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Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1925

3,661 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 184

Insulting Wire Election Bitterness Angry Organiser Dubbo

Evening News · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 9

THE [?] of the election contest at Wammarawa is illustrated by the following wive which Mr. Hugh Campbell, National organiser, received…

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"Hybrid Mongrel" Election to Organiser DUBBO

The Sun · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 9

"Got on the roll last week, you hybrid mongrel. You have put me off. I am on now at the police station." This is the wired message which Mr…

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City Railway Ball Promises Elections Are Coming

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 1

Mr. Ball has suddenly discovered that the City Railway is an urgent matter. It is very appropriate that on…

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Willoughby Municipal Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 10

An election to fill the vacancy in the Wil[?] by Council, caused by the death of Alderman E. J. Park, will take place on Saturday. [?] G. A. Bailey (Town Clerk and returning…

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Senate Elections. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 11

Mr. F. H. Francis, who has represented Henty in the House of Representatives for many years, has decided to offer himself as a candidate for the Senate…

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Questions in Parliament

The St George Call · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 2

Mr. Gosling asked the Minister of Justice: Is it a fact that at the recent opening of the Penshurst Public School, he stated that one of the…

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Northern Ireland. Parliament Opened. London, April 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 11

The second Parliament of Northorn Ireland Was oponed to-day by the Governor-General, the Duke of Abercorn. The King's Speech outlined plans to…

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For the Elections List of Party Candidates Rush for Enrolment

The Sun · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 10

The State general elections on May 30 will be for the twenty-seventh Parliament under responsible government in New South Wales, the first Parliament having been opened, in May 1856, when there were 54 members…

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Removing 'Hot Air' Ventilators for Canberra Parliament to Meet Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 9

The Federal Capital Commission expects that soon there will be a lot of "hot air" "at Canberra Parliament House, and it is taking precautionary…

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Question of Party Politics at Public Servants' Parliament Affiliation with Labor Advocated

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 7

Whether public servants should resist the temptation to become "party political," and at the same time continue with unabated vigor their efforts to regain admission to the Arbitration Court, was a question…

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General Elections Voting May 30. Writs to Issue on April 20

The Land · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 11

The electoral machinery was set working by the State Cabinet on Tuesday for a poll on May 30. The present Parliament will…

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"Unfair Tactics." Candidates for "Hire." Colonel Bruxner Has No Time for Them

The Land · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 11

Referring to the remarks of Mr. D. H. Drummond, M.L.A. (as published in "The Land" last week) and the Premier's comment thereon,…

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Two Deaths Cause Two Elections

Evening News · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 4

Two extraordinary municipal election Will be held on Saturday. They have been rendered necessary by the death of Ald, M'Cautey, of mosman…

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Latest Form for Randwick To-morrow the Candidates Engaged

Evening News · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 3

VALIANT shaped well in the [?]ing handicap to Tres[?] that [?] Handicap from Coleus or Jimmie B SUNBURST has been placed [?]…

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Political and Cabled News Political Notes The Coming Fight Date of Election Fixed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 2

The date for the State elections has been fixed for Saturday, May 30th Already [?] are buying themselves in the electronics perfecting the…

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State Elections. Issue of Writs. Bate Extended. Compulsory Enrolment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 10

The Chief Secretary made the official announcement yesterday that it had been decided to extend the date of the issue of the writs to April 22. This action has been taken…

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Defeat the Capitalist Candidates Is This Labor Leadership? “Vote for a Britisher”

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 1

When Mr. J. T. Lang (leader of the N.S.W. Parliamentary Labor Party) was nominating Mr. Gibbs for election to the Senate, he gave as his reasons:—…

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A Working Class Programme of Immediate Demands Communist Party's Policy for New South Wales Elections. Nationalisation

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 1

1. Nationalisation without compensation and with workers' control of banks, mines and large-scale industries. 2. Workers' control of all State and municipal services. MAINTENANCE…

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They Won't Be Senate Candidates

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 4

“Come what may and go what may, the candidate I propose (Mr. Gibbs) will not be a candidate at the next elections for the Senate. I know, and hon. members ought…

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“I’ll Promise You.” Politics and Prohibition. Our Object in the Coming Election

The St George Call · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 6

We are within a few weeks of a general election. This may well be called the “Promise Season” for the refrain of would-be politicians is…

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