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Politics & elections, 1928

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Compulsory Voting at Council Elections

Evening News · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 12

ROCKDALE Council has forwarded a letter to the Minuter for Local Government, urging the provision of compulsory voting at the municipal [?] in December…

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Breeders' Plate Candidate

Referee · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 7

Comanche, a two-year-old brown colt by The Verderer-Forest Bund, being prepared by D. Lewis for the early Spring juvenile races…

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Highland Defeats W.F.A. Field Mile Record for Course at Williamstown Two Finish in Exciting Steeplechase: Bandoeng Beats Sprinters: Spring Candidates

Referee · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 5

Highland's was the outstanding performance at Williamstown on Saturday, when he beat a very strong field at weight-for-age over a mile. The former Queenslander established a new record (1.39) for a mite for the course…

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Hamilton By-election. Labor Campaign in Fall Swing

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 8

The Labor campaign in the Hamilton (N.S.W.) electorate is now in full swing, and the by-election is set down for next Saturday, when it is expected that Labor…

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Queensland Senate Team. Selected Labor Candidates

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 7

The Queensland selected Labor candidates for the Senate in the forthcoming Federal elections have been officially announced as follow: J. V. McDonald, G…

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Why Labor Loses Elections. The Editor

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 6

Sir,—I congratulate you for those splendid articles dealing with the Red menace to Australian Labor appearing in "The Worker" from time to time. It is…

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Federal Elections. Nationalist Nominations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 19

Nominations from candidates to contest the Federal electorates of West Sydney, Cook, Hunter, Dalley, and Darling in the National interest, will close with the general…

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Dr. Tomlinson. Nationalist Candidate for Reid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 16

Dr George Tomlinson, who has been selected as the Nationalist candidate for the Reid electorate, received his early education in Sydney. In addition to his degrees in…

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Spring Candidates Charlot for Sydney Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 17

The Caulfield Cup candidate Serbury and the imported horse Network have arrived at Caulfield from Adelaide…

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Elections November 17 Budget To-morrow Labor May Obstruct Canberra

The Sun · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 13

Nationalist and Country Party members, at separate meetings of the parties this morning, discussed the question of a November…

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Whirlwind of Talk Canberra Ready To-day's Opening Bruce Stages Tricks for Elections Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 1

LEGISLATORS have come out of their winter quarters and are concentrating here for the last session of this Parliament, It promises to be…

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Dancing for Charity Card Party to Assist Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 24

IN support of Miss Valerie and Mr. Jack Mason, candidates for Randwick, Coogee, and Kensington in "The Sun" "Daily Telegraph Pictorial" Popular…

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Federal Parliament Meets Sits Only 15 Minutes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday. -- The House of Representatives met for only a quarter of an hour to-day. After the new member for Martin…

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Co-partnership in Colliery --- Tasmanian Parliament Meets

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 8

PRELIMINARY to taking over the Balmain Colliery as a co-operative enterprise, workmen interested did a little surface "clearing-up" yesterday. TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT--the twenty-third--opened by the Governor of…

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£400 Bonus Was Job Too Hurried? Query About Cement Allegations in Parliament Canberra

The Sun · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 14

There were fireworks in the House of Representatives this afternoon when Mr. Riley, junr. (Lab., N.S.W.), alleging that the Government had…

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When Daniel O'Connell Stood for Clare Stirring Election that Made Emancipation Possible When Peel Refused a Toast

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 7

SUNDAY last marked the centenary of one of the most notable episodes in the long struggle for Catholic emancipation writes the Dublin…

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Relic of War Passport System Issue at Elections? Newcastle

Evening News · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 12

THAT the present passport system is a war [?] and a [?] of the [?] expressed by [?] of the…

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Wide Bay By-election

Evening News · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 18

The writ for a by-election in the division of Wide Bay, Queensland, to fill the vacancy in the House of Representatives caused by the death of Mr. E. B…

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[?] Cup Candidates Form on Tracks Charlots Career Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 4

INTEREST is [?] in the [?] of Cup candidates [?] of there will race at Caulfield on Saturday, and [?] that their…

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The Election Date. Government's Intentions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 11

Owing to the early adjournment to-day the Prime Minister had no opportunity of announcing the Government's intentions, but in the House of Representatives to-morrow he…

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