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Politics & elections, 1921

2,035 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 102

Premier's Return. About Middle of July. Meeting of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 6

The Premier of New South ales, Mr. John Storey, with Mrs. and Miss Storey, and Mr. Hay (secretary of his department) is expected to arrive in New York to-day…

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Wool. Concrete Scheme in Parliament. the Official Reserve. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 9

The wool position again occupied the attention of the House of Representatives all day. During the afternoon the debate was continued on the formal motion that the…

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Rosehill Candidates Past and Present Form Reviewed Fair Fields Without Divisions

Arrow · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 2

The fields at Rosehill to-morrow will not be as large as is generally the case at their meetings, but with the Winter evenings drawing in, six races are quite…

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The Yanco Area Administration Board Methods of Election

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 3

The scheme for the control of the affairs of the Murrumbidgre (N.S.W.) irrigation area by a board, composed of a dairyman, a fruit-grower, a…

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Victorian By-election. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 10

Polling in connection with the by-election for the Melbourne province seat in the Legislative Council took place to-day, and resulted in the return of the Nationalist candidate, the…

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Newcastle Cup to -Morrow's Big Race Candidates Discussed Newcastle

The Sun · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 5

The Newcastle Cup is always a difficult race to pick. The favorite won last year, but few Cup races have been won by the chief fancy of the public…

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Tariff and Defence Parliament in Good Spirit. Statistical Speeches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The House of Representatives has got into working order under its. new temporary leader. So far. It has progressed with quite wonderful expedition and…

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Sailors' and Soldiers' Parliament the Hocussed Heroes And Their Humbug League Half a League! Half a League!! Half a League!!! -- BACKWARD

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 23

Have the governing authorities of the Returned Soldiers' League become the willing instruments of the Nationalists? All the omens answer yes…

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The Penrith Queen Candidates

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 2

The Penrith young ladies who were Candidatesin the Carnival Queen Competition (Misses Le Breton, V. Uren, Alma Stanley, and Kathleen Miller)…

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Agricultural Society President Not a Candidate. Annual Meeting. Sixty Nominations for New Committee

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Nepean District A.H. and I. Society was held in the Foresters' Hall on Friday evening of last week. The President (Mr…

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Federal Features Week in Parliament Demise of Defence Bill Clause Watt and the House Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 8 May 1921 · page 5

Sir Joseph Cook, explaining the necessity of interfering with the law of supply and demand and of featuring first principles, was an…

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Wool Control Parliament Agrees to Resolution Further Discussion

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 11

In the House of Representatives on Thursday the wool position was discussed further, on the formal motion that the Prime Minister's statement…

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Irish Affairs. South Elections. Nationalists' Attitude. London. May 9

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 5

Mr. John Dillon, Irish Nationalist leader, in a manifesto advising the Nationalists not to Participate in the Southern elections, says:-- "We could only enter the contests as opponents…

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Parliament House. New "Hansard" Gallery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 11

When members of the State Parliamentary "Hansard" staff take up their duties again next session they will appreciate an important change which is being made in the…

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Coming of Age. Federal Parliament Loss of Great Men

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Federal Parliament has just started on the twenty-first year of its existence. Between its inauguration and the close of its second decade there have…

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Big Fields at Albion Park favorites Pail in most RACES Thousand Candidates Perform

Referee · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 7

The appearance of many Brisbane £1000 candidates, at the Albion Park meeting, on Saturday, was responsible for a bigger attendance than usual. There…

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Gattersall's Meeting. Next Saturday at Randwick. Candidates Considered. the Hurdles

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 2

WESTENDALE: This horse is very unsound, and was [?] after last Saturday's hurdle. Probably will not run. ALGOUS: More [?] to win a…

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The Regulations. Discussed in Parliament. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 May 1921 · page 7

"Is it a joke or is it serious?" asked Mr. J. Page (Q.) of the Miniater of Custorns in the House of Representatives to-day, referring to the penalty of £50 prescribed by the…

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