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Politics & elections, 1928

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Doncaster Candidate Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 6

C[?] a [?] for the [?] Handicap. left for Sydney to-day. He was accompanied on the train by the two-year-old [?] and [?]. All three [?]…

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Riverina. Labour Candidate. Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 14

A meeting of delegates from various parts of Riverina electorate last evening decided to form an electorate council to organise on behalf of the Labour candidate. It was…

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West Sydney. Ballot Scandal. Another Candidate Protests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 17

There was a further development in the West Sydney Labour ballot scandal yesterday, when a second candidate, Mr. A. J. Ward, secretary of the Clebe Labour League and…

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Light on the Dongaster? Killarney May Account for More Fancied Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 37

Phosphates, Greenie, and Cadenza are only three candidates for the first division of the Railway Handicap at Rosehill this afternoon who are not…

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Junee Council. Labour Candidates Defeated. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1928 · page 12

Elections to fill the extraordinary vacancies in the Junee Municipal Council took place yesterday, and resulted as follows:—Ronald Cuttle. 302; John Dominic Purcell, 225; James…

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Federal Poll End of the Year? Life of Parliament

The Sun · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 2

In an address to Bondi Nationalists last night, Mr. Walter Marks, after describing Mr. Bruce as "a great statesman…

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Visitors' Day at Parliament House, Canberra

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 26

Canberra, the Federal Capital, is one of the principal sights of Australia, and Parliament House is the centre, the [?] of Canberra. A trip to Canberra is now prominent in the touring plans of motorists, for a city of splendid buildings, a model city in course of construction, is a novelty. Canberra, lying in a lovely basin in the beautiful southern country, can be reached by various pleasant routes, one of which is the coastal and southern, via National Park and Bulli Pass (or Bald Hill), through Wollongong, Albion Park, and up the Macquarie Pass to the unrivalled landscape around Robertson. Then the second day, on to Canberra. A motorist wanting a one-day run of about 200 miles from Sydney take the main southern road through Goulburn. Inset in the picture is Capital Hill, the site for the permanent Parliament House…

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Federal Parliament Government and Taxation Frauds

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 18

In the Federal Parliament last Thursday Labor Member Brennan launched a motion censuring the Government for its action in relation to the taxation evasions…

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Sale of Commonwealth Steamers. Parliament not to be Consulted

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 5

In the Federal Parliament last Friday Labor Leader Charlton asked if Parliament would be given an opportunity of discussing the tenders received for the…

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Housewives Arise Parliament Invaded Huge Deputation Trading Coupon System

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 11

To ask the Minister for Justice, Mr. Lee not to Interfere with the trading coupon system, a huge deputation of traders and…

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In the Australian Parliament What Federal Labor Members Are Saying

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 4

"It is useless for Minister's to quote statistics or advance academic arguments in an endeavor to prove that Australian industries are already adequately protected…

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From the Gallery. Federal Parliament. (From Our Special Representative.) Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 14

That Easter feeling has invaded the House. It softens, with the promise of a brief respite, the thousand and one discomforts which infest us at the moment. Everything is…

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Outrage and Violence Stalk Streets of Chicago Houses Bombed Martial Law May Rule Election Primary Chicago

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 1

Chicago is in the throes of a Presidential Primary Campaign, which has been marked by more turmoil and outrages, than anything ever seen in this city Martial Law may be declared. Last night two…

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State Xiii. Will Be Stronger Than Last Year Brilliant Set of Forwards Many Test Candidates

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 3

DESPITE the the loss of that old tactician, "Smacker" Blair, and Frank O'Rourke. New South Wales promises to field a much…

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From the Gallery. Fedral Parliament. (From Our Special Representative.) Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 10

Mr. Parsons comes from Angus, in South Australia. He makes you wonder what sort of people live there. Either they don't go to election meetings or they have an exquisite…

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Alf Smith's Rise. Life of a Democratic Candidate

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 6

To attempt to write the life of one who has been in the public eye but a short time past is a dangerous task, for not only has such a one been well known to…

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The Turf. Tattersall's Club. Two Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 14

Since Mr. M. J. Kinnane announced his retirement from Tattersall's Club committee great interest was shown by members regarding his probable successor. At one stage…

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For Senate Nationalist Selections Eleven Candidates

The Sun · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 15

The selection of Nationalist Senate candidates will be decided, probably by noon to-morrow. Two candidates are wanted and…

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West Sydney Ballot One of the Candidates Makes Charges

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 7

The disputes committee of the A.L.P. will hear the protests to-night of the three unsuccessful candidates in the West Sydney ballot…

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Gifts to Parliament. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 18

Gifts have been made to the Federal Parliamentary Library by Mr. Gullett, M.P., and the Clerk of the House of Representatives (Mr. E. W. Parkes). Mr. Gullett's gift is…

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