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Politics & elections, 1927

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Political History of Australia Cunning of the Squatters-- They Hire a British Member of Parliament-- Victory of the Squatters-- Wentworth's Chinese and Boyd's Kanakas-- Disappearance of the Notorious Ben Boyd CHAPTER L. the Squatters Agents

The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 10

Some further attention must here given to the rise of the squatting class: for their vast possessions, great wealth and political power constitute…

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Parliament Wastes Valuable Time

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 March 1927 · page 4

In a feverish anxiety to reach the haven of recess, the State Government is forgetting some of its most earnest promises. The only real justification for having convened the present session was contained in the urgency of several of…

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For Canberra Federal Parliament Members Leave Thursday Last Days in Melbourne Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 20 March 1927 · page 5

Melbourne will cease to be the home of the Federal Parliament next Thursday. It is expected that the last sitting…

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Sydney Cup Candidates Form at Moonee Valley Imitator Finished Second in Chief Race MELBOURNE

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 March 1927 · page 9

Several Doncaster Handicap and Sydney Cup candidates performed at Moonee Valley to-day, and, though none of them was successful, there were one or two outstanding efforts. Imitator, with 7.5, or 31b more than his Randwick weight, ran a very close second in the Mooneo…

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Sydney Cup Candidate Cumerlong Wins Well. Victory Long Overdue

Truth · Sunday 20 March 1927 · page 2

IT has taken Cumerlong a long time to win a race, but he made no mistake in the first division of the Park Stakes at Hawkesbury yesterday. He won very easily and, though Lauder had his Backers rooting half a furlong from home…

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Meatheringham Had No Gas Helmet. Stink Bomb Hurled. in the Domain. Some for Parliament

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 4

Harry Meatheringham floundered in some of his own back wash in the Domain yesterday afternoon. In the middle of an attack on…

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Victorian Elections Welbourne

Evening News · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 7

Five pa[?], well contest the State elections on April [?], NOminations closed to day [?] contested [?]…

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Cessnock Council Election. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 12

The first election of the Cessnock Municipal Council was held yesterday, and the poll was declared at an early hour this morning. Twenty-three candidates contested the seats…

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New Basic Wage No Solution of Endowment Deadlock Parliament to Decide

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 1

A compromise was reached on the fixation of a new basic wage at the conference of "managers'' of both Houses of Parliament, which terminated yesterday. No solution of the deadlock which arose over the…

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Unwelcome Guest. By-election Ruction London

Evening News · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 1

ATTEMPTING to speak on behalf of Dr. L Haden Guest at the South-wark by-election to-night. Mrs.Pank-hurst met with a hostile reception and…

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Shire By-election. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 12

At an election in the Hume Shire on Saturday to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Cr. T. Wilson, the voting resulted:— W. F. Leahy, 143; L. W. Drew, 60…

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Sayings and Doings in All Sports Australian Rules League's Annual Meeting Election of Officials

The Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 4

The annual meeting of the New South Wales (Australian Rules) League was held at the Sports Club, Hunter-street, last night. The election of officials for the…

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Parliament to Sit at Night

Evening News · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 1

THE Premier, Mr. Lang foreshadowed in the Legislative Assembly to-day a motion suspending the Standing Orders to…

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Parliament. From the Gallery. This Interminable Session

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 14

Poople whose business it is to pretend an understanding of the things that go on in Parliament are beginning to have a shrewd suspicion that this session will never end…

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Unemployed. Attempt to See Premier. at Parliament House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 20

The unemployed made an unsuccessful attempt to interview the Premier (Mr. Lang) at Parliament House yesterday. In the morning they held a demonstration in…

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In the Federal Parliament Public Servants and Child Endowment

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 20

When Federal Parliament resumed last Week Attorney-General Latham presented the report of the Australian delegation to the last Assembly of the League…

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In the Australian Parliament. Whet Labor Members are Saying

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 4

"I wish to express my objection to Dr. Argyle, a member of the Victorian Government, going to the United States of America to beg money from the rich…

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Points in Parliament Endowment Moves New and Old Bills

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 8

Except that they had no satchels or shining morning faces, Assembly members were in the position yesterday of the boy "dragged unwillingly" to school. They did not want…

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Melbourne Turf Waranton's Form Doncaster Candidate Great Weight Carrier Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 2

FEW horses claim so striking a record as the [?] year-old [?]elding Waranton, which will leave for Sydney on Saturday to run in the…

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WARWICKSHIRE'S 20 TO 1 Moonee Valley Win King Osric, Pulkami, and Vagrant Score E. J. O'Dwyer Trains Winning Double : Doncaster and Sydney Cup Candidates Appear

Referee · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 5

Warwickshire, starting at 20 to 1, gained a narrow victory over the Sydney Cup candidate, Imitator, in the Moonce Ponds Handicap. It was Warwickshire's first success since he won the Hopetoun Cup about 15 months ago…

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