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Politics & elections, 1926

1,889 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 95

Parliament. From the Gallery. a Day of Questions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 14

Parliament was uncommonly decorous and dull yesterday. The meagre business paper provided nothing on which members could hang those demonstrations Which look so…

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Parliament Death Penalty Abolition Query Labor Wants Notice

Evening News · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 12

IN the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Attorney-General, Mr. M'Tiernan, asked Mr. Thee-Hill to give notice of a question as…

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Riotous Scenes. in Prussian Parliament. London, Oct. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 15

Riotous scenes occurred in the Prussian Diet during discussion of the compromise bill concerning disposal of the Hohenzollerns' property. Communist members, resenting a…

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Points in Parliament Members and Railway Commissioners Veiled Attacks

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 8

Meeting for business yesterday, after an adjournment of nearly a fortnight, the Assembly saw a meagre bill-of-fare in front of it. There were two notices of motion…

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PARLIAMENT Price of Timber Borrowing in U.S.A.

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 7

The Legislative Assembly exhausted all the business before it at yesterday's sitting in an hour and three-quarters…

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Home Building Master Builder Foster's Striking Speech in New South Wales State Parliament

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 8

In Great Britain they found it was essential to build houses. They found that the housing problem could be solved only by means of the building of houses. In England they…

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Threw Things and Said Things and Was Carried Out Scene in Parliament Berlin

The Sun · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 1

When the Hohenzollern Settlement Bill was read a second time in the Prussian Diet, the Communists called the Hohenzollerns a gang of criminals,…

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Victorian Labor News Election Outlook

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 5

THE joint election committee from the A.L.P. Central Executive and the Parliamentary Labor Party ia proceeding with its campaigning in the electorates, on…

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Ballina Council Election. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 16

Considerable interest was taken in the election on Saturday brought about by the resignation of the whole council as a result of the acceptance by the Mayor (Alderman…

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Prospects for Second Day at Caulfield May Shed More Light on Caulfield Cup Thirteen Candidates for Big Race in Coongy Handicap Bravado Has Best Chance Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 2

ONLY ONE SYDNEY HORSE is engaged to-morrow on the second day of the Caulfield Cup meeting, and he is held in great respect. THIS IS IMPORTED BRAVADO. who is sure to start one of most fancied Horace in the Coongy Handicap…

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PARLIAMENT Safety of Mines Bill Introduced

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 October 1926 · page 5

The most important of several bills introduced in the. Legislative Assembly yesterday was one concerning the safety of coal-mines…

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Parliament. From the Gallery. a Tame Business Paper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 October 1926 · page 8

The House is spoiling for a fight. Like gladiators trained and fed for the combat and then turned into nursemaids or something innocuously gentle, members are unhappy with…

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Points in Parliament Minister and Auditor-General Sweeping Attack

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 October 1926 · page 4

De Quincy wrote an ingenious essay on "Murder as a Fine Art," and another theorist, Whistler, discoursed on tho Gentle Art of Making Enemies. No one has yet done…

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Parliament Has Busy Day Many Important Measures Australian-made Preference Policy Is Advanced Coalmines Regulation Court

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 October 1926 · page 5

PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM is expressed in a measure introduced in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. The Bill provides for certain preference to Australian manufactures by Local Government bodies. Other important proposed legislation dealt…

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Annual Hibernian Parliament Delegates from all Parts of the State Meet in Conference Annual Report Shows Numerical and Financial Progress

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 14 October 1926 · page 17

FROM all parts of the State delegates to the 46th Annual Conference of the Hibernian A.C.B. Society assembled in the Australian Hall,…

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Rural Affairs. Questions in Parliament

The Land · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, replying to Messrs. Murray and Kilpatrick, the Minister for Labour and Industry said that a…

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Petty Thieving Protest in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 7

The debate on the second reading of the Second-hand Dealers and Collectors (Amendment) Act, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, brought…

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In Parliament Mr. Kay's Value Many Questions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 5

The respective values of Mr. Kay, of the Meat Board, and Dr. Morris, Director of Maternal and Infant Welfare, formed the…

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Parliament. From the Gallery. First Bill Through

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 10

After sitting for three weeks Parliament yesterday passed the committee stage of a bill. True, it is a small bill, a very modest mouse for so much labouring, but the rewards…

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Points in Parliament Instruction To Councils Strong Opposition Protests

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 6

"It doesn't matter what we say, so long as we all say the same thing.'' Thus, with characteristic shrewdness, Lord Melbourne defined the duty of a Cabinet. Probably, in…

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