Our Sydney Letter Election Gift?
What is wrong with the Labor voting unions of the Commonwealth? It is doubtful whether any Primo Minister in the Political history of…
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Politics & elections, 1939
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MR. H. S. Thompson Likely Candidate for A.J.C. Committee Sydney
Mr. H. S. Thompson, the prominent thoroughbred breeder, has been approached with a view to his standing for the vacancy on the committee of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£3000 a Year Job That Went Begging Could Not Find Candidate
A £3000-a-year job has been vacant for two months. The Metropolitan Water Board wanted a new chief engineer. They advertised widely, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE I.R.A. Plan to Blow Up Parliament London
Speaking to the second reading of the Prevention of Violence Bill, in the House of Commons, the Home Secretary (Sir Samuel Hoare) said that the I.R.A. had engaged on a plan to blow up Parliament. The campaign was being…
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President: Mr. C. G. Watson. V.P.: Mr. Walter Johnson. Secretary and Treasurer: Mr. H. Engelman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I.R.A. Plan to Blow Up Parliament House Revealed by Sir Samuel Hoare LONDON
During the House of Commons debate on the Prevention of Violence, Sir Samuel Hoare said that all Irish Republican Army outrages since January…
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"When Parliament meets again the U.A.P. might be able to enter into a far more harmonious agreement with the U.C.P. than has been possible in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways' Institute's Gymnasium Election of Office-bearers
On Monday evening last there was a large attendance of railway employees and their sons at a meeting convened at the Railways' Institute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →European Uncertainty May Prevent Canadian Election Ottawa
Following a Cabinet session, the Prime Minister (Mr. MacKenzie King) declares that uncertainty over Europe was likely to prevent a Dominion…
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Pro-British parties had a resounding victory in the elections to Council with ten seats, whereas the Italian party won only three seats…
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Two further nominations for election to the Legislative Council have been received. They are Messrs. W. J. Bradley, K.C., and Keith Gregory…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Worst I.r.a. Crime Wave Victim Dead: Others Mutilated Parliament Rushes Penal Bill
The I.R.A. perpetrated on Wednesday and early on Thursday morning its worst series of terrorist acts to date in London…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Parliament U.A.P. Member Joins U.C.P. MELBOURNE
The strength of the U.A.P. in the Legislative Assembly was further weakened to-night when Mr. Kirton, member for Mornington, left the party and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Parliament Holiday Adjournment Emergency Meetings Arranged London
Parliament will adjourn on Friday until October. There will be the usual provision for the summoning of both Houses in the case of an emergency…
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Eleven seats, including five in New South Wales, are to be contested by the Communist Party. The candidates for the New South Wales seats…
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Mr. Arthur Dunstan, son of the Victorian Premier, has been nominated, with two other members of the U.C.P., for pre-selection by the party…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Friday Spooner Forces Premier to Resign Parliament May Be Dissolved
MR. STEVENS tendered his resignation to the Governor last night and was given leave to carry on for a few days. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Election Mr. Chamberlain's Reply to Question London
The Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) was asked in the House of Commons if he were aware of the hostility of the general public to a general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Final Gallops Australian Hurdle Candidates at Caulfield Melbourne
Candidates for the Australian Hurdle, to be run at Caulfield on Saturday, completed their preparation for the race to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →STATE U.A.P. Mr. Stevens Resigns Leadership Meeting Discusses Successor Three Candidates Sydney
With the announcement this afternoon that Mr. Stevens has decided to resign his position as the leader of the united Australia Party…
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