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Politics & elections, 1927

2,970 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 149

Police Terror in Jugoslavia. Battered Victim Carried into Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 8

A horrible scene was enacted recently in the Jugo-Slav. Parliament. Owing to the "invisible censorship," it has hardly been mentioned in the British press. The…

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Elections. Nationalist Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 15

Mr. Doe, M.L.A. (Nationalist) will contest the Granville seat. Mr. H. T. Blacket has submitted his name for selection as the Nationalist candidate for…

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Mutch Party Split Miners Drive Wedge Industrial Swing of Labor Politicians Scurrying for Shelter "Solidarity" for the Election

Evening News · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 9

PRESSURE from the industrial wing of die Labor Movement, and particularly the Miners' Council, has had the effect of driving a wedge into the ranks of the anti-Lang Parliamentary noun…

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Grand National Candidates Coybeau and Lachlan Win at Flemington D. Wraight Rides Jumping Double Nepean and Zanzibar Make Race Records

Referee · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 5

Coybeau directed attention to his Grand National prospects by achieving a meritorious victory in the V.R.C. York Hurdle. He came from the ruck, and finished with rare dash. Lachlan again showed his…

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Candidates

The Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 14

Ald. Keith Bath, of the Manly Council, who was second on the poll at the last municipal elections, is amongst those offering for the Nationalist…

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Election Date

The Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 14

A meeting of Cabinet was held this morning. The principal business was to consider reports from the Chief…

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Winning the Elections

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 4

IF SOLIDARITY be good, then disunity and discord must be bad, and therefore it would be blind folly to disregard or underrate the danger of the present split in the A.L.P., but on the other hand it is equally foolish and dangerous to overrate the risks attached to the…

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Masonic Officers Election Last Night Mr. J. Goulston, G.m

Evening News · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 6

AT a largely attended meeting at the Masonic Hall last night, the following officers for the year 1927-28 were elected:—…

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"No Election" Cry Clinging to Office Will Lang Flout Governor? Mutch for Unity Conference Expressing Views to Rank and File

Evening News · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 13

RISING ABOVE the tumult and the shouting of the State Labor faction war is the cry, daily becoming louder and more pronounced: Will the Premier. Mr. Lang, dare to flout the Governor and…

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Council Houses. Unfit for Habitation. Proposed Repairs. Alleged Electioneering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 11

A further effort was made by Labour aldermen at the finance committee of the City Council yesterday to have £2100 expended in renovating houses in the…

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Elections. on the 1927 ROLLS. Premier's Intention

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 11

The State Cabinet decided yesterday that steps should be taken immediately to appoint returning officers for the forthcoming elections. No decision was reached as to the actual…

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Nationalists. Selecting Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 11

The National Association is taking immediate steps to select its candidates for the forthcoming elections. Nominations close for the metropolitan electorates to-morrow, at…

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Reform Association. Election Plans

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 11

Mr. Harold W. Elkin, secretary of the Nationalists' Reform Association of Australia, supplies a statement in which he says that Mr. Scott Fell's fight against machine-made…

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Nationalist Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 11

The doputy-leader of the Nationalist Parliamentary party (Mr. Ball) stated last night, that he had no intention of bargaining for either the Albury or Wagga seats. Some…

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Civic Employees. Leave Without Pay. Coming Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 12

Labour aldermen at the meeting of the finance committee yesterday supported a resolution by Alderman Roberts that City Council employees be granted leave without pay…

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The Coming State Election. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 10

Sir,—The necessity for impressing upon citizens the duty of seeing that their names are on the roll is becoming most urgent. The 1926 roll—upon which it is probable that the…

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Candidates

The Sun · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 14

Mr. A. E. Symons, who has submitted his name for Nationalist selection for Ashfield, is a Bachelor of Economics of Sydney University, and…

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To "Plump" or Not to "Plump?" Voting at the Elections Some Possibilities

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 4

Assuming an election to be held in August or earlier, under what system of voting will it take place? It is a question about which there is still…

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Plans for Elections C.P. and Nationalists Busy Closing Nominations

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 2

The National Association is taking steps to select its candidates for the forthcoming State elections as soon as possible…

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Election Date Changed

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 7

In deference to the wishes of prominent Jewish citizens and Rabbis of New Jersey, the date of the special election on…

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