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Politics & elections, 1926

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A. J. C. Candidates on the Tracks-- Selections and Acceptances for Randwick and Victoria Park- --Country Tennis Challenge Trials Fast Times by Favorites Irish Prince Impresses

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 8

The most important lesson to be learned from the gallops at Randwick yesterday morning is that the candidates most prominent in the betting on the Challenge Stakes and Anniversary Handicap are well enough to…

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Dissolve Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 6

Sir,--Re the paragraph in your issue, January 22, 1926, under the caption, "Public Protest," you state that--"A move to organise a public protest…

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Question in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 15

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Minister for Mines, in reply to Messrs. Murray and Booth, said he would consult with the Premier at once to see if a sum…

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Parliament. From the Gallery. Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 14

For the moment the Legislative Assembly must be content with a place of secondary importance in the public eye. Its momentous battle is over, and it rests, listening to the…

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South Africa. Union Parliament. Vital Problems. Capetown, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 15

The Governor-General, the Earl of Athlone, at the opening of the Union Parliament, said it was pleasing to note an improvement in the general conditions in the Union, and the…

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State Parliament. To Be Prorogued. Abolition Bill Debate Adjourned. Another Session Within a Fortnight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 15

The present session of the State Parliament is to be prorogued on Monday. It is understood that a special session will be called within a fortnight, when the Single Seats Bill and the measure to abolish…

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Upper House Struggle Two of Them Now Feverish Search for Missing M's.l.c. Another Rebuff to Govt. Parliament to Be Prorogued

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 1

THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT in connection with the fight to abolish the Legislative Council is the decision of the Government to prorogue Parliament. A meeting of the State Cabinet decided upon this course last night, after…

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Extraordinary Election

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 4

Mr A. Cameron has been chosen by the Penrith Reform Party as a candidate to contest the vacancy in the Penrith Council. At the December…

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Upper House. Candidate's Eligibility. Mr. Trautwein's Position

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 15

The dispute regarding the eligibility of Mr. T. C. Tramtwein, the well-known horse-owner, to nominate for appointment to the Upper House, was advanced a further stage at the…

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Union Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 12

The annual election of office-bearers of the Trades and Labour Council has resulted as follows:—President, Mr. J. Beasley (unopposed); secretary. Mr. J. S. Garden (unopposed);…

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Queensland Letter. Where Tories Fail Lessons of By-election Brisbane Civic Chaos

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 7

A VICTORY for Labor was the outcome of the by-elecations for the Chillagoe and Eacham seats. The Country Progressive party…

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Labor Council Garden's Re-election

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 9

Mr. J. S. Garden has been re-elected as secretary of the Trades and Labor Council for 1926. J. Beasley has again been chosen as president…

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One People—One Parliament

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 January 1926 · page 4

It is just 80 years since Governor Fitzroy, wiser than his generation, enunciated: "There are questions which affect Australia collectively, the regulation of which in some…

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AIRCRAFT U.S.A. Parliament Decides 9,000,000 Dollars Reduction WASHINGTON

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 January 1926 · page 2

The House of Representatives on Friday eliminated from the Navy Departments Appropriation Bill approximately 9,000,000 dollars for new aircraft…

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Bruce Says "Go Ahead and Abolish State Houses." One Parliament. in Place of Seven. Present Chaos Must Cease. What Will Labour Do?

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 January 1926 · page 5

Last Sunday, in a leading article entitled "Unification of Australia," the "Sunday Times" enunciated the opinion that the time is ripe for the abolition of tho Stale Parliaments. In to-day lender, under the heading "One Peoplo—One Parliament…

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Tibbie by a Small Margin Sir Adrian Knox Stakes Candidate Succeeds

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1926 · page 2

TIBBIE'S win in the Three-Year-Old Handicap at Randwick yesterday was a good effort, and one which will, no doubt, endear her chances in the Sir Adrian Knox Stakes on Tuesday to a large proportion of backers…

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Eden Monaro Seat Nationalists Prepare Polling on March 6

The Sun · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 9

Nationalists are preparing for the election for the Eden-Monaro Federal seat rendered vacant by the death of Sir Austin Chapman. The election will…

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In Doubt Ministry Despondent Abolition Bill Parliament Prorogued

The Sun · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 7

The State Cabinet to-day decided to prorogue Parliament till February 9, when the Legislative Council Abolition Bill will be re-submitted…

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Hospital Election

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 4

Rev. W. Cleugh Black, vice-president of the Auburn District Hospital, says that the report that he is leading a team of candidates at the hospital election on…

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Prorogued. State Parliament. Appointments Sought. to Upper House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 7

The State Parliament will be prorogued until Tuesday, February 9. The Cabinet arrived at this decision yesterday, and subsequently a proclamation was…

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