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Politics & elections, 1932

2,509 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 126

Parliament House Activity

The Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 9

Bundles of enrolment cards for State voters are finding their way to Parliament House. This is one manifestation of the…

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Parliament's Book of Remembrance

The World's News · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 6

Each day before Parliament begins its work a page will be turned in a precious book lately placed in the Aye Division Lobby at the British House of…

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Victorian State Parliament. New Session Opened

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 13

The Victorian State Parliament was opened last Wednesday afternoon by the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir William Irvine). The Lieutenant-Governor, in his speech,…

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Queensland State Elections. To be Held on June 11

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 18

It was announced yesterday that the Queensland State elections would be held on Saturday, June 11. Parliament will be dissolved on April 19, writs will be issued…

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Taxation Struggle. Rush to Pay. Queues at Commonwealth Office. Mr. Lang Goes to Melbourne. Expectations of State General Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 11

There was a great rush of taxpayers to pay State income tax at the Commonwealth receiving office in Castlereagh-street yesterday, and even when closing time came, there was a long queue waiting. No additional proclamation was issued yesterday, and in the carrying…

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Political Outlook. Possibility of Early Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 11

There is considerable speculation in State political circles concerning the immediate future of the Lang Administration. Members of the State Parliamentary United Australia…

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JUNE 11. Queensland Elections. "BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 12

The State Parliament will be dissolved[?] Tuesday and the elections will be held June 11. Nominations will close on April[?] These announcements were made to-day…

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MR. R. T. Ball's View. "Mr. Lang Seeking Election Cry." Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 12

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., who passed through Albury to-day, on his way to Sydney, said that the Riverina movement had secured a very firm hold on the people in the border…

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Qld. Elections Fixed for June 11 BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 5

THE Moore Government has fixed Saturday, June 11, as the date of the general elections. Nominations will…

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Plans Afoot for Early Election Secession and Banks As Lang's Planks to Drop Socialisation Special Conference of A.l.p. Summoned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 1

TO PREPARE FOR AN EARLY AND SHORT ELECTION ALL ELECTORAL COUNCILS OF THE STATE A.L.P. HAVE BEEN SUMMONED TO A SPECIAL CONFERENCE AT THE TRADES HALL NEXT SATURDAY…

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German Election Item

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 7

HE MAY BE only a handful, but he is 21. An amusing sidelight on a lilliputian voter at the recent German Presidential elections, seeking…

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Struggle and Menace The Clash Between the N.S.W. Premier and the Federal Parliament the Tragedy of the Crisis

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 14 April 1932 · page 1

SINCE the issue of the first proclamation last Thursday evening by the Federal Government directing payment of State Income…

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Move to Abolish the Oath in British Parliament Republican Aims First Step Taken by Labor Silent Help for De Valera Early Bill London, Wed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 April 1932 · page 8

MR. J. McGOVERN (Lab.) has given notice that he intends to introduce a bill…

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Chicago Elections. Violence and Bloodshed. CHICAGO, April 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 April 1932 · page 9

The primary elections to-day were marked by the usual violence. About 40,000 police and poll watchers were collected to prevent fraud, organised terrorism, and intimidation…

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Alias M's.L.A. Resent Attempt to Depose Stevens as Leader 'Herald' Urges Leadership of City Grazier "Early Election" Dope As Means to Stampede Politicians Tout's Change Anti-labor Camp Is More Disunited Than Ever

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 April 1932 · page 5

INTO the Alias camp, already torn with dissension, the Editor of the "Sydney Morning Herald" (Mr. C. Brunsdon…

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Setting Stage for Mr. Lang Longer Parlt. or Election A.l.p. Plans

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 April 1932 · page 7

THE State A.L.P. has prepared an ambitions campaign for two possibilities--an early…

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If an Election Does Come C.P. Prospects are Bright; Largest Party in Next State Parliament?

The Land · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 3

WHETHER the Country Party will be the chief party in the next State Parliament depends on whether it can win enough seats in the country to more than balance the gains that the United Australia Party is certain to make in the metropolitan area if an early election is…

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Hard Y's Great Tour Draws to Triumphant Close Countrymen Flock to Subdivision's Banner United Rural Vote Mobilised for Early Election; Vital Referendum Soon?

The Land · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 1

FLUSHED with a hundred successes, Senator Charles Hardy will next week bring to a close the first part of the great campaign that began as an organising tour and ends as progress…

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Lang's Hopeless Fight. Election Ammunition His Object?

The Land · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 3

MR. LANG'S efforts to resist the collection of State revenue by the Commonwealth, though they have caused the Federal authorities much…

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Dissolution in Victoria. Election on May 14. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 9

Following the defeat of the State Ministry in the Legislative Assembly last night, [?] meeting of the Cabinet this morning decided to seek a dissolution, and the Acting…

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