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Politics & elections, 1925

3,661 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 184

W. Nulty a Labor Candidate for Murrumbidgee

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 7

Bill Nulty is one of the best known men in the Labor Movement in N.S.W. His Union record goes back forty years, and he is one of those who has suffered pains and…

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T. GRIFFITHS One of Labor's Candidates for Sturt

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 15

In his manifesto to the electors of Sturt, for whose suffrages he is asking, Mr. T. Griffiths states that he was initiated into the ranks of Unionism by…

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Candidates Repudiated. Action by Australian Clerical Association

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 18

At a meeting of the N.S.W. Branch of the Australian Clerical Association, held at the Trades Hall, Sydney, last night, a motion was carried repudiating 13…

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S. C. TAYLOR One of Labor's Candidates for Ryde

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 15

Stanley Cassin Taylor, one of the Labor candidates for Ryde, was born at Mudgee 28 years ago, and at 15 entered the public service. In his spare time he devoted…

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The Election Campaign: A Special Article

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 1

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The Elections. Party Meetings. Land Settlement. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 16

"Of this you can be certain; I am still the same country man, with the same country interests, and home ties, as when you sent me to Parliament in 1917," said Mr. Wearne…

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Labour Candidates. Repudiated by Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 16

At a meeting of the Federated Clerks' Union last night strong objection was taken to the attitude adopted by leaders and other prominent members of the State Labour…

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Public Service. Union's Questions. Ignored by Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 16

Keen resentment is felt among certain officials of the Federated Clerks' Union at the action of a number of the Labour candidates in refusing to answer a list of…

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Lost Its Dash Electioneering in the West is Tame Quiet Time for Politicians Bathurst

The Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 10

Bathurst has lost its political dash. Formerly a storm centre at election time, ever ready to give politicians a lively time, it is now indifferent. When Mr. Holman last spoke in the town a few years ago…

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A.r.u. Elections State Council and Australian Council

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 8

The following are the results of the annual elections, just completed, of the New South Wales State branch of the Australian Hallways Union. The…

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First Day of Newcastle Cup Meeting Rosebery Tips the Newcastle Mile Field in To-day's Big Race Likely Withdrawal of Early Favorite Upsets' Betting Market Form of Candidates Discussed" in Detail. Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 2

TO-MORROW'S NEWCASTLE MILE looks more open than on any other occasion, any one of a half-dozen, horses being equally prominent. A MILD SENSATION" was caused yesterday morning when Fair…

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Repudiated Labor Candidates Clerks Union's Action

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 1

Because they did not satisfactorily answer various questions put to them in a circular issued by the Federated Clerks' Union, 17 selected candidates…

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Repudiated 16 A.l.p. Candidates Clerks' Union Angry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 9

The Federated Clerks' Union last night, at a general meeting, officially repudiated 16 selected Labor candidates, members of the union,…

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Election Campaign Dr. Earle Page Speaks Financial Comparisons

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 9

"If this is what Labor can do--not merely double the rate of borrowing, but also double the rate of taxation at the same time--one can easily forecast that they will do even better than that in the way of increasing…

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R. D. Meagher and Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 16

"Nomis" writes:—When the nominations closed recently, for the first time in thirty years the name of Richard Denis Meagher…

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Education System in Canada. Independent Labour Candidate for Botany

The Catholic Press · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 30

With Dr. Fallon on the Education Question: with Labour on everything else. Against the Nationalists on all things. In New South Wales we have a public…

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The General Elections. Campaign Notes

The Catholic Press · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 21

The Premier's Lament. The burden of the Premier's song at Wellington was: What does it matter if the cost of living is high; if combines fix the…

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State Elections There are but Two Parties—Loyalists and Anti-Loyalists

Watchman · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 4

Render to the King that which is his, and thereby suppress disloyalty. Party issues are entangled as only political theories can be. The time has arrived when we need to strip bare every wrapping around the several policies, and, reviewing them, reach a decision as to which of the various parties stand…

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P.i.l. Candidates

Watchman · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 6

Born in Scotland about 50 years ago, a native of the county town of Forfar, he commenced his education in the Public School, but soon advanced, and…

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Brief Particulars of Career of Fredk. Wm. Armstrong J P. Candidate—western Suburbs. Protestant Independent Labor Party

Watchman · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 5

Born at Tea Gardens, Port Stephens, N.S.W. Still in his thirties. Most of his life spent in Balmain, the Into John Storey's…

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