Told He'd Won Actually Beaten Winston Churchill Abbey Election LONDON, Thursday Evening
The by-election for the Westminster Abbey seat in the House of Commons, which produced unprecedented interest, ended in the…
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Attorney-general. Fears Sliding Panels. Will Not Be a Labour Candidate
"In regard to Mr. Lang's reference to my possibility of Becking a Labour selection at the next State elections, I may perhaps, be allowed to say that this is highly improbable,"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hint of Early Election. Gosford
Addressing a meeting of the Labour [?] Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., said that a bill providing for a return to single electorates was being prepared by some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →British Politics. Abbey Election. Conservative Victory. LONDON, March 19
Polling at the by, election in the Abbey Division of Westminster to-day exceeded that at any by-election in mid-London within living memory…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Churchill Out Dismay Follows Joy By-election Scene London, Thursday Night
The polling in the by-election to fill the vacancy in the representation of the Abbey division of Westminster, caused by the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Joan's Fete Day French Election Fixed Poincare Gains Ground London, Thursday Night
The French elections have been fixed for May 11. It is a date of some significance, says the Paris correspondent of "The Times," because…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Autumn Candidates Work on Soft Tracks Yesterday at Randwick--The Cypher Appears--Demetrius Improving--Juvenile Try-out
Watch holders at Randwick yesterday morning were not overtaxed, as few horses were allowed to go at their top. The overnight ruin softened the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Doings in Melbourne State Politics front Within -- Labor Ready for Elections -- An Altruist -- Series of Strikes Flags, Fleet. Folly
Trades Hall talk is chiefly of elections. Premier Lawson's resignation was to an extent a matter of pique, The wires had been pulled to get a desired…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BY-ELECTION Excitement in London Mr. Churchill's Activity LONDON, March 20
Polling for the Abbey division of Westminster, where the votes will be counted on Thursday, excelled any by- election in mid-London in living…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →W.A. ELECTIONS Labor's Chance PERTH
The general elections for all seats except a few in the far north-west take place on Saturday. While it is felt generally that Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Close Polling Intense Excitement Mr. Churchill Beaten London, March 20
The polling at the by-election for the Abbey Division of Westminster, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Brigadier-General Nicholson (Con.),…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Western Australia. To-day's Elections. Many Candidates
If the number of candidates who are contest ing seats in the Western Australian elections, which take place to-day, can be accented [?] an indication of public interest in the even[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Westminster Election
Not since the historic Westminster election a century and a half ago, when the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire, with lips more persuasive than the influences of Palace and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fading Away British Liberalism Lesson of Election London, Friday Night
"The three-party problem is solving itself quicker than anyone dared to predict," says. "The Times" in reviewing the result of the Westminster…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Election Charges in South Australia Liberal Federation's Secretary Charged--Advertising Without Signing Authority
ADELAIDE, Friday--Three informations under the Electoral Code, 1908, the first of their kind over half in South Australia, were brought…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A.L.P. Executive Hears a Protest Sydney State Council Election to Be Probed by Credentials Committee. Ald. Bates, Spokesman
How can you elect five delegates to a conference from a big number offering, with the voting by show of hands?…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sailors and Soldiers' Parliament "Get a Job with a Bricklayer" Repat.'s Heartless Advice to Consumptive Does the Department Want T.B. Men to Live at All?
The Repatriation Department has a way all its own. Which probably accounts for Albert Edwards--an ex-sailor, whose lungs are mottled by T.B.--being told the other day to "go and get an easy job with a bricklayer!" Fortunately they didn't happen to have a paralysed spine case on their list at the time,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Commonwealth Defence Council Sits to Consider Big Naval and Air Scheme Mr. Bruce and Mr. Bowden Confer on Proposal to Build Base in Northwest Australia--senator Pearce Supports the Idea--shipping Companies Back Admiral's Suggestion for Increasing Docks Everywhere--comprehensive Programme Will Be Submitted to Federal Parliament. Is There An Organised Campaign to Scare the Australian People ?
At the meeting of the Commonwealth Council in Melbourne yesterday, Mr. Bruce and Mr. Bowden conferred with Departmental heads of the Defence Department. The Conference, it is understood, discussed the proposal to erect a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →W.A. ELECTIONS Four-Sided Contest Yesterday's Polling Perth
Great interest was taken in the State elections to-day and the polling booths were busy until closing time at 7 p.m. Over 120 candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Daylight Parliament
Jack Jones, M.P., in the House of Commons, wants Parliament to sit in the daytime, and then only for eight hours…
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