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Politics & elections, 1936

2,362 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 119

Labor Council Election; Inside Fight Ticket Check on Militants

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 5

AN internal fight is on in the Trades Union movement over election of delegates to the Labor Council…

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Socialist Gains General Elections In Japan LONDON

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 17

ALTHOUGH the Japanese general election results are incomplete, states the correspon dent of the "Daily Telegraph,"…

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May Be Disputed Election of Woman for W.A. Seat Perth

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 10

There is a possibility that the election for the Subiaco seat in the Legislative Assembly, in which Mrs. Cardell Oliver was declared elected, will…

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State Parliament. Resumption of Session. Programme of Bills

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 8

The session of the State Parliament will be resumed to-morrow afternoon. The programme outlined by the Governor, in his speech to Parliament at the commencement…

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Bills for Present Session State Parliament Will Resume To-morrow Child Welfare

The Labor Daily · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 7

FOLLOWING the week's adjournment as a mark of respect to the late King, State Parliament will resume to-morrow with a heavy…

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Pilot Officers. Forty Candidates to be Interviewed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 10

Air-Commodore H. R. Nicholl and WingCommander E. J. Howells, of the Royal Australian Air Force headquarters, Melbourne, have arrived in Sydney to interview the 40…

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Japanese Elections. Tokyo, Feb. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 10

As a result of the Japanese election, the Minsei-to party, or Liberals, have secured 205 seats, and the Seiyu-kal group, or Conservatives, 174…

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Waterloo By-election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 10

A by-election will be held on Friday, March 7, to fill the vacancy in Waterloo Council caused by the resignation of Alderman Sinclair. Nominations close next Friday…

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Japan's Election Admiral Okada's Clear Majority Tokio

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 8

The result of the elections was that the Minseito. or Liberals, gained 205 seats and the Seiyukai (Conservatives), 174 seats…

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Prof. Angus Back Saw Spain's Wild Election Campaign

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Professor S. Angus, who figured In the bitter Presbyterian controversy that culminated last year, returned from a…

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Parliament to Meet To-day

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 4

The State Parliament will meet at 2.30 this afternoon…

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Japanese Elections. Vote Against Fascism. (Published In "The Times.") TOKYO, Feb. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 12

Japanese elections resulted in a strong popular vote against Fascist tendencies in the Seiyu-kal party, some of whose leaders angled for reactionary support, but which lost 130…

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Motion in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 14

Shortly before the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly last night, the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Lang) moved, as a matter of urgency, that the House should consider the…

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Parliament. Company Law. Government and Rents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 17

Practically the whole of yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Assembly was devoted to the debate, on the second reading, of the Companies Bill. The discussion is reported…

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Real Estate. Hardening of Values. Report to Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 13

The Valuer-General's report for the year ended June 30 last, which was tabl[?] in the State Parliament yesterday, states that there was an acceleration of improvement in the…

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Parliament "Companies Bill Wont Wipe Out Frauds at Once"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 9

"I must candidly confess," said the Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, in his second reading speech on the Companies Bill yesterday, "that on the coming into force of this bill we will not see a complete end of those frauds and swindles in connection…

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State Parliament. Notes from the Gallery. Companies Bill Debated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 12

The Companies Bill was launched in the Assembly yesterday. There had been a preliminary Ministerial speech or two previously, but here was the bill, a ponderous document…

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Sequestration Order. Members of Parliament at Law. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 14

A sequestration order, made on January 14, against the estate of Thomas John Hughes, on the petition of A. M. Clydesdale, M.L.C., was annulled in the Bankruptcy Court to-day by…

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State Parliament Dug in McKELL'S Speech Took 4hr. 35min. Longest in Years

The Sun · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 13

AT 5.15 p.m. yesterday, Mr. McKell, who is the only lawyer among Labor members in the Legislative Assembly, began a…

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Russian Influence at Elections in Spain. London, Feb. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 14

The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Madrid, who has consistently attributed the Socialist victory at the elections to Russian influence, declares that the country is flooded…

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