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Politics & elections, 1933

1,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 95

To Force Early Election Aim of New Irish Party Dublin

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 1

The executives of the Cosgrave and Centre Parties have decided to recommend to the party conventions next Friday, that they shall, join the…

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Spring Candidates. Troubles of Trainers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 14

Just about this time every year it is customary to learn that well-known horses are under suspicion of not coming up to requirements, and already it has been reported that…

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State Parliament. Notes from the Gallery. Council Elections: Difficult to Understand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 12

Several members of the Assembly had not mastered the details of the Government's plan for electing the new Legislative Council when discussing it in committee yesterday. It took…

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SECESSION. W.A. Parliament Unanimous

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 2

Labor Premier Collier's motion in the Western Australian State Parliament for the appointment of a joint committee of both Houses to consider and recommend…

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ALSATIANS. Film in Defence. Screened at Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 13

The screening of a film depicting the life and habits of Alsatian dogs was shown to members of both Houses in the Legislative Council lounge room yesterday, under the…

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S.A. PARLIAMENT Extending Its Life. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 13

The House of Assembly this afternoon passed the second reading of a bill to increase the life of the State Parliament from three to five years…

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The Federal Parliament. To Reassemble on September 27

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 2

It was announced last week that both the Senate and the House of Representatives will meet on September 27. The Budget will be brought down on the day…

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Budget Hold-up Parliament May Be Delayed CANBERRA

The Sun · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 15

Owing to the difficulty of printing the Budget, there is a possibility that the meeting of Parliament may of necessity, be postponed until October…

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Usher of Black Rod Retires Adjustments in Staff of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 9

Following the retirement of Mr. W. E. Clapin, Usher of the Black Rod, First Clerk of the Legislative Council, and House Secretary of the…

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Sydney City Council. Postponement of Elections

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 14

The Sydney Corporation (Amendment) Bill, providing for the postponement of the Sydney City Council elections until a date to be fixed, not later than June 30…

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State Session. Upper House. Election Machinery Bill. Scrutineers Refused

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 14

A request by the Opposition that scrutineers should be appointed to act during the election of the reconstituted Upper House was refused in the Legislative Assembly…

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Moonlight Hike Speed-Boat Tourney Candidates Many Functions

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 9

MISS EDNA POUTER, of Parramatta, though the latest entrant in the Speed-Boat Tourney, being sponsored by the Royal Motor Yacht…

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Blindness of Govt. Results in Chaos Election Of The Upper House Business Done in Assembly Certain Members Debarred From Voting Labor Attack

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 6

THE stupid tangle brought about in the forthcoming Upper House elections; through undue haste in gagging the…

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State Parliament. Upper House Election Machinery. Many New Bills Introduced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 12

A number of new bills was introduced by the Government in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. A bill to amend the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Act will make alterations in regard to registration of births. Legislation was also…

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Sleeping An Art In Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 10

AFTER several days of hard in-fighting with the Legislative Council Bill, members looked all-in when the gong went yesterday. There was a mere meagre remnant of the fire-eaters who came to the Committee a…

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Federal Parliament. Opening May Be Postponed. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 10

Although Ministers expect to resume the Parliamentary sitting on September 27, no official action has yet been taken to call the Senate and the House of Representatives…

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Equal Rights for Both Parents Infant Guardianship. Bill in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 11

An important measure, which proposes that mothers shall have the same right of control over their children as fathers, was introuced in the Legislative Assembly yesterday…

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State Parliament. Notes from the Gallery. Problems of Upper House Ballot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 10

What's in a name? The candidate by any name will be much the same as all the others unless he happens to be among the first thirty: that is to say, if he is on "the ticket."…

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S.A. Govt. Betrayal Expected Prolonging Life Of Parliament Promised Made Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 5

HAVING secured its statutory majority in the Legislative Assembly for the passing of. its Bill to prolong the life of…

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Movements in Politics Preparing for the Election of Members of the Upper House

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 2

THE main business in Parliament this week has been the passing of the machinery clauses in connection with the Upper House Reform Bill. It is a…

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