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Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1925

3,661 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 184

Elections. Socialism. Premier's Warning. Growth of the Tiger Cub

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 9

"Frequent contemptuous references were made by Mr. Lang to the Socialist tigpr of the late Sir George Reid's time," said the premier (Sir George Fuller) yesterday, "Mr. Lang." he…

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Election Notes. Communists' Work. The Russian Example

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 8

The Communist issue in the election, has aroused a manifest interest. In response to inquiries addressed to the "Herald," the following notes on later stages of Communism…

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Two Killed Our First Election

The Sun · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 11

There was little reason to complain that electors did not take politics seriously in the good old days. In a despatch dated July 18, 1843,…

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How Much ? Cost of Elections OVER £600 a Member

The Sun · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 11

What does it cost the principal political organisations to run an election campaign? Ask the secretary of the National…

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Election Scandal Charges Against Labor Postal Ballot Papers Dubbo

The Sun · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 12

Serious allegations are made by the National organiser for Wammerawa (Mr. Hugh Campbell) in regard to the forthcoming elections…

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Fifty Pounds Who Will Win? Our Big Election Competition

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 8

ARE you a competitor in the "Labor Daily" Election Competition? Prizes to the amount of £50 have…

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Lists of Candidates

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 8

FROM numerous readers desirous of participating in our Election Competition, we have received requests that…

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What the Candidates Are Saying

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 6

"The Fuller Government is deliberately misrepresenting its action in abolishing the 44-hours system and establishing a longer working week…

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Election Campaign. -- Position in Murray and Wammerawa -- Inter-party Troubles Preference Exchanges Undertakings Broken Progressives' Unexpected Advice

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 5

A sensation was caused in political circles yesterday when it became known that the Progressive Party had apparently thrown overboard its promises in regard to preference to non-Socialist candidates…

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State Elections Absent Voters May Vote at any Polling Booth

The Land · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 13

It is not generally known that, though absent from the area for which he has been enrolled, an elector may vote in any electoral…

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Worth Taking Care Guide for Polling Day

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 7

What sort of Government the State will have for the next three years will depend upon what sort of votes go into the ballot-boxes on May 30--polling…

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Women in Parliament

The Land · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 11

At the present moment there is being held at Washington the quinquennial meeiting of the International Council of Women, an…

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From the Mines to Parliament Titles Abolisher

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 5

To start work in a mine when only of years of age; to work at his calling in Australia for some years; to be first an Alderman, next a…

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Our Future Parliament. To the Editor of the "Propeller."

The Propeller · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 5

Sir, -- The time for the State elections is now drawing to a close, and it behoves every elector to examine the character, capacity, and ideals of the…

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Election Campaign in St. George. Some of the Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 14

Thero are 20 candidates contesting the St. George electorate—seven Nationalists, five Labour, five Protestant Independent Labour, two Independents, and one Prohibitionist. Mr. J. G. D. Arkins, M.L.A., was one of the men from the Labour side who made up…

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Return a Communist Ginger Group! a Class Election Rally for Workers' Government Return Fighting Candidates

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 4

The issue of the election, behind all the smug phrases of the politcians, is the class war Nationalists, Progressives and Labor…

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The State Elections. Candidates Working Overtime. Progress of St. George

The Propeller · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 3

During the week Mr. Ley (Minister for Justice) said that, a glance at the big works carried out in St. George was indicative of what was going on in other…

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Parliament. Britis Affairs. Vote for Pensions. Empire Committee. LONDON, May 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 11

In the House of Commons to-day the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Churchill) announced that as a result of a series of conferences with various commercial interests,…

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Progressive Party Candidates

The Land · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 2

Colonel Bruxner needs no introduction to "Land" readers. His record is well known. He won great distinction as a soldier, was…

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Cessnock Racing Form of the Candidates

Arrow · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 3

Northern sportsmen will travel to Cessnock to-morrow. Six events are listed, and the nominations are better than usual…

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