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Politics & elections, 1925

3,661 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 184

Election Campaign in Eastern Suburbs. Some of the Candidates. Nationalist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 12

Mr. H. Goldstein, M.L.A., was born in London, but his school and bustnes life have been spent in Sydney, where he has made a success of everything he has touched. He…

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The General Elections. Campaign Notes

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 25

Smith to Perdrian. "Smith's Weekly" says that Perdriau will win the Byron seat "if ho endorses the Protestant Defence Association's…

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The Elections Speaker Seeks a Ninth Life

Evening News · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 10

"EVERY worker should arrive to become a capitalist. Discourage this talk about industrial revolution and the overthrow of capitalism…

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TASMANIA. Elections in June. Anti-labour Forces. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 10

There are 74 candidates for the 40 seats in the House of Assembly. Nominations in connection with the general election, to take place on Wednesday, June 3, closod to-day…

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The Elections. Party Meetings. North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 10

The selected Nationalist candidates for North Sydney opened their campaign at meetings hold at the Protestant Hall, Crow's Nest, and the Anzac Memorial Hall, Mosman. Mr…

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Ryde. Protestant Nationalist Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 10

Mr. Cecil Brierley, Protestant Nationalist candidate for Ryde, opened his campaign at Fivedock. It was amusing, said Mr. Brierley, that when any appointment…

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No Split Votes Communists Withdraw French Civic Elections London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 11

The Communists are withdrawing their candidates from the second ballot in connection with the French municipal elections, in order to…

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Holiday for Fleet Decision After Elections

The Sun · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 12

Will July 23, the day on which the American F[?] Sydney, be a public holiday? This question, is being asked, by…

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The Shadow Charlton and Theodore Candidates Hobbies

The Sun · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 10

The intrusion of Mr. Theodore into the election campaign has been seized upon by Nationalist and Progressive candidates to hold up Queensland as…

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What the Candidates Are Saying

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 5

"We have had a ghastly experience of what Fullerism and Nationalism can do to the community generally. We know that the career of the…

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Election Campaign Notes Bavin v. Theodore That Queensland Judgeship Some Hard Hitting

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 5

Yesterday the campaign began to feel the effect of Mr. Theodore's presence, and the most important feature of the day was an attack…

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Election Campaign in North Shore. Some of the Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 14

There are 16 candidates contesting North Shore, made up of five Nationalists, five Labour, five Independents, and a Protestant Labourite. On this occasion Mr. R. W. D. Weaver (Nationalist) is not seeking re-election. At the last election Sir Arthur Cooks was returned as one of the Nationalists. He resigned early this year, and Mr. A. A. E. E. V. Reid was sworn in as his successor…

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Election Pledges Feared Are Labor Candidates All to be Tied by Lang?

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 3

Mr. Lang announces with a thump that the Labor Party is going to fight “on nothing less and nothing more” than his precious Policy Speech…

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The State Elections. Coalitionist Campaign. Candidates Appeal to Electors

The Propeller · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 3

The St. George National-Progressive, Coalition candidates opened their campaign on the 30th ult., when meetings were held in the Masonic Hall…

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Progressive Party Candidates

The Land · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 7

Thomas Bertham Foyster was born at Mudgee in 1895. His father was engaged in wheat-farming near Wellington. Several years ago he…

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Leger Candidate Sold. London, May 1

The Land · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 14

Mr. E. A. Connolly, the Wellknown Melbourne sportsman, has purchased at Newmarket the St. Leger candidate Karagan for 2100gs…

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Election Posters

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

Provided that the conditions meet with the approval of the health inspector (Mr. T. Bleasdale) the municipal authorities have decided to raise no objection to the…

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The National-progressive Coalition Candidates

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 17

MR. W.R. FITZSIMONS, M.L.A. Mr. W. R. Fitzsimons, M.L.A., was one of the makers of the North Shore Line suburbs. For more than twenty years he…

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How to Vote What the Candidates Say

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 18

Alderman George E. Folkard: "In asking you to vote No. 1 Folkard and No. 2 Bruntnell, I do not make the request in the light of…

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National Candidates

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 7

The three National Candidates, Messrs. W. R. Fitzsimons, Bruce Walker, and Major Shand, assisted by Mr. Boyce, M.L.C., addressed a small but appreciative…

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