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Politics & elections, 1924

3,091 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 155

Rifle Shooting. N.r.a. Meeting. Election of Officers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 12

A meeting of the council of the National Rifle Association was held in Goldsbrough House, Macquarie-place, last night. Unanimous support was given to a proposal…

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Women in Parliament. The Great Work of the Future

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 16

Australia has only one women parilamentarian, Mrs. Cowan, of West Australia. She has proved a tower of strength to the women and children of…

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Votes for Women Hospital Election Candidates Beaten Bathurst

The Sun · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 11

For some time past the question of allowing women on the committee has been a most vexed one among members of the hospital committee…

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Work at Canberra Progress More Manifest Ready for Parliament Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 12

"Work at Canberra has now entered upon the block construction stage, when more evidence of progress will be manifest to the visitors."…

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Letters from a “Self-Made Politician” to His Grandson Parliament House, Sydney, 1954, No. 1

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 4

My Dear Grandson— Now that you have elected to “serve” your country in the gladiatorial arena of politics, the following “pointers” should be of great…

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BILLINUDGEL. Excitement Over on Election

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 7

There has been considerable excitement and [?] over the election of d[?]s to the district council of the Primary Producers' Union from the Billi[?] branch. There…

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Next Parliament. May Meet at Canberra. Minister Confident. Melboubne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 17

Referring to-day to his recent visit to Canberra the Minister for Federal Works and Railways, Mr. Stewart, said he was confident that work would be sufficiently…

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Sailors and Soldiers Parliament Economy at the Expense of the Dead Repat.'s Raid on the Widow's Mite Nine Shillings a Week for Woman and Child

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 27

OVER the graves of thousands of ex-soldiers who have died in Australia since the war ought to be inscribed in brass the letters N.D.T.W.S.--Not Due To War Service. The phrase has sent so many men to the grave. It has also saved Repat…

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The Nepean Times Saturday, February 9, 1924. Hospital Election

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 2

The interest that is being evinced in the election of a committee of the Nepean District Hospital excepoxcoptionally keen. The remarkable iuereaso…

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St. Marys The By-Election

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 5

Polling for the by-election in East Ward will take place on Saturday, 1st March. Nominations will be declared at noon on Friday, 22nd inst. Mr. E…

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The Hospital Election Voting Closes This Saturday. Number of Electors:—346

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 3

Much interest is being taken in the election of the Committee of the Nepcan District Hospital. Ballot papers have been sent out, and these must be…

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Currency Deflation Means Less Fixed Deposits Figures of the Commonwealth Bank Show a Shrinkage of Over £3,000,000 in Six Months Make Parliament Pay for Its Money

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 10

CONCERN is being shown in high places at the fact that fixed deposits in the cheque banks and even the deposits in Federal and State savings banks are showing a tendency to shrink. But this monetary phase is not to be wondered at. It is…

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Next General Election Labor Preparing NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1924 · page 2

A conference of all the Labor leagues and unions in Newcastle and the northern districts was held in the Trades Hall this afternoon, Mr. Baddeley,…

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Mr. Perdriau, M.L.A. to Retire. Next Elections. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 8

Mr. Perdria[?] is retiring from public life. He will not be a candidate at the next election. Mr. Perdriau, in a statement to the Casino…

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Japanese Elections to Be Held May 10

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 1

SHANGHAI, Saturday.--A Reuter message from Tokye states that the Japanese general elections will be held on May 10…

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Conservatives Drop Protection Issue Dissolution in the Ranks--Serious Split over Fiscal Policy--Rush Election Bewailed

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday Evening.-- At a meeting of the Lancashire Federation, the National Unionist Association resolved that in view…

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Autumn Events Candidates' Trials Absurdum the Best

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 10

Several Icandidates for the important events in the autumn were seen in action on Saturday. However, no performance was more taking than that of the Absurd…

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Japanese Elections Shanghai, February 9

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 7

A Tokio message stales that the general elections will be held on May 10…

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Germany. Crisis Developing. Government by Decree. Election Hint. London, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 9

The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that an acute political crisis is expected to devolop in Germany in the near future…

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Late Cable News Socialists Routed. Diet Elections. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 9

Router's Berlin correspondent states:—The elections for the new Thuringlan Diet resulted in the crushing defeat of the Socialists, who, hitherto, were in a strong majority in the…

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