Golf Club Meeting Election of Officers Season Opens 26th MARCH
When the annual general meeting of the Coonabarabran Golf Club was held at the club house on Tuesday evening the retiring president…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Politics & elections
Politics & elections, 1939
140 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 7
Labor Candidates for Senate Elections Calare and Macquarie Sydney. Friday night
Nineteen persons, including two women, were nominated for selection as Lang Labor candidates for the Senate at the next elections. Only two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cardinal Pacelli Elected Pope After The Third Ballot Will Be a Strong influence For The Peace Of The World Prayed in Crotto of St. Peter After His Election Became Pius XII on 63rd Birthday. Vatican City
After the third ballot at the Conclave of Cardinals, Cardinal Pacelli, who was Papal Secretary of State to the late Pope Pius XI, was elected Pope on his 63rd birthday. He will take the title of Pope…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Parliament To Meet Next Month Canberra
The date of the re-assembling of Parliament will be decided by Cabinet within a few days. It is practically certain that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Parliament to Meet in April Sydney
The date of the re-assembling of the Federal Parliament will be decided by Cabinet in a few days…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gilgandra Native Seeks Endorsement As N.s.w. Labor Senate Candidate Mrs. C. E. Green (Ex-m.l.c.)
Local and district residents will be interested to learn that Mrs. C. E. Green, Ex-M.L.C., and a native of the district,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bourke Rugby Football League. Reformed for Ensuing Year. Election of Officers and Committee. Bill Cowderoy Elected Coach
The annual general meeting of football enthusiasts was held in the Bourke Council Chambers on Sunday, evening last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Immigration Question in Parliament
Captain Dunn: Is it a fact that 7000 of the immigrants who came to Australia last year were foreigners, emanating from 21 countries? Is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loud Speakers Lang Candidate Breaks Hurstville Agreement Sydney
Despite reported agreement by which loud speakers were to have been banned in the Hurstville by-election, they were used…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australianalities Black Mushrooms — When Freights Were High—a Rowdy Election — at the Hustings — Rum and Ructions Black Mushrooms
Two Wagga men were seated on a verandah watching the rain pouring down in brave fashion last Monday morning. Said one, "It's a fine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ugly Men. Country Candidate Retires. Eleven Days To Go
Because of an engagement which will take him away from Trangie on the final day of the Ugly Man competition, Mr. W. M. Walker, Country…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rocks Ahead Of The Lyons Ministry Trouble Over National Insurance Will a General Election Result ? Resignation of Mr. Menzies—Political Aspect
The future of the Federal Government, under the Prime Ministership of Mr. J. A. Lyons, is full of uncertainty. The Government has been moving from crisis to crisis, and now the resignation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opinions of the People Aborigines' Candidate To the Editor)
I notice in the Sydney Press that Mrs. Gibbs, ex-secretary of the A. P. A. Parramatta seat at the next State…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Parliament Aborigine Candidates Report Denied
Mr. W. Ferguson, president of the Aborigines' Protection Association of N.S.W., denies that the Association has selected any…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Catholic Tennis Club Annual Meeting and Election of Officers Past Season Was Most Successful
It was announced at the annual meeting of members of the Catholic Tennig Club, held in the Memorial Institute on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Narromine Show Association Election of Stewards Bowling Notes
The president, Mr. E. C. Oates, presided over a well-attended meeting of the Show Committee in the Federal Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found Dead Speaker In Queensland Parliament Brisbane, Friday night
The Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (Mr. George Pollock) was found dead in a room of his suite at Parliament House…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waverley By-election Sydney, Friday night
The writ for the Waverley by-election, rendered necessary by the death of Mr. J. W. Waddell, was issued by The Speaker of the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →‘Diabolical Cruelty’ Claws Torn From Cats. Reference in Parliament
The R.S.P.C.A. is offering a reward of £20 to anybody giving evidence that will lead to the conviction of people stripping claws from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Government Defeat Supporters Absent When Gag Moved Closure of Parliament Sydney
The absence of 18 of its supporters was the cause of the Government losing control of the Legislative Assembly last night,…
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