association, which was held recently: President, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Election of Bonalbo A.c.p. Officers
Northern Star · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 4
The annual meeting of the Bonalbo branch of the Australian Country Party was held in the Bonalbo Memorial Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Election of Dunoon P.a.f.s. Officers
Northern Star · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 6
W.M. Bro. A. H. Leeson presided over the fortnightly meeting of Dunoon P.A.F.S. of A. Lodge. The following officers were elected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Questions Asked in Parliament
Northern Star · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 1
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The clash between the police and strikers led to a brief but heated comment as soon as Parliament met…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truman's View of Elections
Northern Star · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1
WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP).--Senator Carl Hatch (Democrat, New Mexico), a close friend of President Truman, said today: "The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commons Approves Bigger Parliament
Northern Star · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 5
LONDON, Thursday (AAP). -- Although Mr. Winston Churchill attacked the move as "a shabby political manoeuvre to gain party…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Celebrations After Rumanian Elections
Tweed Daily · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 5
BUCHAREST, Monday: The Rumanian elections passed off quietly. Election spirit was at a low ebb…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Reds-Ban" Bill Before Parliament Soon
Tweed Daily · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1
Mr Hollway, Victorian Premier, said recently that the Victorian Government is considering introducing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Christian Democrats And Communists Main Parties in Italy Election
Tweed Daily · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 3
LONDON, Tuesday : The Times correspondent in Rome, surveying the main parties' prospects in the Italian elections, to be held on April 18, says that the 'Christian Democrats'' position is still stable and solid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guards Kill 7 in Algiers Election Riot
Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1
PARIS, Monday: Seven people are reported to have been killed and others injured in rioting in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kai-shek Not to Seek Re-election
Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1
NANKING, Monday: Authoritative sources reported last night that Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek told the Kuomintang central…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To The Editor (Letters to the Editor should not exceed 250 words.) New Method of Senate Election
Northern Star · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 6
Sir,--The Federal Government has decided upon electoral reform for future Senate elections. It would have been well-advised to adopt it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bill to Enlarge Federal Parliament
Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 2
CANBERRA, Friday: A Bill for the enlargement of the Federal Parliament, and consequent alterations in the Electoral Act, will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Protests in Parliament on Sugar Shortage
Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3
CANBERRA, Friday: The acute shortage of sugar for fruit-preservng and jam-making brought protests to the Minister for Customs (Senator Courtice) in the Senate today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broadcasting Equipment Stolen From Parliament House
Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3
CANBERRA, Monday: Precautions against theft at Parliament House have been tightened up following the disappearance of broadcasting equipment from the House of Representatives chamber…
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