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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1930

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Mr. Purkis At Trangie. Australian Party Candidate Expounds His Views

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 4

Mr. R. H. Purkis, Australian Party candidate, spoke in Trangie on Friday night last and made clear to the people just what his patty is trying to do…

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Who Will Be Our Member? State Elections This

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 1

Not for a long time has such keen excitement been taken in the election of State Parliamentary representatives as has been the case during this…

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Election Comment. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 October 1930 · page 3

The total votes polled on Saturday of the combined Nationalist and Country Party coalition were 487,593 as against the Labor Party's total…

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Election Results What London and Australian Personalities Think London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 27 October 1930 · page 1

None of the Sunday papers comment on the New South Wales elections, but a high personage in close touch with the city informed the…

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Mr. Scullin Will Not Comment on Election Results Early Return to Australia Probable London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 27 October 1930 · page 1

Mr. Scullin, at present, is not prepared to comment on the New South Wales election, nor upon the statement in Sydney cabled to the "Daily…

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From Federal Capital A Fateful Election Waiting on New South Wales Canberra, October 24

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1930 · page 4

Rarely, if over, has there been a more momentous election than that which takes place in New South Wales to-morrow. Before these lines are in…

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Election Results What London and Australian Personalities Think

Western Age · Wednesday 29 October 1930 · page 1

None of the Sunday papers comment on the New South Wales elections but a high personage in close touch with the city informed the…

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Mr. Scullin Will Not Comment on Election Results Early Return to Australia Probable

Western Age · Wednesday 29 October 1930 · page 1

Mr. [?] at present, is not prepared to comment on the New South Wales election, nor upon the slatement in Sydney cabled to the "Daily…

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Polling Day

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 30 October 1930 · page 7

Saturday being polling day the town bore a very animated appearance. The polling generally was carried out in very orderly fashion and…

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SERVICE! Upholding Our Motto Issuing Election Results

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 30 October 1930 · page 4

That service is the watchword of the "Weekly" was further demonstrated over the election results. These were made…

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Like Old Times Election Pranks At Bathurst "Stink Bombs" And Ancient Eggs

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 30 October 1930 · page 6

Added to the general strong feeling was the obvious fact that some were out for a night's fun, and from time to time the unlovely ordor of…

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Another Election

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 October 1930 · page 2

Another election is in the air, but on this occasion it will be confined to Wellington alone, and there may not be quite as much…

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Sir Otto Niemeyer. Election Statements Contradicted

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 October 1930 · page 1

SIR Otto Niemeyer has supplied a statement, contradicting statements made by Labour members during the election campaign. Many…

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Dubbo Passes In Music Examination Successful Candidates Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 30 October 1930 · page 1

In the theory examination conducted by the Australian Music Board, successful Dubbo candidates were:-- Grade IV.--Miss Joese Cooper…

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Toot! "Good Old Joe" Popular Dubboite Congratulated on Election Victory

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 30 October 1930 · page 7

The shrieking of engine whistles in the Dubbo loco yards signalled…

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Right Government Wrong Government After Election Thoughts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 5

The Asiatic form of government was, and still is, the exercise of absolute authority by one person, or class, over the rest of the community; and the…

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State Elections. Labor Sweeps the Country. Thorby Defeated For Dubbo

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

It is all over! In plain language the electors New South Wales, last Saturday, told , Mr. Bavin, Mr. Buttenshaw and Mr…

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Labor Defeated at English Municipal Elections "Disapppointing Result" LONDON

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 3 November 1930 · page 1

The returns in the Municipal elections throughout Britain so far reveal that the Conservatives gained 79 seats and lost 10, Labour, 27 gains, 92 losses;…

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"Dirtiest Campaign" Candid Comment on State Elections Posters Torn Down From Sheer Spite SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 3 November 1930 · page 1

Speaking at the declaration of the pull for Dulwich Hill, Mr. J. T. Ness, defeated Nationalist candidate, said that this was the dirtiest campaign in…

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From Federal Capital Caucus and Parliament The Great Balancing Trick Canberra, October 31

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 4

Why the Federal Parliament was willed together for the despatch of business on October 30, when the Government had no business to put before it,…

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