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Politics & elections, 1929

2,723 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 137

Queensland Elections. Labor Government Resigns

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 2

The Queensland State Labor Government resigned last Thursday and, on the advice of Premier McCormack, the Deputy-Governor (Mr. W. Lennon) commissioned…

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Parramatta By-election. Dead Persons' Votes Were Cast

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 15

THE Royal Commission, appointed by the New South Wales States Government to investigate allegations of Irregularities at the Parramatta by-election,…

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First Casualty in British Election Campaign Hit by Brick Speaker Gets Concussion Feeling Runs High Writs Out for Libel and Slander London

The Sun · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 1

With polling day on May 30, only eight days off, the British election campaign is warming up. Feeling is running high notably in the We[?]esbury division of Staffordshire, where a candidate was hit by a large brick and sustained…

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Irregular Voting ? Parramatta Election Moving Population

The Sun · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 2

At the resumption of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the state of the Parramatta rolls, conducted by Judge Coyle, to-day,…

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Lost Leaders and Lost Election Queensland Debacle ' (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 5

Sir--Many [?] persons have been put forward by the Nat. Press for Labor's defeat at the Queensland elections. Prior to the last elections Labor had…

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Glad to Be on "Live" List Another Dead Voter Judge Congratulates By-election Scandal

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 6

THE shocking state of the Parramatta rolls on the occasion of the recent Parramatta by-election was further demonstrated yesterday, before…

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1724 Candidates for 615 SEATS Deposits Total More Than £261,000 LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 4

The British elections wil be contested by 1724 candidates, whose deposits amount to over £261,000…

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New Phin Soon Election of Directors in the East

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 19

A cable message from New Phin Soon Tin Mines, Ltd., Tanjong Tualang, F.M.S., has been received by the Sydney office, stating that at a meeting, at which 16,750…

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Fetters on the Federal Parliament

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 4

THE struggles in the timber industry and on the coalfields serve to direct attention to the constitutional limitations surrounding the Federal Parliament, and to the need for the Labor Movement actively interesting itself in their preparatory work by which modification of…

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Fire Queens Helping the Candidates

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 19

In aid of the candidature of Miss Beattie Nance (Metropolitan Fire Brigades) in the Fire Brigades' Queen Competition, the "Sevilla" entertainers…

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British Elections. The Education Question

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 17

A misapprehension on the part of certain Catholics who are reluctant to take part in the Catholic education campaign because they think the Catholic…

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St. Joseph's Bruderschaft. ELECTION Or COMMITTEE

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 19

The German-speaking Catholics held their quarterly outing at the residence of Rev. Father Klein, S.V.D., Epping, on Sunday, 19th inst., and despite the…

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Women Hold the Reins in British Elections

The Sun · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 1

London, Wednesday ("Sun" Special). -- The register for England and Wales of lite new electorate is now complete. For the 514 constituencies recorded, there is a total electorate of 25,092,536. including 13.225,156 women voters The Women…

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Factor in the Elections Lloyd George Unemployment Pills Plenty of Them London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 1

LLOYD GEORGE was in his best pyrotechnic form to-night, when the old war horse once again buckled on his armor. He showed by his…

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Kissed Every Pretty Girl Gay Bachelor's Election Campaign LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 4

'I have had a shave in every barber's shop, a glass of beer in every public house, and, as far as possible, I have kissed every…

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The VOICE of the CITY Election Personalities

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 6

The cabled news that the Labor son of Britain's Conservative Prime Minister is again on the hustings recalls how many picturesque…

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Woman Legislator Bullmba's Choice in Queensland Elections

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 15

Mm. Irene Longman, who has just won the Bulimba (Q.) Kent for the Coalition, is the first woman legislator in Queensland, and if her intentions…

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Election of P.P. Chairman

The Land · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 16

"Enquirer" writes: At a meeting of a P.P. Board, the same chairman that held the position last year was in the chair without being-voted to it at that…

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Irrigation Area Seat Mr. J. H. Kelly to Be a Candidate Griffith Country Party Meeting

The Land · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 13

Early preparations are being made by the Country party to contest the Murrumbidgee electorate, which was won last State elections by the sitting members, Mr. Flannery, only after a very dose contest As announced in a recent issue, the Narandera branch…

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Lloyd George Puts Punch Into Election Campaign "All In" Fight Slashing Attack on Government "Only Fit to Tar Roads" "News" Special LONDON

Evening News · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 1

WITH polling day on the horizon, politicians, who are otherwise gentlemen, are now giving free rein to the expression of their opinions SPEAKING at Holyhead to-day Mr…

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