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Politics & elections, 1924

3,091 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 155

Macdonald Defiant Challenges Tory Party to Election Another Win Good Majority in Debate Upon Unemployment LONDON, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 1

By 300 votes to 252 the Macdonald Government survived the Conservative Party's attack on it for failing to deal adequately with unemployment. The renewal of the debate on…

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News From Melbourne Elections--tramway Trouble,--clerks Angry--iron Workers' Impatience at Federal Award Delays. Electrical Elections

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 3

MELBOURNE Thursday.--Four weeks from to-day will be election day. All eyes are now on June 26. The campaign will be short, sharp, and…

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Dr. Dick Gets Job As Health Director Only Three Candidates for Post--Dr. Armstrong Goes to the Meat Board

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 6

Dr. Dack is to be the new Director General of Public Health. The Public Service Board has recomnended has appointment, and the…

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Defence. Debate in Federal Parliament. Mr. Marks's Views. Air Scheme Outlined. (From Our Special Representative.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 17

A brief but interesting discussion on defence questions took place in the Ho[?]se of Representatives this morning on a formal motion for the adjournment of the House by Mr…

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Victorian Seats 110 Candidates Active Organisation Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 7

For the coming Slate election light 110 candidates--27 city and 83 country--are fisted. The National Campaign Council sat this…

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Old Men's Parliament The Nightly Gatherings

The Sun · Sunday 1 June 1924 · page 13

EVERY night between sunset and darkness to this little green patch -- this little green oasis in the centre of a desert of drab houses -- come…

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Victorian Elections Premier Opens Campaign

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 June 1924 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— The State selections have been fixed for June 26. Several bitter contests are promised in view of Nationalist opponents being in…

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Annandale Council Election

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 June 1924 · page 7

Mr. W. J. Johnston, 444, was elected to Annandale Council yesterday, vice Aid. A. E. Packer, who resigned. Mr. W. Lincoln polled 267 votes, and three were informal…

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Not a Candidate

The Sun · Sunday 1 June 1924 · page 2

Melbourne, Saturday. -- It is stated that Mr. Sol Green has telegraphed from Queensland to his son in Melbourne, that there is no foundation for…

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M. Poincare Resigns Election of Successor Is Complicated Dead Set Against M. MILLERAND M. Herriot Probable Leader M. Painleve Mentioned As President Paris, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 1

THE CABINET led by M. Poincare, whose adherents were so badly beaten at the French general elections, has resigned. The constitution of a new government is being made difficult…

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The Victorian Election

Evening News · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 4

The policy speech of Sir Alexander Peacock contained no surprises. It was mainly a review of the ambitions and intrigues of politicians which made the Victorian Assembly…

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The Japanese Elections. Notes of Current Politics. Two New Parties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 15

Composed mainly of members of the House of Peers, the Ministry formed by Viscount K[?]youra in Japan has been short-lived. It contained no outstanding statesmen, and…

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Election Expenses. Mr. Baldwin's Experience. London, May 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 11

Mr. Baldwin, in a speech at Worcester, referring to candidates' election expenses, said that he had himself in three years paid £3000. He had only been able to do this…

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The Suburbs. Election at Annandale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 9

An election to [?] the extraordinary vacancy in the Annandale Council, caused by the resignation. of A[?]d. A. B. Packer, who left the district to take up farming at Berry,…

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Machine Tactics Dangerous Policy Victorian Elections Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 6

Victoria is threatened with a surfeit of politics in the next four weeks. Sir A. Peacock declared the State Ministerial policy at Creswick on…

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A Bold Policy Peacock Ministry Victorian Elections Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 7

Sir Alexander Peacock, Premier of Victoria, in his policy speech at Croswick last night, announced proposals to nationalise the main arterial roads of…

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Crack Hurdlers' Disheartening Display Fancied "Two thousand" Candidates Beaten

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 3

Varying opinions were expressed regarding the failure of both Les Paddington and Wooyeo to gain places in the Moorefield Hurdle. Some were…

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Victorian Elections. Labour Party's Appeal. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 13

A leaflet, said to have been issued by the Labour patty in Great Britain has been reprinted by the Victorian branch of the A.L.P., showing that Labour's principles in Great…

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Municipal By-election. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 10

Considerable interest was shown in the municipal by.election on Saturday, the principal issue being a reduction of municipal taxation and expenditure by the Reform…

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Possibles and Probables Grand National Hurdle and Steeple Candidates Reviewed

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 2

IN framing the handicaps for the Grand National Hurdle Race and Steeplechase, Mr. J. H. Davis has followed the precedent established by his precedessors, inasmuch as he has framed the hurdle handicaps on a fairly low scale, while the imposts for the…

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