Incipient Fire. In Parliament House. Timely Discovery
An outbreak of fire occurred at Parliament House during the lunch-hour yesterday, but was discovered [?]n the early stages. On returning from lunbccon Mr. Campbell,…
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Touch and Go State Parliament House Fire Promptly Subdued
AWING to the fusing of an electric connection at Parliament House, Macquarie Street, yesterday, the ancient building hod a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pact's Shock in South Africa Election Doubts Capetown
THE latest by-election has been a rude shock for the Pact Government, which is composed of General [?] Nationalist party and one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All's Well That Ends Well S. Gore Had Three Candidates in Kensington Handicap Another Win for Trawler
WHY S. CORE STARTED THREE HORSES IN YESTERDAY'S Kensington Handicap is perhaps best known to himself. THE BETTING MARKET INDICATED CLEARLY that Trawler was expected lo rim prominently, and that his stablemates, Beedos…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.l.p. Elections Branch Officials Uniformity of Rules
A.L.P. branches are being advised that a uniform busis for conducting ballots for the election of branch officials has been laid down as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Question in Parliament
Mr. Butler (Hurstville) [12.42 p.m..]: I desire to again mention to the Minister the matter of the reclamation of the swamp area in the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scarborough Swamp Area Appeal in Parliament
In Parliament a few weeks ago Mr. W. J. Butler, M.L.A., referred to the swamp lands of Scarborough Ward in Rockdale Municipality. He said: -- "I…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Session Hospitals and Transport Work for Parliament
The programme for the coming session of the State Parliament was discussed by Cabinet to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Federal Parliament. to Open on February 6. CANBERRA
A proclamation was issued to-day by the Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven), fiding Wednesday, February 6, as the date for the opening of the new Federal Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shire Election
A.R. writes: At the recent shire election, was a ratepayer entitled to vote if his name had been left off the roll?—…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →South Africa. General Election Pending. Capetown, Jan. 9
Considerable interest has been taken in the defeat at a by-election of Mr. J. Christie, who was one of the Transvaal members of the Assembly, and chairman of the National…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Queensland Miners Working-Class Fighters in Union Elections
Failure to recognise the need for unity among the militants on the Queensland coalfields has meant the uninterrupted re-election of officials…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jack Durkin Left-wing Candidate for Fortitude Valley Brisbane, Jan. 8
Jack Durkin, well-known to all Queensland workers for his record as Organiser for the A.W.U. in Western Queensland, has been unanimously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tripp for Mundingburra C.P. Candidate Welcomed “Class Against Class!” Townsville, N.Q.
“Good-bye to your cushioned seat, Mister Dash,” is becoming a wellknown cry since the selection of Comrade E. Tripp (A.E.U.) as the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Election Challenge “Opportune” Rockhampton, Q.
The Conference of the Transport Workers Propaganda Organisation, held here at the end of December, resolved “that the tactic of the Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Federation Northern Elections Newcastle
The counting of the ballot of the three chief executive positions of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation was completed to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MINERS' M's.P. Raising Funds Election Problem London
AS [?] the depression in [?] Miners' Federa[?] with the [?] providing adequate funds to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Getting Ready Next British Election L.G. Recuperates London
The leader of the Liberal Party (Mr. Lloyd George) has decided to go for a yachting cruise in the Mediterranean. With his family, he will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Miners Election of Officers. Newcastle
Messrs. T. Hoare (president), A. Teece (treasurer) and D. McNeill (secretary) have been re-elected to their positions on the Northern Miners' Executive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labor's Gains British Elections
The municipal elections held in England and Wales on November 1, including those for the London Borough Councils resulted in a net gain of [?]…
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