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Politics & elections, 1927

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Water Board The Coming Election Candidates' Points

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 7

At Fairfield Council—Alderman T. Cheetham: I do not belong to any political organisation. A misleading circular has been sent…

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Dalley By-election. Nominations Closed. Two Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 14

Nomination of candidates to contest the Dalley by-election, in consequence of the re[?] signation of Mr. Mahony (Labour), closed with the Commonwealth Electoral Officer (Mr…

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Points in Parliament The Crime Wave Forlorn Fight of Opposition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 6

Crime! It was the first and '"livest" topic in the Assembly yesterday. The morning papers were full of it. No isolated or individual crime, but a State-wide…

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The Councils. Bill in Parliament. Adult Franchise. Rates Exemptions for Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 13

The granting of an adult franchise and the exemption from taxation of certain church properties, are two of the important provisions contained in the Local Government…

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Election of Officers Fairfield Chamber of Commerce

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 7

The annual meeting of Fairfield Chamber of Commerce was held in the local Protestant Hall on Thursday, February 10. The president Mr. Don. Campbell,…

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Water Board Candidate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 14

Alderman Tom Cheetham, the sitting member on the Water Board for No. 8 constituency, is a candidate for re-election. The election will be held on…

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Flocks and Herds Tick Control Election of the Board Arrangement for Ballot

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 10

The present Board of Tick Control will end on 23rd April, and the date of the election of new members has been fixed for 8th April…

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Dairy Produce the Board of Control Election in April

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 12

The Minister for Markets and Migration (Mr. Paterson) announced recently that the term of two years for which the producers'…

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Labour Losses. South African Elections. Capetown, Feb. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 13

The elections for the provincial councils, which are fought on the same voters' roll as for the Assembly elections, are progressing, and, while the duel between the Nationalists…

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Water Board Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 14

Thirty candidates have presented themselves for the eight seats on the Water Board. The voting closes at 4 p.m. on February 24 instant at the office of the secretary of the…

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St. George Hospital. Election of Officers

The Propeller · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 2

The a adjo[?]ed annual meeting of the St. George District Hospital was held on Monday last at the School of Arts, Kogarah, for the purpose of declaring the…

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Dalley By-election "An Outrage" Federal Finance Bleeding the States Theodore's Exposure

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 5

"An outrage." was the way in which Mr. Theodore, speaking last night st Forest Lodge, described the bruce-page Government's…

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Labor Setback South African Provincial Elections CAPETOWN

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 1

The elections for provincial councils were fought on the same voters' roll as for Assembly elections, and while the duel between the Nationalists and…

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Public Service Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 11

Nominations of candidates for election as divisional representatives on the boards of appeal for the third and fourth divisions of the Commonwealth…

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Dalley Election Nominations Close Voting Information

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 7

Walter Samuel Gee, barrister of 17 Pile Street, Sydney, and Edward Granville Theodore, secretary, of Bowen Terrace, Brisbane, were the only…

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Points in Parliament Endowment Bill Further Fighting

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 6

A strenuous week, spent mostly on child endowment, found the Assembly in captious and cantankerous mood yesterday. One of the victims of the prevailing malady was the…

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Canberra. Opening of Parliament. Prize for an Ode

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 14

In connection with the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament at Canberra by the Duke of York, we offer a prize of £25 for a commemorative ode. This important…

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In Parliament Navy "Blood Money" the Hall Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 8

The Hall case was again the subset of a question in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Mr. Lysaght said that the English…

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Parliament. From the Gallery. New Troubles for Mr. Dooley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 14

Mr. Dooley must have broken a looking glass, or annihilated a Chinaman, or spilled the salt, or looked into the tortured depths of eyes that act independently on different…

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Was It Legal? Election Op Hospital President Under-secretary's Reply to Mr Peek "Annual Meeting Should Elect President"

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 4

Relative to the election of the President of Nepean District Hospital on Monday evening, we have received the following correspondence:—…

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