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Politics & elections, 1925

3,661 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 184

Tasmania. General Election. Progress Returns. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 11

The counting of the postal and absent votes proceeded to-day. The party position remains very much as it stood when the counting of the first preferences was concluded at…

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VICTORIA. Legislative Council. Triennial Election. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 12

Polling for the triennial elections for the Legislative Council of Victoria took place to-day, and was reported at all centres to be quiet. Of the 17 members who retired,…

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Tasmania. Election Excitement Hobart, May 24

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 1

We over in Tasmania are at present in the throes of two very important struggles—the election campaign and the unemployed agitation…

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After the N.S.W. Elections

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 2

We congratulate the Labor Party on its splendid victory. Fullerism Discredited. The workers have left Fullerism and have…

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Fight for St. George Late Election Figures Favor Government Levy's Struggle in Sydney Labor's Hopes of Second Seat in Ryde Seem Hopeless

The Sun · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 9

The latest election figures do not alter Labor's position, as staled in "The Sun" yesterday. Labor still seems assured of 44 seats, plus Mr. Skelton, Protestant Labor. Soon it should be decided, however, whether the party's expectation of getting an additional seat each in Sydney and St. George will be realised…

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Bitten by Dog. Candidate's Misfortune

The Propeller · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 4

Mr. George Cann, M.L.A., whose seat in St. George is uncertain, is just now nursing a poisoned left hand, the result of dog-bite. He was motoring on…

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The State Elections. Result of the Poll

The Propeller · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 3

Polling in St. George went on very quietly last Saturday. All the candidates and their supporters were busy all day, but, notwithstanding this fact,…

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Two Wise Women at 109 and 103 Years Faithful to Party Voted at Election

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 4

LIKE the three wise men who on one 4 memorable occasion came out of the Just on important business, two women, very old in years . and of great…

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Labor Tops the Poll Vic. Council. Elecions Only One Candidate Preferences May Beat Him. Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 1

"POLLING in connection with the Legislative Council elections was conducted to-day quietly in most of the electorates…

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The Tasmanian Elections Close Finish Predicted Count Still in Progress Hobart

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 1

The Tasmanian elections are not yet. conclusive. The electoral officials, are now dealing with the postal and absent votes…

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Victorian Elections for Legislative Council Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 1

Seventeen members of the Victorian Legislative Council having retired and nine having been returned unopposed, the remaining eight contests were held…

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Election Cross Currents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 6

With the local railway, Ne Temere, the forty-four hour week, the pooling of Australian loans, the lodger vote, and a host of similarly diversified questions at issue, aud a million electors divided into ninety groups, each having to find one…

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"Not the Only [?]oats" an Electioneering Incident

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 7

Mr. A. G. Manning, M.P., had some amusing experiences during the election campaign. Perhaps the most amusing was at Wyalong, where he…

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The Election the Poll in Penrith

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 2

The man who yearns for excitement in elections these days, and talks of the "good old times," when Sammy Lees and T. R. Smith were in the field,…

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Candidate for Parramatta

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Jones, of Penrith, was an independent Labor candidate for Parramatta. He scored 451 first preferences…

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North Shore Election

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 4

Mr. Alf. Reid, formerly of Penrith, was one of the National candidates for North Shore, and his election appears certain. He is running fourth,…

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Election Results by Wireless

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 4

A large crowd gathered in front of Mr. A. C. Upton's shop, High Street, on Saturday evening to receive the broadcast results of the election. Mr…

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Grand National Fancied Candidate South Australian Performer Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 2

South Australian hotels have always played a big part in the disposal of the V.R.C. Grand National Hardle Race. Another well-performed horse from the…

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Election Meeting Interrupted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 10

At the Central Police Court yesterday, William James, aged 52, charged with having acted in a disorderly manner at an election meeting at Coogee on May 29, pleaded guilty, and was third £1, in default…

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Two to One Labor Man's Good Fight Vic. Elections Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 1

Frank Clark (Lib.) President of the Legislative Council, defeated Mr. R. V. Keane, the Labor…

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