Junee Sergeant at Parliament Opening Impressive Ceremony But Troops Lacked Amenities
Some of the troops assembled at Canberra for the Jubilee opening of Federal Parliament, were blamed for having torn down…
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Politics & elections, 1951
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First Federal Parliament Member Dies
Mr. William Guy Higgs. 89, one of the last four members of the first Federal Parliament, died at his home in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, on…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: Labor won the Prahran by-election to fill the vacancy in the State Legislative Assembly caused by…
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PARIS, Tuesday—It now appears likely that radical Premier Henri Gusailies' Central Parties' coalition will again govern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Shire Elections Those Who Failed to Vote
At the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on Thursday night last the Shire Clerk submitted a report, on the shire election and voters who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Subdued Federal Parliament Honors Late Mr. J. B. Chifley
CANBERRA, Tuesday: It was a sad, subdued Federal Parliament which to-day said "Goodbye," and paid its final tributes to the late Mr. J. B. Chifley. Ministers, members and visitors in the galleries of both the Senate and the House of Representatives were visibly affected as leaders of all parties spoke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labor Party Election-Eve Sensation
CANBERRA, Tuesday: An election-eve attempt had been made to influence their votes in the ballot tomorrow for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →C.W.A. Younger Set Narrandera Branch Selects Queen Candidate
Margaret Ryan, who leaves for Sydney to-night, will be greatly missed from the Narrandera C.W.A. Younger Set. She has been secretary for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →House Laughs at Local Member in Parliament Tried to Introduce Cootamundra Letter on Roads
CANBERRA, Friday.—Heckling and uproarious laugher greeted Mr. Fuller (Lab N.S.W.) when he attempted to…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z). Thursday (AAP-Reuter) — The Speech from the Throne read by the Governor-General. Lord…
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Mr. Fuller Can the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture give the House any Information about the estimated profit that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Community Hotel Committee Election of Executive
At a meeting of the Community Hotel Committee held at this Council Chambers on Monday night, the executive officers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Presbyterian Church Election of Elders
The congregation of the Presbyterian Church, Tumut, will be asked at the evening service on Sunday next to sustain the nomination of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Distribution to Wool Growers Arthur Fuller Asks Question In Parliament
In the House of Representatives last week the Membe[?] for Hume (Mr Arthur Fuller) asked the following question…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.L.P. Expects Early Election Attitude to Reds
CANBERRA, Tuesday — The Federal executive of the Australian Labor Party will have to decide, firstly, whether to await…
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CANBERRA, Monday: The Federal Executive of the Australian Labor Party tomorrow will have to decide, firstly, whether to await the presentation of the Government's Referendum Bill on the banning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Corbie-merungle Extension Group Election of Officers
At the annual meeting of CorbieMerungle Hills Extension Group on Tuesday June 19, the following office bearers were elected: President,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Parliament's Excessive Recesses. Means of Avoiding a Defeat, Says M.L.A.
"Recesses of three and four months do more to undermine the standing of the New South Wales State Parliament than anything…
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Mr. A. N. Fuller, to the Treasurer: 1. How many applications have been lodged under the Wool…
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Mr. Fuller: If the Government will not agree to pay the whole of the collections from the petrol tax to the States for the…
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