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Politics & elections, 1927

2,970 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 149

Tas. Legislative Council Election

The Sun · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 3

Hobart, Wednesday.--In the Legislative Council election for a Hobart seat the retiring member, Mr. Thomas Murdoch, was opposed by Mr. Horace…

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Scraggy Field for Warringah Seat Labor's Candidate Selection on

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 5

FOLLOWING instructions from the State Executive of the A.L.P., the Warvingah Federal Electorate Council will meet at the Literary Institute…

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Candidate for Warringah Constitutional Club Selects Mr. T. V. Roborts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 26

The Warringah Constitutional Club has selected Mr. Thomas V. Roberts, of Mosman, as its candidate in the Warringah by-election…

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Why Grey Knight is Not a Big Steeple Candidate

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 6

Surprise was expressed when Grey Knight was not nominated for the £2000 Steeplechase to he run at the A.J.C. winter meeting. It has been learned that the gelding's trainer…

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Dining Hall at Parliament House, Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 14

WHERE THE OFFICIAL LUNCHEON WILL BE HELD AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY ON MONDAY…

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Warringah Election Fight Candidates Busy on the Hustings

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 17

Making out a case at the Warringah Hall, Neutral Bay, last night, against machine poltics, Mr. Scott Fell said that his principal objection was that…

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WARRINGAH. Election Campaign. Mr. Parkhill's Address

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 12

Mr Parkhill, speaking at Manly last night, said he had always been of opinion that the National party had three great objectives, namely:—(1) The maintenance of the…

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Preparing for Elections Country Party Appoints Three Organisers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 3

Arrangements for the systematic organisation of every portion of the State by the Country Party are well in hand. It was announced yesterday by the…

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Parliament House

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 11

The building at present designated the House of Parliament at Canberra, which will be opened by the Duke of York on Monday next, is not intended…

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Controlling Finance Parliament's Difficulty London

The Sun · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 7

Mr. Theodore Fink, the well-known Melbourne financier, contributes an illuminating article to the "Observer" on Canberra. He discusses the…

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Australia's Capital City the Inauguration of Parliament at Canberra a Great Historic Event

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 1

The formal-opening of the Commonwealth Parliament at Canberra is an event of supreme importance to the people of Australia. The fuel that…

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City Tatt's Election

Evening News · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 4

Mr. J. W. Kerz [?] has been elected a member of City Tettermall's Committee to [?] the [?] by the death of Mr. Robert [?]…

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1922 Senate Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 16

Mr. H. C. M. Garling, in a letter to the Editor, writes explaining the incidents connected with the selection of the National candidates for the Senate in 1922, and to which…

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Smart Track Gallops by Farm Candidates Bootlegger, Lauder and I.o.u. Go Well at Randwick Jumper's Fast Half Mile

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 2

MOST OF THE HORSES IN TRAINING at the present time are second-raters, but all the same the work at Randwick yesterday morning was full of interest. A NUMBER OF HORSES ENGAGED at Warwick Farm put up taking…

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First Steps. a Retrospect of the Federal Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 11

As one of the original members, I became personally acquainted with all the leading actors who figured in the first Federal Parliament. In 1900 the question of the Premiership…

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Ode in Celebration of the Opening of Federal Parliament House at Canberra

The Methodist · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 3

Fallen splendours not yet wove their mazy story: Egypt, deep Ind, nor subtle Sinim had come Fierce Asshur, Athens wise, nor superb Rome When the far-purposing Mother in travail bore…

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Commonwealth Parliament House, Canberra To be opened by the Duke of York, Monday, 9th May

The Methodist · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 1

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS opens the door, and then returns the key to the Prime Minister to be hung in Parliament House as a memento of the occasion. The Right Honourable the Prime Minister thereupon presents His Royal Highness with a souvenir key, and hands over the keys of Parliament House to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives…

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Seale Executive. Selects Warringah Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 15

Mr. A. J. Macpherson presided at the meeting of the Seale executive owing to the absence in Melbourne of Mr. W. H. Seale. It was decided to call nominations for…

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Warringah by Election

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 4

The fight for supremacy in the Warringan by-election has already begun but real enthusiasm has not yet been instilled in to the hearts of the people…

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A.l.p. Last Night. Warringah Seat Mr. O'gorman Selected League's Support Municipal Elections

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 5

Mr. A. A. O'Gorman was endorsed as the Labor candidate in the Warringah electorate by teh A.L.P. Executive last night…

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