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Politics & elections, 1925

3,661 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 184

Next Parliament Likely New Faces Among Labor Gains

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 6

Dr, h. V. Evatt, M. V .D., is one of the youngest men in the present Parliament. He started at the New South Wales Bar a short time ago and…

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Kay's Posters An Election Aftermath

Evening News · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 8

The election campaign was mentioned at North Sydney Court to-day, when Alick Dudley Kay, a candidate for North Shore, and his organiser,…

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The Election

Evening News · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 6

Though before the election the leaders of all the parties expressed their confidence of victory, some of the shrewder students of political "form"…

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At the Booths. Election Scenes. Busy Day for Motor Cars. Confused Voters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 12

To some people election day means nothing. A larger section records its vote in a businesslike manner and leaves the booth immediately, wearing a "duty-done"…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, June 1, 1925. the Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 10

At the present stage of counting it looks as though the Government has lost six seats and Labour has gained them. In many country electorates there are a few…

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Tasmania. Election Campaign. the Chief Issues. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 17

Greater interest is being shown in the State elections as the date of the poll approaches, although with one or two exceptions candidates' meetings have been poorly…

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An Inconclusive Election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 6

The latest election returns to hand disclose a position that can be regarded as satisfactory by no one. As the count proceeds it may alter somewhat for the better or for the worse. At present the figures point to the probability of a practical…

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Car Smash Pour Injured Election Night Mishap

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 8

When a motor car crashed into a verandah post in Bourke Street, Surry Hills, on Saturday night, four men were injured…

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The New Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 6

The practical question emerging from Saturday's still mixed-up voting returns is the minimum number of seats which either party must have to hold the reins of power in the new Parliament…

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No Change in the Election: Waiting on the Postal Votes Some Days Must Elapse Before Quotas Are Known To-day's Figures Show Little Alteration Fleet Arrangements Held Up

Evening News · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 1

THERE has been no change in the political situation, and it is likely to be some days before anything definite is known regarding what are considered as doubtful seats, Officials at the Chief Electoral Office are still busy to-day with such…

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Police on the Track Election Forgeries Blue Circular

Evening News · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 11

Mr Carey, secretary of the A.L.P., stated to-day that he had received the following letter from the Chief Electoral Officer, Mr. E…

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Labor's Hopes in Tasmania Elections To-morrow Opponents Divided Hobart

Evening News · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 8

NO fewer than 74 candidates have nominated for the State elections, which take place to-morrow. Labor has 30 candidates in the field…

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Election Lessons

Evening News · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 6

However the doubtful seats may go, there can be no gainsaying the fact that Saturday's election was a Labor victory. Some circumstances…

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The Elections Right to Vote

Evening News · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 6

THE question as to which electors will be allowed to record their voles at the polling booths open on Saturday next is a difficult one to answer off-hand…

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New Power-house. "Full Steam Ahead." Result of the Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 10

The electricity supply committee yesterday directed Mr. Mackay to make all possible expedition with the preliminary plans for the erection of the second City…

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Financial. Election Effects on Finance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 11

Election results were much canvassed in financial circles yesterday. Uncertainty as to the state of parties was recognised, but that Labour had made gains was regarded…

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Weights and Acceptances - - Q'ld. and N.s.w. Again Warwick Farm Double How Saturday's Candidates Are Estimated Many Horses in Shorter, Race Coupled with Strongbow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 2

"EVERYBODY WANTS A DOUBLE ENDING with Strongbox," remarked one of Sydney's leading bookmakers yesterday. HE WAS DISCUSSING Saturday's races at Warwick Farm, and expressed the opinion that the Sefton Handicap 'would be one of…

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Some Election Gossip Talk of Single Seats Could Labor Secure a Speaker?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 1

State Ministers were sitting in their offices yesterday, attending to the odds and ends of departmental work, and wondering what…

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Election Issue Still Uncertain Figures Little Changed Yesterday What Some of the Leaders Say

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 1

There was little material change in voting figures yesterday. The number of new returns counted was negligible, and there is not likely to be any cardinal development for a day or two, until all the absent votes…

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