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Politics & elections, 1934

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Senate Candidate

The South Coast Register · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 2

Mr [?] T. Courtenay, who re[?] the Upper House to con[?] Senate election, has a record [?] extending back for…

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Postal Voting the Federal Elections

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1934 · page 2

Electors entitled to vote by post at the forthcoming elections are those who (a) will not, on polling day, be within the State for which they are…

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The Elections. Official Advice to Voters

The Bega District News · Thursday 6 September 1934 · page 1

On polling day, Saturday, 15th September, the polling booths will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting is compulsory. Failure to…

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Observations. the Elections

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 4

"Every election is fought against a background of half-truths and misrepresentation, with self-interest masquerading as the common good. The…

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Politics Lang Labor Candidate at Nowra

The Nowra Leader · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 9

On Friday night Mr. Charles Leo. Johnston, A.L.P. candidate, addressed large meeting from Nowra post office steps. Despite the fact that he…

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The Elections Official Advice to Voters

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 1

On polling day. Saturday 15th September, the polling booths will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting is compulsory. Failure…

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Current Topics. The Federal Election

The Bega District News · Thursday 13 September 1934 · page 2

On Saturday next we are to have an election for the House of Representatives and Senate of the Commonwealth Parliament. In these latter says…

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Election Costs

The Nowra Leader · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 1

Federal authorities estimate that the Federal elections will cost about £100,000 It is an ill wind that blows nobody good, however, as about 31.650…

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The Elections. How to Vote

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 4

Each elector will be handed two ballot-papers--one for the election of Senators for his State, and one for the election of a…

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Eden Monaro Mr. L. D. O'Sullivan Federal Labour Candidate

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 2

Mr. O'Sullivan addressed a few electors in Cobargo on Saturday morning. He criticised the U.A. P[?]insofar as it represented the…

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After the Elections What Will Happen?

The South Coast Register · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 1

“Elections are apt to be fought with more regard to the past than to the future,” says the weekly bulletin of the Australian Country…

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Election Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 19 September 1934 · page 1

So far as Nowra was concerned, very little interest seemed to have been taken prior to the election in the candidates or their views. Not…

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The Elections. Two to One Anti-labor Government Survives

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 5

The Federal elections en Saturday passed off without a murmur in Candelo. Throughout the day people wended their way toward the polling…

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Post Mortem Federal Election Results

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 October 1934 · page 1

"Final election results show that the people have returned no one party with a mandate to govern alone," says the weekly bulletin of the…

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A’villk Candidate Wins Contest Bungalow

The South Coast Register · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 4

Alstonville won the triangular queen competition conducted by Mulium[?] Alstonville and Bangalow Agricultural Societies, raising a total…

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Unemployed: Local Government Elections

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 7

Mr. Booth: Is the Minister representing the Minister for Local Government aware that there are in this State numerous unemployed who are…

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Parliament and the Air Race Congratulatory Message

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 31 October 1934 · page 8

Mr. Bate (South Coast): As the member who first suggested this congratulatory message, I should like to say it was my desire that the House…

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Municipal Elections

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1934 · page 1

Mr. S. A. Lloyd: In view of the approaching municipal elections and of the multiplicity of candidate for election of aldermen, will the…

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Imlay Shire Election to the Electors "A" Riding

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 16 November 1934 · page 5

As a candidate for "A" Riding at the forthcoming' Shire elections, I am at your service. If elected it will be my aim to perform my duties as…

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Conference the State Election

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 November 1934 · page 9

The annual meeting of the South United Australia Party was held on November 3, at Bateman's Bay when there was a representative attendance…

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