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Politics & elections, 1923

1,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 98

Parliament's Restless Sleep

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 8

Astonishing proof that the honorable gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly had not been reduced to the last distressing stages of exhaustion by…

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Parliament Adjourns. Sympathy with Relatives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 12

When Parliament met yesterday afternoon, reference was made to the coal mining disaster at Cessnock. Parliament was adjourned out of sympathy…

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N.S.W. PARLIAMENT. Censure Motion Defeated

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 5

Last Thursday night the censure motion launched by the N.S.W. Parliamentary Labor Party against tho Fuller "Nationalist" Government was defeated by 47…

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Potted Parliament Decks Cleared Ready for Work

The Sun · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 11

At last the Legislative Assembly is settling down to work. An expression of honest toil suffused the faces of the members as…

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In Parliament Expressions of Sympathy Fixing the Responsibility

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 10

Sympathetic references to the Bellbird disaster were made in the Legislative Assembly when the House met yesterday afternoon, and…

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Parliament Formalities a Quiet Night Are Afghans Beautiful?

Evening News · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 10

Parliament spent a great deal of its time yesterday in meeting and adjourning. It met first at 4 o'clock and adjourned to…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Points From Labor Members' Speeches

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 18

"The Government is conservative to the backbone. Its policy does not make for the improvement of the conditions of the workers nor of the people in general. It…

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What Labor Members Are Saying. In the Federal Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 20

"When the 'Fourteen Points, enunciated by President Wilson, were made public, it was found that they were almost identical with our basis for peace, which was…

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Much Talk Little Work String of Questions State Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 12

Theoretically, the Legislative Assembly commenced the first "real" work of the session yesterday. Actually, it was "private…

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What Labor Members Are Saying. In the Federal Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 8

"I believe that If nations continue to prepare for war they will surely find it. It conies to those who look for it. While we of the British Empire say that we…

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Irish Elections British Policy Vindicated by Results MONTREAL

Evening News · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 1

The [?]ish elections are a complete vindulation of the policy of the British Coalition Government," declared [?]kenhead here to-day, when meeting…

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Cup Candidates Perform Maid of the Mist Wins Well : Wynette Fast Effort at Caulfield

Referee · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 5

Fast-run races were the order of the afternoon at Caulfield on Saturday, when the V.A.T.C. held its important September meeting in fine weather. The…

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City Elections. Abolition of Lodger Vote. Realignment of Wards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 13

The City Council last night, on a parly vote, after a prolonged debate, decided that the Government be asked to include in the Sydney Corporation Amendment Bill provision for the…

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Irish Free State. Election of Dail. London, Sept. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 13

The Dublin correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says:—"The Government has secured a majority of 19 over the Republicans. Therefore it is clear that it cannot carry on…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, September 5, 1923. Irish Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 12

The returns in the Irish elections have been slow in coming to hand. But from the outset an easy victory for the supporters of the Treaty seemed probable,…

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Sporting News and Notes Spring Candidates Work on the Cinders Getting Ready for Tatt.'s

The Sun · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 4

Trainers made the most of their opportunity to send their horses along at Randwick this morning. The cinder track which had been specially…

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Irish Elections Government's Prospects London, September 3

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 9

The "Daily Telegraph" learns from Dublin that the Government has secured a majority of 19 over the Republicans; therefore it is clear they…

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Sydney Sympathy Reference in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 September 1923 · page 5

In the Legislative Council yesterday Sir Joseph Carruthers expressed sympathy with the Japanese people. Australia, he said, was grateful to…

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Potted Parliament Lawyers' Festival Six Bills Considered Getting Down to Work

The Sun · Thursday 6 September 1923 · page 15

All the lawyers in Parliament gloated with professional ecstasy over the legal reforms which passed in quick succession through the…

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Parliament Politics and Pictures a Quiet Night Except for Mr. Murphy

Evening News · Thursday 6 September 1923 · page 10

WHAT WAS DONE—murray River Agreement notification Bill. Public Service (Returned Solders) Bill Closer Settlement Bill reed a…

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