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Politics & elections, 1931

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 138

Last Minute Dashes Randwick Candidates In Action Suneagle's Two

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 2

SEVERAL candidates for to-day's Randwick events were on the training tracks for sprint work this morning. The B grass track was the…

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Parliament Will Meet on March 4

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.--When Caucus rose at 11.30 to-night the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) announced that the meeting would be resumed…

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"In Cloud" Position of Goode Lang Silent To-day's Parliament

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 10

A further effort by an Opposition member to obtain from the Premier (Mr. Lang) facts regarding Mr. C. J. Goode,…

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State Governor's New Home Parliament May Occupy Present House Government Move

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 5

THE Minister for Works. Mr. Davidson, said to-day that he understand a move was to be made for the re-organisation of the whole of the Government departments under which Admiralty House would be used as…

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Water Board Candidate for Vacancy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

Alderman R. D. Hope, Mayor of St. Marys, has been nominated for the vacancy on the Water Board, and the local town clerk is circularising the…

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Letters the Parkes By-election. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 5

Sir,—Speaking for Mr. Martin, Mr. McGirr shows how much he does not know about finance and how unfit he is to be adviser to King and country. Bradford wool buyers are,…

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The People and the Banks Martin's Warning Parkes By-election

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 5

SPEAKING at Ashfield Mr. J. M. Martin, Labor candidate stated that the time had arrived for the creation of "national credit"…

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Glaring Exposure of Base Nationalist Treachery How Anti-Labor Candidates at the last N.S.W. State Elections Sought to Shatter the People's Confidence Regarding the Security of their Deposits in the Government Savings Bank

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 7

THE N.S.W. Labor Government did the right thing last week in censuring Messrs. Bavin and Stevens, leader and deputy-leader respectively of the…

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State Parliament. a New Mr. Dunn. Mr. Lang's Bad Example

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 10

Mr. Lang's behaviour in the House last week has had a bad effect on his Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn), who quite alarmed the Legislative Assembly yesterday by…

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Western Land Leases. Amending Bill Before N.S.W. State Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 2

In the N.S.W. State Parliament last Thursday, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) introduced a bill to declare the extension of certain leases under the…

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In Parliament To-day Ray of Hope Sought For Destitute Wheat Price

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr Sanders asked if the Government was preparing any scheme to find work for those in destitute circumstances,…

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Arbitration Court's Arrogance Challenge to Entire Union Movement Federal Parliament Is Also Contemned

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 4

HE Union Movement most, immediately commence to unite its forces, into fighting formation by…

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A.w.u. Convention. Election of Officers

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 18

THE 45th Annual Convention of the Australian Workers' Union assembled at Macdonell House, 321 Pitt-street, Sydney, on Tuesday, the 27th…

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Letters the Parkes Election. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 6

Sir,—Again the Labour party's "swan song" is in full blast. During the last week the Parkes electorate has been zealously flooded with Labour pamphlets telling all and sundry…

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Candidates for the Matric

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 6

THE Registrar of the University intimates that the last day for receipt of entries for the matriculation examination…

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A Great Industrial Parliament the A.w.u. Deliberates. the Forty-fifth Annual Convention of Australia's Biggest Union Began in Sydney Yesterday. Some Vital Questions for Discussion and Decision

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 19

THE Annual Convention of the Australian Workers' Union meets this year at the height of one of the greatest crises our country has ever…

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State Parliament. Marketing Act. Plight of Primary Producers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 8

The whole of the sitting of the Legislative Assembly yesterday was devoted to the Marketing of Primary Products (Amendment) Bill, which was read the second time…

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Marketing Bill in Parliament To-day (Continued from page 15)

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 14

The Marketing (Amendment) Bill contains a clause providing that a simple majority of producers can establish a pool…

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Ald. Cheetham Water Board Election

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 5

Alderman T. Cheetham, who is seeking re-election to the Water and Sewerage Board, briefly addressed Parramatta Council on Tuesday…

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Parkes By-election

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

Much hinges on the result of the Parkes by-election on Saturday next. The success of Mr. Marr, the National candidate, would be a ray of sunshine in the murk of the overburdening depression. Not that Mr. Marr, personally, could do a great deal…

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