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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1931

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Victorian Elections Big Swing Against Labor

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 6

The Victorian Legislative Council elections, held on Saturday, showed a decided swing against Labor. The Labor Minister for Health (Mr…

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Federal Elections

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 5

Mr. J. A. Perkins, who was the Parliamentary representative of Eden-Monaro in the Federal House of Representatives from 1926 to 1929,…

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Extraordinary Action Federal Elections

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 7

Mr. J. A. Perkins, who was the Parliamentary representative of Eden-Monaro in the Federal House of Representatives from 1926 to 1929,…

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Vindication Of 1 State Nationalist Election Policy SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 2

Addressing the annual congress of the State Nationalist Party, Which opened in Sydney to-day, Mr. Bavin said the Nationalist defect in October…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. State Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

Strict secrecy is being maintained concerning the contents of the "Emergency income Tax" Bill, which the Premier intends moving to-day. It…

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Early Election A.F.A. Attitude

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 2

The president of the All for Australia League (Mr. E. Turnbull) declared that financial assistance for Mr. Lang by the Commonwealth should be accompanied…

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Council Elections Non—payment O Frates

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 3

The Government has decided to pass legislation which will permit ratepayers to register their votes at local government elections despite…

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Labor and L.g. Elections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 3

The Labor party, taking advantage of the fact that there will be no organised opposition, has decided to make a desperate attempt to capture…

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No Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture, addressing a meeting at Dunedoo, said there would be no split in the Labor party, aa many imagine, neither…

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One Parliament

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1931 · page 6

Addressing a meeting at Geelong, the Minister for Markets and Migration (Mr. Parker Molouey) said that Australia, with a population of six…

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A Free Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 2

Australia would have been nearer prosperity had Mr. Scullin, or Mr. Lang, formed a -non-party, or an all-party, Cabinet, as Mr. Macdonald has done…

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Destitute and Unemployed Monopolise Parliament Buildings Winnipeg

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 1

Without food for days, nineteen destitute families invaded the Provincial Parliament buildings, declaring they would camp there until the…

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State Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 2

The Legislative Council passed the Milk Bill. Supply Bill, and the Debt Conversion Bill through all their stages…

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State Parliament Rush Legislation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 3

The Legislative Council, at an all-night sitting, passed the Interest Reduction Bill and the Moratorium (Amendment) Bill…

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Latest Cable News British Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 2

In the House of Commons the Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, announced that he would not prorogue the House, but adjourned…

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British Parliament Emergency Legislation Finalised End of Present Parliament LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 1

The House of Lords this evening passed the Finance Bill through all the remaining stages. Royal assent was later signified. All emergency…

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British Parliament Proclamation for Dis Solution Signed Prime Minister Opens Campaign LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 1

Parliament war prorogued to-day and to-night the King held a Privy Council at which a proclamation for the dissolution of Parliament was signed…

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Local Government Elections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 2

Efforts are to be made by the State A.L.P. to force the Lang plan on all local government bodies in the State. All endorsed Labor…

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British Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 2

Parliament was prorogued to-day, and to-night the King held a Privy Council, at which the proclamation for the dissolution of Parliament was…

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The Elections

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 7

Mr. Edgar Wallace, the novelist, has telegraphed Mr. Lloyd George:—"I am fighting Blackpool as a plain Lloyd George Liberal against food…

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