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Politics & elections, 1929

2,723 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 137

Third Million Fire Queens' Big Total Solid Polling

The Sun · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 7

A week's consistently heavy polling has increased the Fire Queens' total by more than 1,000,000 votes. To-morrow's total, it is certain, will be well past the third million…

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Who's Who. In Labour Parliament. an Inside View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 13

A.L.P. Conference delegates belong to a race apart. With everybody, except a Labour delegate, Easter is a time to shake the dust of the city from the shoes and join in the…

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Breeders' Colors to Be Carried Cost of Sires' Produce Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 32

"Big prices were. paid,for several of the horses engaged in the Sires' Produce Stakes at Randwick this afternoon, but Marco March, Violin' Solo,…

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Peter the Hermit Looks at the Week Foch, Marshal of France Benito's Election Jest : Heavy "Yes" Vote in Italy : The Death of the Gods : Revolution and Religion : Russian Parallels : Foch Passes

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 March 1929 · page 24

THE GREAT JOKE of the Italian "election" the other day, when 9,000,000 voters were required to say "Yes" or "No" to a list of 400…

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Blarney in Election Winning British Girls' Votes LONDON

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 March 1929 · page 2

Will suave flattery or cave-man methods pay best in the effort of candidates for House of Commons seats to sway the huge new female vote in…

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Parliament and Labour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 6

The second half of the session of the State Parliament which ended last Wednesday was as brief as it was boisterous. Starting on February 12. It was almost…

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Parramatta Election Charges

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 7

Mr. Lang's charges of malpractices in connection with the Parramatta by-election are to be considered by Cabnet to-morrow…

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Labor's Parliament" Discusses Many Things at Week-end. Financing the Movement. Half Per Cent. Levy on Salaries. Arthur Griffith Must Stay Out. No State Lottery, But Tax to Support Hospitals. Registration of Barmaids

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 5

'THROUGHOUT Saturday and Sunday, the annual Conference of the N.S.W. Branch of the Australian Labor Party was continued with unabated enthusiasm. Splendid progress was made with the many questions of domestic and political importance, and the debates were of a high order…

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Power for Parliament Arbitration Vic. A.L.P. Makes Big Decision Unemployment Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 1

AMENDMENTS to the existing system of arbitration were insisted upon at the A.L.P., Easter Conference to-day…

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Election Aids. Modern Canvassing. Radio, Talkies, Films. (From Our Special, Correspondent.) London, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 10

When Britain's last general election was held in 1924, various modern Inventions which have been applied as means of entertaining millions had not reached such perfection that…

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Mrs. Szarka Still Leads Fire Queens New Votes More Country Candidates in Field

The Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 15

Change of leadership has been almost a daily feature of the keenly contested Metropolitan Fire Queen competition, so the fact that the Lewisham Hospital representative, Mrs. W. Szarka, has for three days maintained her position at the head…

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"Dead Voters" Judge to Inquire Parramatta Election

The Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 12

The Government is taking immediate action to deal with the charges of malpractice in the Parramatta by-election…

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Anzac Memorial Petition to Parliament

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 14

The appointment of a select committee by the Legislative Council to take evidence and examine various representatives of the National Art Gallery, Institute of Architects, the Royal…

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Shoddy Patriotism. Foreign Glassware for Parliament House

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 6

The Chamber of Manufactures has entered a protest against the purchase of foreign glassware for use in the Federal Parliament at Canberra, and demands a…

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N.s.w. Parliament. Widows' Pensions and Endowment Tax

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 6

WHEN Parliament resumed last week the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) moved the second reading of the Widows' Pensions (Amendment) Bill…

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Melbourne Turt for Alburv Candidates in Form Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 2

[?] that half a dozen [?] complete in next week's Albury [?] pilot won recently [?] good second ofer a mile and…

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Parramatta By-election. Allegations of Irregular Voting

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 16

In the N.S.W. State Parliament last Wednesday Labor Leader Lang made charges of serious irregularities at the recent Parramatta by-election. He said…

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'Honey Marketing Board. Result of Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 15

The poll for the election of three producers' aboves on the Honey Marketing Board, which is to be constituted under the Marketing or Primary Products Acts, closed…

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When the Dead Voted Parramatta By-election Electoral Commissioner to Inquire His Own Department's Lapse

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 5

CABINET decided yesterday that charges made by Mr. Lang, Leader of the Opposition, in a speech in Parliament at the end of the session, were probably sufficiently important for inquiry before a Royal Commission…

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Honey Marketing Election to Board

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 4

Eight candidates contested the poll, which closed at 6 p.m. yesterday, for the election of three producera' representatives to the Honey Marketing…

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