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Politics & elections, 1930

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Paquito Also in the Team Trainer Jones Says Old Champion Is Still Good One More Candidates From Dominion

Evening News · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 2

TOSSING his glistening mane in true thoroughbred style, as if demonstrating his pleasure at visiting Sydney again, Limerick, with night…

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Three Days to Go Candidates on Toes in Most Popular Typist Competition

Evening News · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 10

WITH only three days to go to the close of the Most Popular Typist Competition, candidates and their committees are working feverishly to rake in ivory available vote. Thine who realise that to win may now be out of the question are still out for pride of place in the list…

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Canadian Election. Speeches of Party Leaders. WASHINGTON, July 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 9

The Federal election campaign ended on Snturday night, and the polls open on Monday Both the Liberal and Conservative lenders are confident of victory…

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Lane Cove By-election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 12

The returning officer, Mr. L. A. Robb (left), announcing the election of Mr. H. P. Fitzsimons (centre). Mr. F. C. Hutt, the Labour candidate is on the right…

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Coolangatta Municipal Elections. Tweed Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 10

The Coolangatta municipal elections, which were postponed from April last, in view of the abolition of the ward system, resulted In an overwhelming majority for the Combined…

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Defeat? Swing Against Govt. Canadian Elections Ottawa

The Sun · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 9

The Conservatives have won 118 seats out of a total of 245 in the Canadian House of Commons, and late tonight it appeared that the Liberal…

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The Victorian Worker Melbourne, Monday. Parliament Again

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 13

WITH Parliament once more into the breach, dear friends, affairs of State are certain to be exhilarating. It's amusing how, in the same breath, the…

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VICTORIA. Parliament Opened. Relief of Unemployment. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 14

In the absence of the Governor's speech at the opening of the new session of the Victorian Parliament to-day, the Premier and Treasurer (Mr. Hogan) made a statement in…

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State Elections. Labour Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 14

Mr. W. Ratcliffe, M.L.A., has been endorsed as the Labour candidate for Barwon at the next State elections. Mr. Ratcliffe defeated Mr. T. Heffernan for the position…

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Labor News Election Preparations

Evening News · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 8

A L.P. headquarters to now at work on organisation for the State elections. Mr. H. O'Regan, returning officer for the Executive, states that all leagues…

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Admiral Dewar Labor Candidate for Portsmouth North

The World's News · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 7

REAR-ADMIRAL K. G. B. DEWAR, R.N. (retired), has been adopted as prospective Labor candidate for the Portsmouth North Division…

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Get on the Roll! Labor Candidate's Warning

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 18

Mr. Joe Clark, selected and endorsed candidate for Castlereagh State electorate, issues this warning: Owing to redistribution of State…

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An Australian Steeplechase Candidate

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 9

Adit, whose victory in the Steeplechase at Moonee Valley has brought him into prominence for the Australian Steeplechase…

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Lane Cove By-election. Slump in Nationalist Vote

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 8

The outstanding feature of the by-election at Lane Cove last Saturday is the big slump in the Nationalist vote. A similar slump in the various electorates…

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Ministry Pefeated. Canadian Elections. Five Members of Ministry Rejected. Ottawa, July 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 13

Polling for the election of a new House of Commons took place throughout Canada to-day. The returns available at a late hour to-night showed definitely that the…

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Afraid of Election? Govt. Believes in Senate "Anti-dissolution" Party

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 30 July 1930 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- The Government believes that the "anti-dissolution" party in the Senate is strong enough to prevent a double…

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Up Goes Cost of Federal Parliament

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday. -- Although an election last financial year cost £106,932, and no money for an election is provided this year, the…

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About Turn! Canadian Parliament Queer Coincidence Vancouver

The Sun · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 1

A curious feature of the Canadian general election is the exact reversal of party representation in Parliament. The Conservatives formerly…

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Denis Boy May Be Good Spring Candidate Of Possibilities

Evening News · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 2

A SPRING candidate of possibilities is Denis Boy. He is back in already work on the Randwick tracks, but he has not been allotted…

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Topics An Election Result That Pleased All Parties

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 24

THE Lane Cove election will surely live in political history through the remarkable fact that the result pleased all the contending parties. Judging by…

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