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Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1922

3,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 159

Having A Shot At It Are you having a shot at the elections this time?

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 8

IT seems a peculiar way of pulling it; but those on the "outer" say it like that. If you are one of the "ins," of…

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To Cease Council Employees' Electioneering No More Canvassing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 6

Should City Council employees be permitted to take active part in municipal elections? The Council says "No."…

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Sporting Review Australian Cup Discussion--programme and Selections for Rosebery--australian-bred Horses in New Zealand Australian Cup Candidates Seen at Caulfield

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 10

All the runners in the Bond Cup at Caulfield on Saturday are engaged in the Australian Cup; but as the former race is run over six furlongs less than the distance of the…

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The Bathurst Seat Independent Candidates Likely Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 7

Though it is apparent that most of the leading spirits in the recent Labor trouble have accepted the inevitable, there is still a section far from satisfied with the method of selection…

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Dead Man Heads Poll Fire Board Election

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 8

The late Ald. Taylor was placed at the head of the poll as the representative of the metropolitan municipalities and shires on the Board of Fire Commissioners. The returning officer…

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State Elections Mr. Dooley at Balmain Successful Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 7

Standing under the Union Jack and the Australian flag, Mr. Dooley in the Bal[?]ain Town Hall last night once more spoke of the achievements of the Government and its…

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The Next Parliament. hoot News" Prize Competition

Evening News · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 4

Everybody is talking about it. How many of the present members will get back[?] who will the new members be[?]…

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The Fight Is on State Elections Candidates in Hurly-burly

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 6

The fight is on. The gloves are off. The leaders of the respective parties have declared their several policies, whereupon the rank and file, like hounds from the leash, have darted…

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Rand Strike Debate in Parliament Smuts's Proposal 'The Only Way of Settlement' CAPETOWN

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 1

Great public interest was attached to the debate in the House of Assembly on a resolution moved by the Nationalist leader, General Hertzog,…

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Duntroon. Suitable for the Parliament. Amalgamation with Naval College. Only One New Cadet. (By Our Federal Representative.) Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 8

Though many disadvantages are pointed out, officers at the Royal Military College at Duntroon declare that there are no insuperable difficulties in the way of an amalgamation of…

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The Nationalist Candidates and the Orange Catechism

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 24

Some of the Nationalist candidates, we understand, resent the assumption that there is anything anti-Catholic in their policy or that they endorse the sectarian…

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TOPICS. Chiefly Political. An Old-fashioned Election

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 25

It looks as if we are in for an old-fashioned election— that is, an election in which there will he a wide choice of candidates. In the years gone by it was…

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To-day's Sporting the Turf Newmarket Candidates at Moonee Valley

Evening News · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 2

[?] who won the Moreland Handicap. seven furlongs, at Moonee Valley. is engaged in the Newmarket Handicap with 67. She is a three-year-old…

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Sinn Fein Postpones Its Decision Split in Ranks Averted for the Present Issue to Be Decided at the Elections London

Evening News · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 1

A spilt in the Sinn Fein Congress has been averted, according to an [?] made by Mr. de Valera at the [?] of the session of…

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The Elections. "Idea of Honesty." Sir George Fuller Replies to the Premier "Regime of Intrigue."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 10

"Mr. Dooley is entirely wrong when he says that my policy speech does not contain a single new idea," said the leader of the Opposition (Sir George Fuller) yesterday…

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Sporting Review Futurity Stakes Discussed--programme and Selections for Richmond--rosebery Results--general Gossip. Can Eurythmic Win Futurity? Chances of the Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 9

Most important of the events to be decided at Caulfield oh Saturday is the twenty-fifth Caulfield Futurity Stakes, a weight-for-age event, with a special set of penalties…

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The Elections Unionist Party's Policy London, February 21

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 5

Mr. Austen Chamberlain, addressing a meeting of the central council of the National Unionist Council, called to discuss the Conservative Party's, future policy, particularly its…

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Irish Bill Will Parliament Proceed With It? Ominous Silence Result of Ard Fheis Decision London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 1

Asked whether the Government intended to proceed with the "Irish Free State Bill, in view of the decision of the Arc. Fheis, Mr. Winston Churchill…

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At Moorefield To-morrow A Review of the Candidates' Chances

Arrow · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 3

The fields are excellent for the Moorefield meeting to-morrow, and divisions had to be resorted to in the Maiden and Juvenile Handicaps. Racing…

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The Acid Test New States Movement Heckling Candidates

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 2

A largely-attended meeting of delegates in connection with the New State movement was held at Lismore (N.S.W.) on Monday, at which…

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