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Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1922

3,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 159

The Elections Question of Taste Sir G. Fuller Hits Out Reply to Mr. M'girr

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 5

Sir George Fuller stated yesterday: -- "Mr. M'Girr in his last contribution to the election discussion has taken a strangely personal tone. He speaks of my 'luxurious home,'…

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Can You Pick the Ninety New Members of Parliament? in the State General Elections "Evening News" Prize Competition First £100—Second £5O—third £25

Evening News · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 9

The "Evening News" has launched this unique competition to stimulate public interest in the issue of the elections and to give the people an…

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The Elections.—national Campaign Opens at Parramatta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 1

Notwithstanding a heavy rain- storm and more threatening rain at Parramata on Monday evening, the opening meeting of the Nationalist campaign, in the town…

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N.S.W. State Elections. Big Batch of Nominations

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 15

Nc less than 303 candidates have been nominated in the various constituencies throughout the State for the general elections to be held on March 25. The total…

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The New South Wales Elections

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 15

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The Election. "Secret Meeting." Reply to the Premier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 15

"The elections are getting on Mr. Dooley's nerves. He is 'seeing things.'" said Mr. A. A. C. Cocks, M.L.A., yesterday. "Mr. dooley has had a vision of a secret meeting of Brisbane…

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Irish Free State. Elections in June. Labour's Demand for Plebiscite. London, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 13

It is officially stated tbat the Irish elections will probably be delayed six or seven weeks Mr. Churchill announced in the House of…

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"Sunday Extortion" High Tram Fares An Election Question

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 6

Sunday tram fares are likely to be made an electioneering subject. When Newtown Council last night received a statement from the Railway…

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The Bait £875 a Year Plethora of Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 6

The old man shook his head. He was old. Upon him seemed to have settled the wisdom of the ages. And he discoursed solemnly upon the evils that have accrued, according to him, upon…

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Daring Raid Police Held Up Irish Elections in June London, February 27

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 9

A gang of 100 armed men raided the police barracks at Clonmel, in the County of Cork. They took motor-cars, and carried…

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What They Say. in the Electorates Candidates' Views

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 10

Mr. C. Johnston, M.L.A. (Bathurst, Labor):--"The Labor Government has spent over [?]700,000 on the new railway works in the Bathurst electorate alone. If returned, it is…

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The Woman Candidate Her Usefulness in Parliament. Hampered by Party Influences

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 14

The "vote" stole into the world of Australian women as quietly as the break of a fair, summer morning. There had been no prolonged period of waiting, no fierce…

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Nationalists Bar Catholics. "Keep Them Out of Parliament."

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 21

Tuesday's "Telegraph" reports: "Alderman Collins (Murray, Coalition), says: Roman Catholics cannot be blamed for getting into Parliament, but the other side…

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Can You Pick the Ninety New Members of Parliament ? in the State Elections "Evening News" Prize Competition First £100—Second £60—Third £2S

Evening News · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 9

The "Evening News" has launched this unique competition stimulates public interest in the issue of the elections and to give the people an…

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Habit of Power Mr. Hughes Under Mlcroscope Parliament of Personalities

Evening News · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 6

"Hw qA querulous, platitudlneous, vain, and irritable," Thus a writer in the London "Times" on Mr. Hughes, as the critic found him…

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The Elections. Pronouncement of Grand Lodge

Watchman · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 8

The Grand Lodge of New South Wales of the Loyal Orange Institution, after careful consideration of the political situation, has adopted the…

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Labor's Conversazione Passing of the Old Beligerents Responsibility Makes Electioneering Tame "Great Labor Rally—Town Hall—Mr. Dooley, Mr. Theodore, Mr. PrendMrgast"—and so on. This was

Evening News · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 8

Where are the election meetings of yesteryear? What has happened to all the old belliger [?] who went to them for the purpose of starting something—…

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What They Say in the Electorates Candidates' Views

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 6

Mr. P. Shortland (Wammerawa, Coalition):--The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) says that the Labor Government was left with a deficit of £2,000,000 by the Nationalists, but he…

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British Politics Resignation Rumors Effects of By-elections London, March 1

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 5

The political situation continues to be most uncomfortable. There are frequent rumors in which the names of various Cabinet Ministers are…

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Premier on Tour Electioneering in the West

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 5

The Premier will leave by train for Orange this morning on a tour of the West. He will speak at Molong to-night, Parkes on Friday night, Orange and East Orange on Saturday…

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