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Politics & elections, 1936

2,362 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 119

Attack on Democratic Rights Worker Candidates Banned

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 3

BRISBANE, April 17. —Riordan, the United Front candidate in the Bowen Council elections, has been informed that his nomination will…

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Municipal Election

The Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 21

WALCHA, Tuesday.-- The extraordinary election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ald. J. A. Waller, resulted: W. A. Ryan 122,…

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BOYCOTTED Catholics And Election MADRID

The Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 7

The Catholic Right Wing party has decided to abstain from voting at the Presidential election on April 26, alleging that there are no guarantees…

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Fire Board Election

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Chief Secretary. Mr. Chaffey, announced yesterday that in order to fill the vacancy on the Board of Fire Commissioners, caused by the…

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Rodney By-election Preferences Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 6

Cheeking of the first preference votes in the Rodney by-election resulted in minor changes. Latest figures: W. Dunstone 3641, S. S…

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Nominations in French Elections Paris

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 5

WHEN nominations closed yesterday for the elections to be held next Sunday, with the second ballot to follow on May 3, there was a…

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Tangled Issues Of French Elections PARIS

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 3

FRANCE faces an election marked by strangely tangled issues and a record rush of…

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Comment in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 13

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Clyne, Labour member for King, said that the number of road accidents was appalling, and he thought many people who held…

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Young Man Insults Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 4

FLINGING a handful of torn-up paper to the floor of the Legislative Assembly yesterday, a young man rose in the public…

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State Parliament for Silicosis Compensation Increase

The Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 13

Introducing the Workmen's Compensation Silicosis Bill in the Legislative Assembly to-day. the Minister for Labor (Mr Dunningham)…

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State Parliament Fight on Pest Control Govt. Power

The Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 17

BUT," said Mr. Lang anxiously," this seems dangerous. They might declare Pomeranians noxious."…

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State Parliament. Control of Noxious Weeds. Companies Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 12

Yesterday, being private members' day the afternoon in the Assembly was occupied with debate on a motion by Mr. Lee, the member for Drummoyne, for an affirmation by the…

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State Parliament S.p. Cases No Fingerprinting Chaffey Tells Police Practice

The Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 15

A STATEMENT that the police took the fingerprints of all people charged with S.P. betting and other…

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FORMER M.P. Bankruptcy Examination. Seven Years in Parliament. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 13

Frederick Henry Francis, builder and contr[?]ctor, of Church-street, Richmond, who was formerly a member of the House of Representatives, was examined for five hours before…

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State Parliament N.S.W. Awaits World Coal-Oil Tests Minister Urges Patience

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 4

ONE of the main missions of the Premier (Mr. Stevens) in England is to examine the £3…

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State Parliament. Oil From Coal. Premier's Inquiries. Noxious Plants Bill. Wharves at Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 10

In the course of a debate in the Assembly yesterday on the subject of the establishment of oil extraction from coal, the Minister for Mines said that…

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State Parliament Spooner Snubs Convention Ignores Party's Protest Government By Regulation In New Bill Noxious Weed

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 6

NOTWITHSTANDING the U.AP. Convention's condemnation of government by regulation, the Minister for Works and Local…

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Spanish Election. Catholic Party Will Not Vote. MADRID, April 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 13

The Catholic Right Wing party has decided to abstain from voting at the Presidential election on April 26. It alle[?]es that there are no guarantees that the election will be…

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A Rosebery Candidate Of Note

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 2

TOPICAL, winner of the 1933 Australian Cup and a candidate for the first division of to-day's Flying Welter at Rosebery. He has been successful in sprint events, and attention was drawn, to his prospects when he beat all out Babilli and Bulldozer in an Ascot Mile at his last start…

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