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Politics & elections, 1923

1,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 98

Labor Party Mr. Lang, Leader in State Parliament

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 20

Mr. J. J. Lang is the new leader of the State Labor Party. He was elected leader this week by 21 votes to 11. The runner-up was Mr…

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Canberra. Parliament House. Ceremony Next Week. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 11

Arrangements have been made for turning the first sod in the construction of a provisional House of Parliament at Canberra. The ceremony will take place on August 11,…

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Not Approved Imperial Parliament Dominions' Share LONDON, August 1

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 7

Lord Strathspey, in the House of Lords, asked whother, in response to continued demands of the Dominions for a share in shaping tho destinies of…

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The Dominions. Destinies of Empire. a Federal Parliament. London, August 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 11

Lord Strathspey asked in the House of Lords whether, in response to the continued demands in the dominions for a share in shaping the destinies of the Empire, the…

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News From the Four Quarters Irish Squabble Free State Elections Party Warfare

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 3

The Irish Free State is to be plunged again into political turnoil, on this occasion, however, of a more peaceful character than that through which it…

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Spring Candidates Extended at Eandwick

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 5

Randwick trainers were all smiles yesterday morning, when they saw the middle grass track open. The Inside portion was available and the going…

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PARLIAMENT. Prompt Adjournment. Australia's Condolences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 13

Both Houses of the Federal Parliament adjourned when the news of President Harding's denth was received in Melbourne this afternoon…

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Australia's Regrets Tributes in Parliament Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 8

Announcing in the House of Representatives this afternoon that word had been received of the death of President Harding, the Prime…

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PARLIAMENT Single-member Seats Elective Upper House

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 7

"If the Government starts patching up a bad system, the last stage will be worse than the first," writes Sir Thomas Henley,…

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New Zealand. Parliament Adjourned. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 13

When the news of President Harding's death reached the Prime Minister (Mr. Massey) he immediately moved the adjournment of the House. He added that he would move a…

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Britain's Draft Reply. The German Note. Statements in Parliament. France Immovable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 13

Lord Curzon, in a statement in the House of Lords, said the France-Belgian replies to the British Draft Note did not contain material for sending an Allied reply to the German Note…

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Sailors' and Soldiers' Parliament One-sided Logic Digger Penalised For Accepting Outside Help Private Charity Made a Government Subsidy

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 30

It was never intended that when granting a pension to a crippled soldier any account should be taken of his earning capacity. He is paid according to his mutilation, not on what he might be able to earn in a mutilated state…

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First Election Speech

Evening News · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 1

President Cosgrave of the Irish Free State, making his first speech at an election meeting…

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Ford for President. New Turn in American Politics: Plain Man's Candidate

The World's News · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 3

THE emergence of Henry Ford. the motor-car manufacturer, in the role of a person of political importance and Presidential possibility, is due largely to…

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SPORT and Sportsmen Prospects for the Spring a Review of the Candidates in Training Progress at Randwick

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 5

Ordinarily we might have seen some of the Spring candidates under colours at the Rosehill June meeting, but owners of good horses will not take…

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Racing Club Election Some Surprises

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 August 1923 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—For the first time for 13 years there was an election on Friday in connection with the South Australian Jockey Club, the premier…

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Les Paddington Wins Australian Hurdle Gold Coin Scores in Steeplechase Miraree Wins on Flat : Sonora Beats Spring Candidates

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 August 1923 · page 10

MELBOURNE. Saturday.—The new racing season in Victoria was opened by the Victoria Amateur Turf Club this afternoon at Caulfield with the beginning…

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Municipal By-election Alexandria Contest

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 August 1923 · page 7

A by-election to fill a vacancy in the Alexandria Council yesterday resulted: W. Smith 226. W. Ellis 219, — Norton 10; informal 6…

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Fork for Parliament

Evening News · Monday 6 August 1923 · page 4

The State Parliament will reopen to-morrow, and, despite the usual specu-lative gossip of crises and caves, it may be .assumed that thin iS to be a working…

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PARLIAMENT V. Press Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 August 1923 · page 6

A tennis match was played on the Parliament House courts on Saturday between members of the Federal Parliament and of the Melbourne and…

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