Tasmanian Elections Labor Will Form Government
CANBERRA, Monday—The Tasmanian premier (Mr.Cosgrove) said today that he will be able to form a Government…
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Politics & elections, 1948
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Tasmanian Election May Bring Deadlock; New Poll Likely
BURNIE (Tasmania), Sunday: A deadlock in the Tasmanian Parliament may follow Saturday's House of Assembly election, which was forced on the Labor Government by the Legislative Council refusing…
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The business of increasing the accommodation at Canberra has already started, and there is great activity to provide adequate "living room," not only for the projected increase in the number of members,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Taking Beer for Parliament House Cost Fine
A carrier who took seven tons of bottled beer from Adelaide to Parliament House, Canberra, was fined £7 in the Traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tasmanian Election Independents Hold Balance of Power
HOBART, Thursday.—Independents appear certain to hold the balance of power In the new Tasmanian Government with…
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The Liberal Party's candidate for Hume Mr, David Fairbairn, D. F. C. states that its plan for increased…
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HOBART, Friday: The Labor Government in Tasmania has lost its governing majority in the House of Assebly. Polls for the State elections were declared this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →States Plan for More Roads Stresses Rural Needs Candidate Tours Hume
Mr. David Fairbairn, D.F.C., Liberal Party candidate for Hume, states that its plan for increased output of scarce necessary goods comprises tax…
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Mr. W. H. Spooner, State president of the party, told the N.S.W. council that Liberals must show wisdom in selecting…
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INTERLAKEN, Thursday.—Two hundred members of 13 European Parliaments, meeting here to plan the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Parliament's 18th SESSION Opened by Governor-General
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Government viewed with dismay and misgiving the unfortunate divisions of opinion among the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Parliament Opened Australia's Misgivings Over East-west Split Voiced by Gov.-general
CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Government viewed with dismay and misgiving the unfortunate divisions of opinion among the wartime Allies in Europe, the Governor-General (Mr. McKell) said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guineas Candidates Gallop Well
SYDNEY, Thursday—Rivals for the canterbury Guineas on Saturday, Royal Andrew, Comic Court, and Riptide were…
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At president of the Australian Liberals, Mr. R. G. Casey is putting in good work, from his point of view. And so is the president…
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Mr. Fuller: Having regard to the fact that the Commonwealth is relinquishing control of the distribution of tractors, what…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. A. N. Fuller in Parliament How Farmers Can Secure Tractors
In the House of Representatives recently Mr. A. N. Fuller asked the following question:—Having regard to the fact that the…
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Mr. Fuller: can the Minister inform the Home of the progress being made by the various State Governments to implement…
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Mr. Fuller: I preface a question which I wish to ask the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture by quoting the following report which I take from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ambulance Election Upset Candidates Withdraw Nominations
After the ballot papers had been prepared and in fact some postal votes had actually been recorded, one of the candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Competition Between Queen Candidates Keen
With the start of the Apple Blossom Queen Competition, committees are already staging an all-out effort to place their candidate on…
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