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Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1921

2,035 stories in Sydney's papers · page 80 of 102

City Council Reform Party's Candidate

The Sun · Friday 11 November 1921 · page 8

It was announced at the offices of the Citizens' Reform Association this morning that the candidature of Mr. John Wheeler for Belmore Ward in the…

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City Council Elections Bourke Ward No Labor Opposition

The Sun · Friday 11 November 1921 · page 9

The candidates so far announced, who are seeking election for Bourke Ward in the City Council arc Alderman W. Brooks and Alderman Sir Allen…

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Parramatta Election Polling Day, December 10

Evening News · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 6

Mr. S. Irwin, Chief Electoral Officer, to-day announced the following dates in connection with the vacancy created in the Parrammatta electorate by the…

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Cabra-vale. New Polling Place

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 5

Mr. V. Molesforth. M.L.A., has been notified by the Under-Secretary, Chief Secretary's Department, that, following the representations of the Cabramatta…

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Sailors' and Soldiers' Parliament the "Domiciliary Visit" Cyanide's Attempt on the Law of the Constitution Police to Cross-examine Pensioners Cannot Be Brooked

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 23

Cyanide's latest device to save money for its masters takes the form of printed documents containing certain questions. Through our Secret Service we are in possession of advance copies. They relate to the conditions of life of pensioners and are of an astonishingly intimate and…

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Parramatta. Mr. Piddington a Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 13

Mr. A. B. Piddington announces that he will be a candidate for the Parramatta seat. He stated yesterday that the three chief features in the policy he will support are…

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City Council Elections Camperdown Ward

The Sun · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 8

Labor is making a determined effort to secure the return of representatives for Camperdown Ward in the City Council elections, but recognises that…

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Mr. Piddington a Candidate

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 11

Mr. A. B. Piddington will be a candidate for the Parramatta seat. The three chief features in the policy he will support are an active, not a passive, participation in the world's peace…

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Belmore Ward a New Candidate

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 10

Mr. J. E. Wheeler, the selected Citizens' Reform Association's candidate for Belmore Ward, has been urgently called to England, and it has become necessary to make a new selection…

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City Elections Council's Last Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 18

Under existing circumstances, the city elections will take place on December 1 next. As a consequence, the City Council will consider a motion by Ald. Walker at its next sitting, to…

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Parramatta By-election Polling Day, Saturday, Dec. 10

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 November 1921 · page 3

The Commonwealth Chief Electoral Officer advises that the writs for the Parramatta seat in the House of Representatives will be issued to-morrow…

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The Unofficial Leader Mr. McGirr and the Party Setting the Stage for Early Elections Ministry's Awkward Position

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 November 1921 · page 2

The remarkable political developments which have been occurring almost daily in connection with the State administration are due to one cause—Mr. McGirr…

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Our Political Patriots. Peeps at the Parliamentary Puppets the Antics of the Anti-election Party

Truth · Sunday 13 November 1921 · page 6

During Cup Week, pardon, Conference Week in Melbourne, four Ministers were absent from the PLAYING UP. State, but pairs having…

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Phyllis Hume. Adjournment of Parliament Moved. Mr. Buckley, M.L.A., on a Matter of Public Urgency. the Thanks to "Truth" for Its Agitation. Minister McKell Promises Her Early Release. He Says the Sentence Was "Unduly Harsh"

Truth · Sunday 13 November 1921 · page 7

Matters in connection with the agitation for the release of the unfortunate woman Phyllis Hume, now serving it sentence of five years' imprisonment…

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State Parliament. City Council Bill Doomed. Motherhood Endowment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 8

The general impression in political circles is that the City Council Bill is doomed this week to the same fate in the Upper House as befell the Wheat Pool Bill. The arbitrary…

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State Parliament More Important Measures the Week's Work Interest in Both Houses

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 6

Proceedings in the State Parliament are likely to be quite as interesting this week as they were last week when the principal events were the rushing of the Sydney Corporation Bill…

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Labour Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 9

A ballot for the selection of a Labour candidate was held on Saturday by the Parramatta Federal Labour Council, the candidates being Mr. W. H. hutchinson and Alderman A…

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City Elections. the Belmore Ward

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 10

Captain Harry Wolseley Crouch, M.C., has been selected as a Citizens' candidate for the Belmore ward in place of Mr. John Wheeler, who has had an urgent call to visit London…

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City Council Elections Cook Ward

The Sun · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 9

Though Cook Ward in the City Council is regarded as a safe seat for Labor, it is noticeable that at elections gone by Labor supporters worked…

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Writ To-day Parramatta Election

The Sun · Monday 14 November 1921 · page 7

Six p.m. to-day has been fixed by the Federal Speaker for the hour at which he will issue the writ for the forthcoming Parramatta election…

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