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Politics & elections, 1934

2,810 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 141

PARLIAMENT. Election Adjournment. Announcement by Premier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 11

The State Parliament will hold a further brief sitting before the Federal elections. On Tuesday nex the Upper House will meet to dispose of urgent business, while the Assembly…

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Adjourned Till Tuesday State Parliament

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 7

When the State Parliament met last night after the Legislative Council by-election had been completed, Mr. Stevens moved that the House…

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"Make Commonwealth Pool An Issue At Coming Elections" Spiking the Guns of Vested Proprietary Interests Apply the Acid Test of Approval to All Country Candidates F.S.A. President's Outspoken Advice Big Farmers' Conference in Aggressive Mood

The Land · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 1

FORESEEING pressure from vested wheat interests upon the Federal Government to sidetrack or ignore any recommendation made by the Royal Commission in the direction of a Commonwealth-wide pool, the president of the…

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Police Interrupt Election Meeting Candidate Threatened With Arrest SYDNEY

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 2

Comrade Terry, while addressing a fairly large gathering of relief workers outside the pay office at East Hills on July 31, within the electorate for…

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U.C.P. Endorses Nine Candidates for the Elections One Clash with U.A.P. Robertson And New England

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 5

THE central council of the U.C.P. yesterday endorsed a Senate candidate, seven candidates for the House of…

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Registration of Stallions Bill to be Submitted to Parliament Soon Ready Now

The Land · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 33

THE Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) has prepared a bill for the registration of stallions for submission to Parliament…

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Chamber of Commerce Election of New Officers

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 4

As successor to Mr. Spencer Watts, the Chamber of Commerce has elected Mr. R. M. Clark (chairman and managing director…

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Federal Elections. Opens Campaign. Unemployment Problem. Developmental Works

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 8

"I am no quack doctor of finance trying to dazzle you with an amazing new discovery or some wonderful cure-all," said Mr. J. B. Chifley, former Minister for Defence and State…

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Country Party. Candidates Endorsed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 8

The following United Country party candidates for the Federal election were officially endorsed by a meeting of the cential council of the party in Sydney yesterday. Mr. A. K…

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New England Seat. U.a.p. Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 8

Mr. P. L. Cantwell, of Singleton, was yesterday selected as a United Australia party candidate to contest the New England seat against the sitting member of the Country…

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Communist Party Campaign Opens Amid Mass Enthusiasm Ovations Unanimous for Party Adoption Leaders of Policy Comrade Sharkey, N.S.W. Senate Candidate, Outlines Programme for Liberation of Working Class Sydney

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 1

The Adyar Hall was packed, not even standing room left, at the official opening of the Communist Party's Federal election campaign. Tremendous enthusiasm prevailed The speakers' remarks were punctuated by outbursts of applause. The Party leaders on the platform and the speakers, Comrades Sharkey, Wright, Orr, Terry, and McPhee, were…

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Change of Candidate. Brisbane

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 2

The No. 3 District Committee of the Communist Party notifies that they have withdrawn R. Shaylor from the contest for the Brisbane seat, and that…

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Bourke Candidate. Melbourne

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 2

Owing to relief work in the bush, Comrade Jim Adie, who had been provisionally selected by the district committee to represent the Party in the…

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Selection of Candidates Now Finally Abolished

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 6

The latest caper of the Social-Fascists comes from Queensland, where the Central Executive of that State has decided to discard the plebiscite…

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Progress of Federal Election Campaign SYDNEY

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 5

Everything points to a splendid campaign in this electorate. Over £7 has been collected to date, and an acceleration can be noted in the collection…

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Election Law Bill to Deal With "Interjectors."(DR. G. P. O'DAY.)

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 3

At the time of writing (Tuesday, July 24), there is before the Commonwealth Parliament a bill to amend the Electoral Act which marks another…

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His Advantage To-day's Election Joke

The Sun · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 11

In a week or two the voice of the interjector will be loud in the land More often than not he will be merely irritating; occasionally he will…

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By-election Result

The Sun · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 13

The result of the Legislative Council by-election was formally declared at Parliament House today by the Clerk of Parliaments (Mr. Calvert)…

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Douglas Credit in Elections No Direction As To The Preference Votes Policy Talk

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 8

AN announcement that no direction would be given to supporters regarding the allocation of preference votes at the Federal…

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U. A. P. in a Panic Over U.C.P. Extension Of Split From Victoria BY-ELECTION

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 8

THE definite extension to New South Wales of the Victorian U.A.P.-U.C.P. split over the Gloucester by-election has thrown the…

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