Still Hope Two Party Pact October Polling ?
Although hope of a pact between the Nationalist and Country Parties has not been abandoned, any announcement of a conference is…
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Lang Candidate Adelaide By-election Adelaide
In the by-election for the Adelaide seat in the House of Assembly, Collaton, the Lang Plan candidate, secured an absolute majority on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Why Do We Need Water Board [?] a parliament Boards, Commissions and Committees Do Work of Politicians Loading Taxpayers Down with Costs
WE are a great people and a tolerant people; we have a great country; We have a great many politicians, and a great many Boards, Commissions, and Committees. Why we have Boards and Commissions to do the work of Parliament has never been explained. It is inexplicable. It merely shorts thai We are tolerant…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mock Parliament
To-night in Ruskin Hall. 174 Elizabeth Street, the Second meeting of the "mock Parliament" will take place. Last Monday's sitting was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal Parliament's Long Hours
CANBERRA, Sunday.--Parliament will probably conclude the present period next Wednesday, by which time it will have sat almost as long under the Scullin regime as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide By-election Lang Plan Candidate Successful. ADELAIDE
The by-election for the Adelaide seat in the House of Assembly on Saturday resulted in the election of Mr. M. L. Collaton, the Lang Plan candidate, by a majority of 1830 votes on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Has Plenty of Work to Do Fed. Parliament No Long Vacation Melbourne
Mr. Scullin. referring to what he termed the "unwarranted suggestion by a section of the Press that the Government contemplated closing up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Australian Candidate For Selection Wife Descended From Granny Oakes
An interesting personality is Mr. C. E. Watson, a well-known Eastwood business man, who is seeking selection for the Parramatta Federal seat in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Triumph for Lang Man on First Count Adelaide Election Mr. Collaton Adelaide
MR. M. L. COLLATON, the "Lang Plan" candidate for the Adelaide by-election, rendered necessary by the resignation of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Full Hand Is Good Fair Chance in Aus. Hurdle Caulfield Candidates Melbourne
Full Hand and Ancient Mariner candidates for the Australian Hurdle and Steeple, respectively were among winners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nat. "Rump" Predicts Election Living in Hope to Spike A.f.a?
"WHILE there's life there's hope.'' That is why the moribund "rump" continues to mutter spasmodically about an election…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Adelaide By-election. Mr. D. H. Drummond's Comment Armidale
Commenting upon the result of the Adelaide by-election, which was won by a Lang plan candidate, Mr. D. H. Drummond, M.L.A., said: "The jubilation of Mr. Lang is considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Will Stick to Lang S.a. Candidate's Loyalty Adelaide Wire
The successful "Lang Plan" candidate in the South Australian by-election for the Adelaide seat yesterday telegraphed the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Miss Sydney" Candidates
CANDIDATES in the "Miss Sydney" competition being organised by the Unitea charities Fund for funds to supplement Rose Day Appeal. From left: Miss Eileen Murphy (Glebe), Miss Linda Oliver (Strathfield), Miss Lucelle St. Heaps (North Sydney), and Miss Doreen Blake(Rockdale)…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Questions in Parliament What Members Are Asking
IN answer to Mr. McDicken (Lab.) in the Assembly yesterday. the Minister for Local Government Mr. McGirr, said that in the 1919 Local…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trust Funds Paid Into Revenue. Questions in Parliament
Allegations were made in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that trust funds paid into legal departments were being diverted into Consolidated Revenue…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →State Parliament. Quiet Day in the Assembly. Disappointed Crowd
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is at present a legislature of surprises. Day after day burning topics of general interest are on the tapis. The city is discussing them…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Seniority. Discussion in N.S.W. State Parliament
The bill to restore seniority to certain railway employees victimised as a result of the 1917 general strike was further discussed in the New South Wales State…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Adelaide By-election. Lang Plan Candidate Wins
THE by-election for the Adelaide seat in the South Australian State Parliament was held last Saturday, and resulted in a win for Mr. M. L. Collaton, the Lang…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →State Parliament Primary 'Producers Govt. Relief New Legislation Values & Rents
IMPORTANT legislation affecting Labor's country policy was debated in the Legislative Assembly, when Bills to give…
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