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Politics & elections, 1932

2,509 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 126

South Africa. The Gold Standard. Early Election in Prospect. Capetown, Dec. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 10

The Prime Minister (General Hertzog) has at last come into the open, and told South Africa the real reason why the Nationalist Government is determined to maintain the…

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Mayoral Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 12

HUNTER'S HILL.—Alderman G. W. Woodbridge, Alderman C. E. Farthing (deputy). LANE COVE.—Alderman Schark[?]e (allowance £78; reduced from £100)…

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May Be Early Election U.a.p. Plan Against Lang Labor Waverers Crisis Nears

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 9

"THE State political situation is so electric at the present moment that anything may happen," is the…

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Election Articles

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 4

Unless otherwise indicated, all responsibility for articles and paragraphs concerning the Federal elections is accepted by E. J. Dunn, War…

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U.A.P. to Form Branches for State Election Nationalists Begin Plan of Action Loan Council Meeting May Be Crisis For Lang: Expected to Attend Caucus Rumbling Country Members Expected To Declare Federally

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 1

Possibilities of an early State election, resulting in the defeat of the Lang Government were discussed yesterday by the executive of the N.S.W. National Association…

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Changes in the Federal Parliament New Faces and Old

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 12

THE new Federal Parliament—the thirteenth since the inauguration of the Commonwealth—will contain a number of new men of exceptional brilliance, and the…

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The Man on the Land Sport The New Parliament

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 1

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The Federal Parliament. Will Meet on February 17. Nationalist Ministry Sworn In

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 6

The new Federal Nationalist Cabinet was sworn in at Canberra last Wednesday afternoon. The swearing-in ceremony was purely private, and occupied only a brief…

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State Outlook. No Early Election. Ministerial Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 13

There are many rumours in anti-Socialist political circles that a general election in New South Wales is imminent. It is believed, however, that only two things would force the…

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Senate Election. Western Australian Count. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 14

Senator Lynch has been elected to the second vacancy in the Senate for Western Australia. He polled 96,485 votes against Mr. Needham's 85,957 votes…

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Mayoral Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 14

CABRAVALE—Ald. J. Cook. Ald. G. Young, deputy. Allowance £50. PARRAMATTA.—Ald. H. Ohixon (re-elected). Ald W. P. Noller deputy…

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"Labor Daily" and Fed. Elections

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 5

AT the meeting of the Young branch, A.L.P., on Saturday. writes the secretary, "The Labor Daily" [?]…

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Election Articles

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 4

Unless otherwise indicated, all responsibility for articles and paragraphs concerning the Federal elections is accepted by E. J. Dunn,…

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Catholic Members of Parliament. How They Stand in England

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 10

Roughly, three-quarters of the Catholic members in the last House of Commons lost their seats in the recent British election, and the new Catholic…

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Election Placards Bill-stickers' Escape

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 1

At Ryde Police Court, Goeffrey Hunter Cliff, Eric William Gregory, John Barrington Bohrsmann and Phillip Fennell were charged with pasting…

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Parramatta State Electorate Nationalist Candidate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 14

Mr. J. N. Argent has submitted his name as a candidate for selection in the National Party's interests for Parramatta. Mr. Argent is a young local man who…

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Senate Poll. Candidates' Complaints. Suggested Reforms

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

The declaration of the New South Wales Senate poll outside the Customs House yesterday by the Commonwealth Electoral Officer for this State (Mr. V. F. Turner) was chiefly…

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Mayoral Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 5

BEXLEY.—Alderman George Ryan (re-elected); Alderman A. F. Rayment (deputy). Allowance £70 (reduced from £104). CONCORD.—Alderman Wm. Rothwell; Alderman…

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Election Offences. Prosecutions Pending

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 6

Several prosecutions arising out of the recent Federal election are contemplated by the Commonwealth Electoral Office. including two for alleged impersonation…

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Presidential Election. To be Held in Germany. LONDON, Jan. 13

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

Following the refusal of the Hitlerites and German National party to support Dr. Bruening's plan to extend General von Hindenburg's term of office as President, by resolution of the…

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