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Politics & elections, 1921

2,035 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 102

Commonwealth Steamers. Parliament to Consider

The Australian Worker · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 7

Speaking in the Federal Parliament last week, the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) said that certain of the Commanwealth steamers were held up. Excluding the…

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Labour Leader. Federal Parliament. Belief System. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 9

Interesting measures for promoting greater efficiency in the work of Labour members of the Federal Parliament have been decided upon recently. During a long session very…

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Campaign Opens. City Elections Candidate for Bligh Ward

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 9

Sir Charles Rosenthal and Mr. R. W. Caldwell, the selected Citizens' Reform candidates for Bligh Ward, opened their campaign in St. John's School, Darlinghurst, last night…

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Irish Deadlock. Ulster's Attitude. Opposed to All-ireland Parliament. London, Nov. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 9

To-day the British representatives on the Irish Conference heard the views of Viscount Midleton and six other Southern Irish Unionists. It is understood that Viscount Midleton…

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Parramatta By-election. Election Day—december 10

The Australian Worker · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 7

The by-election for the Parramatta Federal electorate, rendered necessary by the appointment of Sir Joseph Cook to the High Commissionership in London…

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City Council Elections Flinders Ward Many Aspirants for Seats

The Sun · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 10

The contest for Flinders Ward in the coming City Council elections should be a keen one, because five candidates have already nominated. They…

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Labor Bodies Active Preparing for Election

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 8

BATHURST, Wednesday.--The Bathurst and district Labor bodies are showing signs of activity, in view of the possibility of a general election at an early date. It is stated that the…

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Civic Elections Angling for Soldiers' Votes Lord Mayoral. View of "Preference"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 5

Cherishing the hope, perhaps, that the returned soldiers will flock around his standards; the hope that he will loom in the eyes of the soldiers as a tower of strength…

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City Elections. Reform Party. Statement of Policy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 9

"The Citizens' candidates will, if returned to the City Council with a working majority at the coming elections, immediately take the necessary steps to ensure that the civic…

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Chance of an Election. Labour Plans. to Find a Popular Issue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 9

There is a feeling in Nationalist circles that after all the State general elections may not be as distant as hitherto has been believed, but that the Government would be glad of a…

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Parramatta. Country Party's Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 10

The Country party announce the selection of Mr. Barton Addison, of Barton Addison and Co., Ltd., import morchants, of Sydney, as their candidate to contest the Parramatta…

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State Parliament. Motherhood Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 10

As soon as the censure motion was disposed of in the Legislative Assembly last night the debate was resumed on the second reading of the Motherhood-Endowment Bill…

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Day by Day "Members of Parliament and Others."

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 4

On the Federal Estimates appears an item of £17.000 "for conveyance of members of Parliament and others." Who the "others" are, or when or how or why they were…

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Money for Mother Points in Parliament M'girr's Measure Criticised

The Sun · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 8

Yesterday provided a period of trouble for the Labor Government of this State. No sooner had Ministerialists got over the shock of the…

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Talking at the Dawn of Day Motherhood Bill Goes Through All Night Sitting of Parliament

Evening News · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 5

The Legislative Asscmbly cat all night on tie Motherhood Endowment BIll, and took it through the second reading and the committes stage. The debate on the second reading of the Motherbood Endowment Bill draggee…

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Parramatta Electorate. Country Party Candidate

The Land · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 11

Mr. Barton Addison, managing director of B. Addison, Limited, merchants, 3 Spring Street, Sydney, will contest the Parramatta Federal…

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250,000 MANIFESTOS To Catch Labor Votes City Council Election

Evening News · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 5

Labor's careparge to relain a [?] of representatives in the City Council will receive his final touch to-worrow, when 250,000 [?] of the patty's…

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City Elections. Mr. Courtenay's Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 9

Mr. Lionel Courtenay, the Civic Reform candidate for the Phillip Ward, opened his campaign last evening at the corner of Abercrombie and Dick streets. Mr. George Adams…

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City Council Elections Gipps Ward Labor Not Opposed

The Sun · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 3

Evidently it is thought that Gipps Ward in the City Council is a safe seat for Labor, because so far the sitting Labor members, Alderman W. P…

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Parramatta Four Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 4

The electors of Parramatta will have to decide upon one of four men to represent them in place of Sir Joseph Cook, who Is forsaking politics for something that Is not dependent…

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