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Politics & elections, 1935

2,603 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 131

United Front Communists Approach Labor Candidates

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 2

CESSNOCK.—The Cessnock Party Section has approached the A.L.P. and Independent Labor candidates with the purpose of having a…

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Good Work in Election Campaign £25 in Ten Days Workers Reply to Stevens

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Despite the fact that we had only approximately ten days to raise the £25 deposit for our candidate, the reaction of the…

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The Fight for the United Front Letter to A.L.P. Candidates Hartley Campaign Candidates Well Received Deposit Raised

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 4

LITHGOW, April 22.—The Party’s opening meeting took place in the Lithgow Town Hall on Monday night last. The opening speaker,…

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Election Notes Responding To Labor's Call Help For Farmers

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 10

REALISING the complete failure of the Stevens Government's policy of "starve yourself back to prosperity," the people throughout the State have rallied in their thousands behind the Labor Party in its advocacy of increased purchasing power for…

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To-day's Controversy Where Are The Federal Ministers in Election? Hiding From Electors

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 6

Sir,--Where are the members of the Commonwealth Government at the momentous election in New South Wales? The Acting-Prime…

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Child's Mite to Help Labor Win Elections

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 7

Golden Rule Number 5 of "The Labor Daily's" Corner for Children, which is "Don't wish for things-- work for them," has so impressed…

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Water Board Election Ald. Maunder. Elected

The Biz · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 9

Alderman J. E. Maunder has been elected for the fifth constituency of the Water and Sewerage Board, which embraces 23 councils from parramatta to Wollongong…

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Local and General Election Advertisements

The Biz · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 4

Political parties requiring advertising pace in next week's issue of this paper are advised to make early application…

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Candidates Seeking Election at the Forthcoming State Poll

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 18

*MR. E. S. SOLOMON (U.A.P., Petersham). MR. W. F. SHEAHAN (State Labour, Petersham)…

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Agricultural Society Election of Officers

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 7

The first meeting of the newlyelected committee of the Nepean A.H. and I. Society was held at the School of Arts on Friday evening, 26th ult.,…

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Mr. Joseph Jackson U.A.P. Candidate's Address

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 8

Mr Joseph Jackson, sitting member for Nepean and U.A.P. candidate in the present contest, opened his campaign with an address at Emu Plains…

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Election Campaign (Continued). New Security for Man on Land. Premier's Speech at Young (From Our Special Representative.) Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 16

"What has the present Government done for the farmer?" asked the Premier at Young to-night. Mr. Stevens said it had given him a new security. It had helped the farmer with…

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The Elections. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 14

Sir,—Really I am wondering if I do not live in "a land of strange beliefs." Surely the issue is so simple as to need "no" consideration. I have often voted Labour, and…

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The Elections. Some of the Major Issues. Premier in Riverina. Mr. Lang's Country Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 15

The keynote of the U.A.P. campaign is that the Government has made splendid progress with its work of State rehabilitation. That the work is not yet completed is due to the immensity of the task left by its predecessors. The State deficit was £14,000,000. The railway deficit was mounting up…

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Election Points. The Vote Next Week. for Stability or for Misrule

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 14

The vote next week is a simple matter. It is for stability, or for misrule as the alternative. The States and Commonwealth have carried…

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Election Features

The Sun · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 5

The election features, "The Parties Put Their Case," and Round the Electorates" will not be published on Monday, but will…

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First Impressions the Queensland elections: Foregone Smith

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 1

OLD Pullman cars to be fitted as dental clinics. Pullman sounds appropriate. AT a recent wedding in one of the poorer parts of Sydney, twelve…

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Election Nearing!

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 4

HE Promised us the moon and all The stars within the sky-- More dole for all, less hours to…

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State Election Forecast Parties Should Be More Evenly Balanced in Next N.S.W. PARLT. Indications Are That Stevens-Bruxner Govt. Should Have Safe Majority

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 10

ONE of the last Acts of the Stevens' Government was to amend the N.S.W. Electoral Act, making it compulsory for every Parliamentary Candidate to deposit £25 in cash, which became forfeited to the Crown if the candidate secured less than 20 per cent. of the First Preference Votes polled by the successful candidate. This, with the…

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Election Notes Labor's Strong Position Thorough Campaign

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 8

REPORTS from all parts of the State, which were received at Campaign Headquarters yesterday, indicate that with only one week to polling day, Labor is in a splendid position, and the return of a virile Government on May 11 is assured…

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