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Politics & elections, 1935

2,603 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 131

Communist Candidates Answer “Yes” To Teachers’ Question

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Our candidates in the N.S.W. election have received a communication from the N.S.W. Public School Teachers’ Federation,…

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Election Jottings

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 2

The sitting politicians, both U.A.P. and Lang Party, devote quite a deal of their agitation to “what they have done” in…

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Election Reports

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 2

A number of election reports have, owing to the pressure on our space, not teen published, whilst others have been considerably…

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Labor Candidate Slanders Arthur Chapman Disorderly Meeting

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 5

SYDNEY. — Speaking at a meeting on Friday night last. May 3, at the corner of Cowper Street and Glebe Road, Glebe,…

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Those Election Funds

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY.—It is an old and time-honored tactic of the A.l.P. to suggest that other working-class organisations are financed by the…

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Party Will Contest Council Elections

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—Communist candidates will be run in the forthcoming Municipal Elections in Victoria…

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Miners Angry At Murder of Official Hitler Defeated in Factory Elections

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 3

The Hitler Government has had to admit a severe defeat in the elections to the factory councils. A cabled report admits…

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Reference to Mr. Lang's "Tactics" His Claim Labor Candidate Letter in Paper Name of Writer

The Sun · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 12

REFERENCES to the pending State election, Mr. Lang's political "tactics," and an alleged defamatory letter…

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Election Canards. To the Editor

The St George Call · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 6

Sir,—On this occasion, as at the elections held three years ago, the opponents of the Labor Party are indulging in their usual whispering…

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Mr. Mark Gosling Labor’s Selected Candidate for Kogarah

The St George Call · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 6

Mr. Mark Gosling is well and favourably known throughout the district, having been its member for twelve years. He was first elected to Parliament…

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Complete Rout Of U.A.P. Predicted by Shrewd Observers (Election Notes)

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 9

WITH the voters throughout the State uniting in one voice of protest against three years of government under Stevens, victory for…

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RECORD N.Z. Vote for Labor Notable Swing In The Municipal Election City Council Wellington (N.z.), Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 1

NEW ZEALAND, like practically every other part of the Empire, including Britain itself, is swinging away from the Tories, who have…

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Qld. Election Campaign of Only 20 Days Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 8

AFTER a campaign of only 20 days, the Queensland elections will be held on Saturday. The Government in the last…

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Fireside Election Nears End Umbrella Poll Forecast Quietest in History: 1,200,000 to Vote 180,000 Lucky Ones Who Needn't Brave Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 1

WHILE to-morrow's general election promises to be the quietest in history, it is expected to be wet climatically over most of the State, with thunderstorms and squally winds, and with snow in parts…

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To-morrow's Election

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 8

CONCERNING to-morrow's election the general prophecy is that whatever seats may be won or lost the present course of government will be continued; the Administration receiving a majority endorsement as a sort of "payment…

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Election Addresses Lively Night at Guildford

The Biz · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 10

On Friday evening last, the parties contesting the forthcoming State election, aired their respective views in Guildford-road. The Gospel waggon…

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Polling Day Liquor

The Sun · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 3

Police were unusually vigilant today in the matter of trade in city and suburban hotels, and several city hotels were visited, though no…

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Polling-places in the Metropolis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 19

The following is a list of polling-places within the metropolitan area:— ANNANDALE. Annnndole Public School, Trafalgar-street; North Annandale Public School, Johnston-street; Forest…

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All Quiet On Polling Front Voters' Verdict Giving It Calmly John Citizen's Day

The Sun · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 3

FOLLOWING the quietest election campaign on record, indications are that Polling Day will go on record as the most unspectacular and quietest in the State's history…

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Labor Will Win To-day and Save Aust. C'wealth Waits As N.S.W. Traces History In A Polling Booth Lang Is Quietly Confident U.A.P. Headquarters Admit Possibility Of Defeat the Lonely Premier

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 1

WITH four other States of the Commonwealth standing to attention and waiting on a policy of higher wages, full-time relief for the unemployed, and debt relief for primary producers, the electors of New South Wales, on the last night of the short and inspiring election…

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