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Politics & elections, 1933

1,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 95

State Parliament. An Introductory Sitting. Notes From the Gallery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 June 1933 · page 8

Parliament opened yesterday without fuss or ceremony, and apparently more serious thin usual. It begen its business in the Legislative Council, where the dark shadow of…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Government Defeated. Duty on Barbed Wire. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 June 1933 · page 10

The Government was defeated by 17 votes to 15 in the Senate to-day on a motion by Senator Guthrie (Victoria) requesting the House of Representatives to reduce the British…

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Tributes to Dead Members of Parliament Leaders of the House Eulogise Their Services Loss to State Late Stuart-robertson, Missingham, and Lysaght

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 June 1933 · page 8

TRIBUTES to the late members, Messrs. William Thomas Missingham, (Lismore), Andrew Augustus Lysaght…

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Labor's Meetings To-night Campaign in Support of Gorman at Annandale By-election

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 June 1933 · page 4

MEETINGS in support of the selected and endorsed Labor candidate in the Annandale, by-election. Mr. R. D. Gorman, will…

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Diggers Find Friends in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 10

HOBART, Thursday.--Pathetic stories of distress were narrated by the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Ogilvie, in the House of Assembly…

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State Parliament. Notes From the Gallery. Mr. Lang's Remarkable Speech

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 10

Yesterday's sitting of Parliament was in effect a blank. It was a day of preliminaries Parliament seldom gets a start right off the mark. It has always a tremendous amount…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate. Progress with Tariff. Duties on Bananas. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 15

The Senate to-day commenced consideration of group two of the tariff schedule consist ing of items amended in accordance with the Ottawa agreement but not otherwise…

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State Parliament. the Upper House. Royal Assent for Reform Bill. New Chairman of Committees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 12

The Speaker (Sir Daniel Levy) announced in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that the Governor (Sir Philip Game), acting upon instructions…

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Bad Manners Are "In Again"; State Parliament Opens Fighting Words Are Mere Banalities There Forecast of Session

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 9

One man yesterday publicly accused another of being stupid and ignorant; but they did not fight--they were only politicians. Parliament was in session again…

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Annandale By-Election

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 1

The Communist Party’s campaign is well under way. Considerable canvassing and many street meetings are being held…

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An Early Federal Election Beasley Predicts Big Victory for Labor Annandale

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 11

IN pointing out that there was every sign of an early Commonwealth election, the Federal Leader of the Labor…

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Dental Bd. Election

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 10

The Registrar of the Dental Board stated yesterday that the poll in connection with the election of four dentists to be members of the…

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Annandale. Polling To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 17

Voting in the Annandale by-election will take place throughout the electorate to-day. The candidates are:— Harry Edward Cotter, salesman, residing at…

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An Early Start Polling Day Atannandale

The Sun · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 3

BRAVING the chilly wind, party canvassers were on the job almost as soon as it was light at many of the…

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Is Parliament Doomed?

The Sun · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 4

TOURING the week a lecturer, considering the spectacle of democracy, and the manner in which government of the people, by the people, for the people, is being superseded in other lands, despaired of the Parliamentary system, and foretold its early collapse…

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Challenge to Lang Statements Made in Parliament The Editor, "The Sun"

The Sun · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 5

IN the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon, on a motion for the adjournment of the House, Mr. Lang' said that he wished to…

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Courtesy Is Not a Member of Parliament Satire at Times in That Title Honorable

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 8

Parliaments at one time aspired to be models in courtesy. To-day they tend to be the crudest, most offensive of…

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Mystery Men on Parliament's Honor-roll Curiosity Is Killing Mr. Stevens Sergeant-at-Arms Takes to Ice Packs

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 4

TEN names of mystery stare down on the Premier of N.S.W. every time he walks into the Legislative Assembly. In gold and green, like some enigma of the clouds, they…

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Dental Board. Election of Members

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 17

The triennial election of members of the Dental Board takes place on Wednesday next. Four members of the profession are to be elected by dentists enrolled on the dental register…

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Record Poll Is Expected Labor Candidate Is Certain of Big Victory Annandale

The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 5

FROM the anticipated record poll in the Annandale by election to-day, it is confidently anticipated that the selected and endorsed…

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