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Politics & elections, 1932

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Some of the Candidates Who Are Standing for Election at the Forthcoming State Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 16

MR. J. B. SHAND, United Australia party. Hornsby. MR. O. H. HANKIN, State Labour party, Hornsby,…

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Election Words 'Candidate' Meant 'White-robed' Caucus, Caulkers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 4

No doubt many candidates for the State election can wear the white flower of a blameless life. They do not, however, go about in…

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Election Surprise Mr. Jackson and an Independent A.L.P. Man Misses Nomination

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 1

The nominations for the Nepean electorate, which closed (as elsewhere) at noon on Wednesday, came as a surprise, the sitting member,…

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Mr Chifley not a Candidate

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 1

MR J. B. Chifley declined nomination for the Bathurst seat at the forthcoming State elections as a Federal A.L.P. candidate. He has not…

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Election Points. The Party of No Wages. Workless Have N0 Thanks for Mr. Lang

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 12

The city is being plastered with the inscription "£2/11/6." It is an old election trick Say a fabrication often enough, and all say it, and it will be believed…

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Water Board Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 17

An election to fill the vacancy on the Water Board, caused by the death of Alderman Richards, will be hold on June 30. The persons entitled to vote will be the aldermen…

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Election of Alderman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 18

An election will be held on Saturday, June l8, to elect an alderman to fill the vacancy in West Ward, Municipality of Marrickville, caused by the death of Alderman B. Richards…

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Federal Labour. Questionnaire for Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 14

Mr. W. Fletcher, general secretary of the Railway Service Association, stated yesterday that it had been decided to submit a questionnaire to all Federal Labour candidates at…

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Women Candidates Committee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 17

Mrs. Albert Littlejohn, chairman of the women candidates' committee, said yesterday that there seemed to be some misapprehension of the purpose of the committee The…

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Real Estate. The Week's Business. Waiting for the Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 7

People with money to invest in real estate are waiting for the election. Last Week's rush of business was distributed only among a few of the companies, and a great deal of it was…

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£2-11-6 Slander. Campaign of Falsehood Ministers Denounce Unprincipled Election Propaganda

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 13

State Ministers yesterday further denounced as unprincipled propaganda the declaration by Mr. Lane and his supporters that the Stevens Ministry would reduce the basic wage to £2/11/6. Ministers exrpessed amazement that after the explicit denials made by…

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Light on Life & Personality of A.B. [?]Dington "Piddo" Not An Election Tract Just Something About Him

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 6

"I NEVER knew any one who had the lower classes on the brain as much as you have. "I loathe them" said Bruin. "I hate every one poor, or ill, or old. Can't abide them:…

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Political Giants: Their Softer, Sweeter Sides Laid Bare in the "Sun's" Sob Sister's Tracks Election Publicity With Tears

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 12

A TOUCH of frightfulness was added to the anti-Labor campaign when the "Sunday Sun" sob-sister interviewed the temporary Premier's parents "in a mellow house that Stevens gave" in "the sunny street…

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Women's Hardly-Won Franchise Meaning of This Election "Dwarfed or Godlike, Bond or Free." Your Answer?

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 8

THE State Governor by his unconstitutional act in dismissing the Government has flouted the mandate of 672,202 voters, and I ask…

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Socialisation of Industry Questions & Answers for Election Speakers Questions and Answers on Socialisation

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 9

The following questions and answers on Socialisation are adapted from "A New Catechism of Socialism, compiled by Belfort Bax and…

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14 Days to Elections Election Notes What Langism offers you

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 1

1. Civil War. 2. Corruption in Politics, 3. Brutal Class Legislation. 4. Unemployment…

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Election Items -- From Everywhere

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 1

Electors generally, and country electors in particular, should remember that every preference must be exhausted in marking the ballot…

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The Elections Lang Only Bar to Prosperity Lyons' Goulburn Speech: Hopes for Future World Crisis Near Goulburn

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 5

FOR the future, brightness: improving economic conditions, more markets ahead, easier finance, UNLESS Lang's Red Ruin Party is returned to N.S.W.,…

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Sydney Dental Hospital For 18 Years Under Illegal Government "Smith's" Exposures Forced Action Decision Given By Justice Rogers Parliament Asked to Pass Law Dental Board of N.S.W. Was Impotent

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 3

IN no other public institution can there be recalled such unblushing illegality, as in the government of the United Dental Hospital of Sydney. During eighteen years this Hospital has been directed by a Committee which has no legal right…

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"Truth's" Election Organisation

Truth · Sunday 29 May 1932 · page 1

A FIERCE election battle will be fought in N.S.W. on June 11. "Truth" on Sunday,…

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