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Politics & elections, 1933

1,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 95

Life of Parliament Important Legislation by Queensland Labor Government

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 8

A bill to amend the Constitution, to provide, that Parliament shall be elected for three years only, and that a Legislative Council or any other form of…

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High Price of Bread. Debate in N.S.W. Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 7

Labor-member McKell moved the adjournment of the N.S.W. State Parliament last Thursday to discuss the price of bread. He said that the present price of…

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State Parliament. Notes from the Gallery. a Day of Mixed Subjects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 12

Should not Victoria Barracks be removed and the ground put to some other use? Various Governments, Premiers, and Ministers have agreed that it should. Yet the…

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State Parliament. Removal of Barracks Urged. All Parties Support Proposal. Debate on Pastures Protection Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 17

Although the earlier portion of yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Assembly was devoted to private members' business, further progress was later made with the Government's legislative programme. A debate took place on a motion by the Opposition Whip (Mr. O'Sullivan)…

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State Parliament Want The Barracks To Be Moved "Waste Space," House Is Told, and None Disagreed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 11

RARELY have members of the Legislative Assembly been in such agreement as they were yesterday, when they…

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Election Plot. Upper House. Question in Assembly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 13

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Shannon directed the attention of the Premier to an alleged plot regarding the Upper House election to overcome the secrecy of the…

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Way Clear For Council Election Writ Next Week Fixing Dates For The Ballots

The Sun · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 13

NOW that the machinery bill has been assented to there will be no undue delay in electing the new Legislative Council, but Christmas will be close at hand before this is completed…

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Upper House Election Bill Is Signed Petition of Lang Ignored Constitution Act Evaded By Home Officials Legal Battle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 5

UNDER obvious pressure from the Government, the special instructions for the affixing of the Royal Assent to the machinery bill…

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Municipal By-election Port Macquarie

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 6

The date of municipal by election is set down for October 14. The secretory of the A.L.P. branch Mr. Tom Moloney, has been selected…

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Royal Assent Given to the Upper House Elections Bill Governor to Act Almost at Once

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 1

AN announcement that the Royal assent had been granted to the Upper House Elections Bill was made by the…

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State Parliament. Notes from the Gallery. Police Force Duties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 10

"The Commissioner of Police hasn't the same security as a junior constable or a junior in the Public Service," said the Chief Secretary…

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Dried Fruits, Ticks, and Mr. Baddeley Dry-blowing in Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 13

DEHYDRATION, dried fruits, and ticks were topics appropriate to the mood of the Parliamentary afternoon. In fact, to any Parliamentary afternoon. Is there not something politically symbolic in such matters?…

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Breeding of Metrop, Candidate Regal Son's Lines

Referee · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 12

Regal Son (who showed a good Metropolitan trial in winning the Victoria Park Handicap, after failing at Rosebill when heavily bucked) is a half-brother to the Caulfield…

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Notable Spring Candidates in Final Trials the Robust and Stout-hearted Did Long Gallops Some Were Content With Sprints In the Finals For Derby Day Silver Scorn and Turbine Go Fast

Referee · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 7

SOME of the Spring candidates finished their work with sprint or easy tasks at Randwick this morning, but there were notable exceptions, including Rogilla, who ran a brilliant mile, Silver Scorn, who put up an exceptionally good 7 on heavy ground, Break Up, who did a vigorous 9 furlongs, and Peter Jackson, who ran the fastest mile…

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What Breeding Says for the Derby Candidates Few Have Legitimate Claim to Consideration The Value of Blixten's Great Guineas Form

Referee · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 6

ONE of the best-bred horses in the A.J.C. Derby is Rapsonia, winner of the Maribyrnong Plate. But he is not an attractive type of colt. He has the lean and hungry look of some stayers, and may prove out of the ordinary over a distance. At present, however, he certainly does not look like a Derby horse. If his form in the Rosehill…

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Caulfield Cup Candidates Fail

Referee · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 9

TWO fancied Cup candidates in Highway and Pieatus were opposed in a field of moderates at Memone, and failed to live up to their reputations…

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King of Night Over Distance S.A. Caulfield Cup Candidate

Referee · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 9

THE Caulfield Cup candidate, King of Night, scored a stylish win in the chief event at Gawler (S.A.) on Saturday. It was his first essay over…

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Transport Candidate

The Sun · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 17

Rose Marte Rose is the banner of the Sea, Land and Air (Transport) Section in the War of the Roses. In the heart of the rose is the candidate -- for…

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Panel in Leg. C'ncil Election Party Meeting Next Week Storms Ahead

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 6

ALTHOUGH leave was granted in the Equity Court yesterday to appeal to the Privy Council against the…

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Postal Union Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 13

Results of the annual elections of the Postal Workers' Union are as follows:--Secretary, N. W. Burke; organiser, G. McCarthy; president,…

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