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Politics & elections, 1929

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Week's Cables From Overseas British Elections

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

The British general election will bo held on 30th May. Seamen's Unions Alliance. An alliance has been formed…

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Council Ouster Echo Kogarah Stir Legal Opinion Election Aftermath

Evening News · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 11

THE recent successful ouster proceedings Instituted against the three sitting East Ward aldermen by an ex-alderman, who was returned…

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British Elections. Women Voters' Majority. (Australian Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, May 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 13

The new electoral list in operation shows a total electorate of 28,000,000 as compared with 21,750,000 at the last election. The addition of 5,500,000 young women has given [?]…

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Blackheath By-election. Blackheath

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 14

There are four nominations to fill the vacancy in the Blackheath Municipal Council caused by the death of Alderman Robt. Gra[?] They are: Messrs. W. A. Merrikin, F. [?]…

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Ted Tripp Communist Candidate For Mundingburra Young Propagandist and Trade Union Fighter

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 6

Comrade Ted Tripp has come rapidly to the front in the last three years as an active worker for the Communist Party in North Queensland…

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Queensland Workers’ Election Challenge To The Boss And His Agents Adelaide Workers Awakening

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 6

A special meeting of the Trades and Labor Council to deal with the action of Senator J. J. Daly in acting on behalf of the scab Seamen’s…

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New Officers Norton Club Re-election

The Sun · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 22

At a meeting of the Norton-Olympla Motor Cycle Club held on April 23. a re-election of officers resulted as follows:-- Secretary, Mr. B. Bradshaw; assistant…

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Kogarah By-election

The St George Call · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2
Also in The Propeller

At the extraordinary by-election for the East Ward of Kogarah Municipal Council; held last Saturday, ex-Alderman W. H. Matthews, 1034 votes; R…

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Tories Are on the Run British Elections Unemployment Issue London

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 1

AS the Genera! Election steadily marches nearer, the panic in the ranks of Labor's opponents becomes more and more apparent…

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Dramatic Move Against Federal Minister Petition for Removal Mr. Abbott & Dr. Watson Election Sequel

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 1

DR. WATSON, recently a Commissioner on the Federal Capital Commission, has caused something of a political sensation by petitioning the…

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Problem of Canberra Parliament Must Face It Puzzle for Solomon General Unrest

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 6

THE control and administration of Canberra, have always been a puzzling problem to the Federal Government, but the war between…

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Election Cries. The Fooling of Demos

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 16

Demos liken to be fooled. He gets used to it, as eels are said to get used to skinning. Every political leader, as the first part of his education, must therefore, learn…

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British Elections. Slum Clearance. Flat Dwellings for London. London, May 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 17

The Minister for Health (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) privately addressed Conservative members of the House of Commons who are specially interested in the slum clearance…

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South Africa. Election Campaign. Capetown, May 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 18

General Smuts, the Opposition leader, in opening the election campaign at Pretoria, declared that if the Opposition could not win the fight cleanly, he would not care to win…

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Who'll Win? British Election Enigma "Flapper Vote"--x

The Sun · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 1

The prospects of the three main parties in the British general elections this month remain a mystery. Few care to prophesy, and those who do so find themselves widely at variance. What has been called "the flapper vote" --the 5,000,000…

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Candidate's Thanks

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 7

MRS. C. GREEN conveys her thanks to all her supporters in the May Queen competition. She at the same time announces…

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McCORMACK to His Critics. Campaing of Lies' Tories Bankrupt in Policy Q'land Elections Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 5

THE Premier had on [?] cepton at the Town Hall, Ipswich, where he spoke in support of Mr. D. A. filedso, Minister for labor and…

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Don't Gush Petticoat Parliament Bad Mixers 100 Women Candidates

The Sun · Sunday 5 May 1929 · page 3

IN the course of Britain's eventful history there have been the Long Parliament, the Rump Parliament, the Addled Parliament, and other more or…

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How Tatt's "Toffs" Do It the Press and the Sup-press Contradictions of Candidates for Tattersalls Club Election

Truth · Sunday 5 May 1929 · page 4

ORDINARY club elections are fought out within the walls of the club; and outside influence is not sought; in fact, it is unwelcome…

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