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Politics & elections, 1934

2,810 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 141

Taking the Elections Quietly

The Sun · Tuesday 21 August 1934 · page 6

PERHAPS it is that the catch-cries are not so bitter and provocative as usual in our elections; but, so far, the public appears to be taking the issues very quietly. Even the hecklers are less persistent, and heckle with the voices of…

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Council By-election

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 August 1934 · page 6

The writ for the Legislative Council the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr L. Courtenay, has been issued…

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Victorian By-election Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 August 1934 · page 7

When nominations closed to-day for the Clifton Hill by-election for tho Legislative Assembly, rendered necessary by tho resignation of the…

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Term Extended. New Zealand Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 14

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday. A bill permanently extending the life of Parliament to four years, instead of three as at present, was read the second time in the…

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Use of Hansard Staff Question in Parliament

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 8

Mr. McGirr (Lab., Bankstown) raised the question in the Legislative Assembly yesterday of six members of the Hansard staff having…

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PARLIAMENT. Bishop's Scathing Remarks. "People's Respect Vanishing." Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 14

Striking criticisms of Parliament were conrained in the charge delivered by the Bishop of Wangaratta (the Right Rev. J. S. Hart) to the annual synod of the diocese to-day…

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Clifton Hill By-election. Labor Candidate Elected Unopposed

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 13

WHEN nominations closed on Monday for the Clifton Hill by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly rendered necessary by the resignation of the…

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Grain of Pity For Candidates the Orgy And Reckoning Election Costs

The Sun · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 23

LET the champagne of epigram and the wine of wit mingle with the beer of platitude! Drink your fill, for you--the man…

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State Parliament. Notes from the Gallery. Adjournment for Federal Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 12

Brief sittings of the two Houses of Parliament yesterday closed the Legislature until aftet the Federal elections. Bills were in suspense betreen Council and Assembly…

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The South Australian Worker Adelaide, Monday. Election Interest

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 15

WITH the approach of the election, workers and Labor supporters are beginning to take interest in politics. Many committees in the country are now…

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Federal Elections Labor Campaign Is Now in Full Swing. Big Support Coming From Primary Producers

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 4

THE Federal election campaign is now well under way, and Labor candidates are conducting meeting in the various electorates throughout the Commonwealth…

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M.L.C. FINED. Defamation in Election Pamphlet

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 14

At Fremantle (W. A.) last week Mr. E. H. Gray, representing the West Province in the Western Australian Legislative Council, was fined on a charge of a…

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The Challenge of the Elections. for What We Stand?

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 6

SCANNING most of the issues now being presented to the electors for their approval of disapproval on September 15, the conviction deepens that the gravity…

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East Toowoomba By-election. Nationalist Majority Greatly Reduced

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 18

The East Toowoomba by-election, to fill the vacancy in the Queensland State Parliament caused by the death of the Nationalist member, Mr. T. R. Roberts,…

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The Turf: Epsom and Metropolitan Candidates The Epsom

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 33

AMONG the Epsom horses nothing looks brighter than that desperately game little finisher Dame Moab. It seems strange that such a neat, compact little mare should be a bad beginner; but there is a long,…

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Two Theories. Issues at Election. Mr. Martin's Survey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 18

Speaking at Stanmore in support of the candidature of Mr. W. N. Nicol last night. the Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin) said the contest resolved itself into a fight…

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Federal Elections. Calare Contest. Dr. Nott's Position. Dr. Page's Allegation. (From Our Special Representative.) Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 18

There are all the signs of a very spririted, if not bitter. contest in the Calare electorate. and of extraordinary efforts by the Country party to secure Mr. Thorby's return. All…

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Lang's Appeal in £20,000 Libel Action Against A New Trial Sequel to the Bulli Election

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 6

HEARING was begun before the High Court of Australia yesterday of the appeal by John Thomas Lang from the decision of…

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Parlt. Washes Up For Elections Odds And Ends Cleared Up Business Done in Thehouse Farmers' Relief Bd. Dismissal Is Mentioned Tp. Abuses

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 8

BUSINESS in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, apart from a fairly busy period for questions, was confined almost entirely to the…

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