Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Politics & elections, all years

Riverina · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1924

697 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 35

Victorian Politics. Farmers Preparing for Election. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1924 · page 4

Members of the Farmers' Union in Victoria make no secret of the fact that they are preparing for an early election. They assert that it is better…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

British Parliament. Exhibition Matters. By-election Result. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1924 · page 2

In the House of Commons, in moving the estimate of £118,000 for the expenditure on the Empire Exhibition Mr. W. Lunn. Parl[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

State Election. Predicted in Twelve Months. Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1924 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Bathurst branch of the Nationalist Party, Mr. A. Parkhill, general secretary, wrote predicting a State general…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

West Australian Polling. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 2

Great interest was taken in the State elections to-day. The election was fought chiefly on the issuers to whether Sir James Mitchell and his National…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Wireless in Parliament. De. Stopford's Suggestions. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 3

Dr Stopford, M.L.A., has wired the Postmaster-General, Mr. W. G. Gibson, salting him to veto all sealed wireless sets. These, he declares, stop genuine…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Federal Parliament. Reopens on Wednesday. Defence Speech Expected. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 2

The Federal Parliament will reopen on Wednesday next, without ceremony. The Prime Minister, Mr S. M. Bruce, is expected to make a speech covering…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

State Elections. Northern A.L.P. Decisions. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 4

A meeting of A.L.P. organisations held at Newcastle approved of the recently formed Northern District Labor Assembly which will take place of the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

West Australia Polling. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 2

The final returns for Yilgarn and Mount Margaret have been received. Labor retains Yilgarn, while Speaker Taylor has succeeded in holding Mount…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Federal Parliament. Re-opens tomorrow

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 2

The Federal Parliament will re-open on Wednesday next, without ceremony. The Prime Minister. Mr. S . M. Bruce, is expected to make a speech…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

British Parliament. Singapore Decision. Challenge for Government. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 2

The Conservatives will challenge the Singapore base decision and the Navy Estimates on Tuesday. The majority of the Liberals are practically certain…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

West Australian Elections

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 3

The West Australian general elections show of 59 seats Labor has so far won 18. Some days must elapse before final results are known, but on…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

West Australian Polling. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 2

Labor has won the Albany seat, making a total gain of 24 seats up to the present…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Prison to Parliament. MsP. with Gaol Records

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 3

The whirling of rate was fittingly [?] by the dinner in the House of Commons recently when thirty men and women with prison records…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

West Australia. Election Results. Parties Equal. PERTH

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 2

Anticipations of the return of a Labor Government were dissipated to-day when the minister for Works Mr. George, succeeded in defeating the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

State Election. "Earlier Than Most People Expect." Casino

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 1

Speaking at the opening of the local show, Mr. Missingham, M.L.A., said he was not going to talk politics, as he would be among them on…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Town and district doings recorded daily Federal Parliament Melbourne, March 21, 1924

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 3

Certain metropolitan papers in Victoria have been busily engaged all this week in endeavoring to mislead public thought into believing that…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

State Elections. Casino

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 2

Speaking at the opening of the local show Mr. W. T. Missingham, M.L.A., said that he was not going to talk polities, as he would be among them…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Federal Parliament Meets Australia's Part in Foreign Policy Mr. Bruce Insists on a Share Dr. Page Twits Opposition on Its Silence Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 4

In the House of Representatives last night the Prime Minister, Mr. S. M. Bruce, in a lengthy speech lasting over two hours, dealt at length with the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Early State Election. Progressive Candidates for Goulburn. Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 3

Consequent upon Mr. Rutledge, M.L.A having announced his retirement from politics at the termination of the present Parliament, the Goulburn-Electorate Council of the Progressive Party has…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A.L.P. Conference. Election of Delegates. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 3

The election of delegates from Eastern Suburbs electorate for the A.L.P. conference proved a complete victory for the present executive which returned…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →