Mayor Candidate
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Cr. A. G. Wales) will contest the by-election for the Melbourne seat in the Legislative…
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State Parliament
A long debate took place in the Assembly yesterday on the arrangements made for the new site for the Central Baptist Church in the Haymarket. The bill to ratify the…
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The Government has no intention of replacing this Parliament House with a new one," the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) announced to-day in…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →State Parliament Bruxner Amends Clause in Contentious Bill
THE Acting-Premier (Mr. Bruxner) was induced to move an amendment, which was carried by the Assembly, to the first important clause in the contentious Railways Amendment Bill yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Federal Parliament Cancer Hughes's Hope National Matter Aid of States Canberra
HOPES that, with the cooperation of the States, it would be possible to make the treatment of cancer a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →From the Gallery. Federal Parliament. the 40-Hour Week. (From Our Special Representative.) Canberra
Members of the House of Representatives spent the whole of their time to-day discussing the motion moved yesterday by the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Curtin), in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →State parliament Sub-judice Point Is Upheld Lang on Railway Measure Further Govt. Amendments Writ Case
ALTHOUGH 11 pages of amendments had already been Inserted in the measure, an additional three pages of amendments were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal Parliament U.A.P. Convention Is Defied 40-Hours Question Avoided Move To Ratify Defeated 'No Power' Canberra
FACED with the issue of declaring themselves on the 40 hours question, the Government members from N.S.W. chose to defy the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Unity Brings Success to Workers and Farmers “Communist-tory Alliance” Lie Bites the Dust Queensland Local Elections
EXPOSING the stupid slanders against the Communist Party and militant workers which Mr. Fallon (of the Queensland Australian Workers’ Union) has been carrying on in the “Worker.” a correspondent points out that in the Millaa Millaa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Everyone Happy" Lord Somers' Election LONDON
"Everyone here win be very happy if the appointment commends Itself to Australia." Sir Stanley Jackson and to "The Sun" in connection with the election of Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spotlight On Olympic Intrigue Reasons for the Discord Electioneering In Appointment Of Manager Late Agenda
A SPOTLIGHT was thrown last night on the inner working of the Australian Olympic Federation and revealed some of the reasons for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peckham By-election Returns Labor Man London
THE swing in the electorates against the Baldwin Government is still in evidence at the latest by-election held at Peckham, owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Parliament. Policy of Attracting Tourists to Assist London Funds. Suggestions in Federal Supply Debate. CANBERRA
During the debate in the House of Representatives to-day on the granting of three months' supply, members advocated the attraction of tourists to Australia by effective advertising, to offset the monetary loss caused by Australians spending their holidays abroad…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Federal Parliament Supply Practice Attacked Curtin Issues a Warning 'Parlt. No Longer Has Control Of Purse' the Budget Canberra
ATTACKING the practice of Parliament granting the Government supply so that it could close Parliament, the Leader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BY-ELECTION Castlereagh Council
A BY-ELECTION for Castlereagh Council has been rendered necessary by the resignation of Ald. G. C. Neagle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rugby Union. Premiership Round. State Candidates on Trial
The State selectors are to choose the Now South Wales team for the Queensland trip after to-day's round of matches in the Rugby Union premiership competition…
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WITH the object of making a "Mothers Day" appeal direct to the Lieut-- Governor, Sir Philip Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parliament Should Shoulder Responsibility Question Of Capital Punishment League Suggests Nonparty Vote Big Demonstration
BECAUSE of the fact that under an English law passed in 1933 sentence of death cannot be passed on a person under the age of 18 years, a suggestion has been made on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Canberra Newsreel "Modern Time"--with Dialogue! Close-ups: Side- stepping 40- hours Week. "Sniping" Still Popular Parliament House is "Temporary"
TECHNOCRACY. . .mechanisation. . .Australia's cavalcade of industrial evolution...all were paraded throughout the highlight of last week's debates in the House of Representatives--the VS-hour working week question. It was "Modern Times'' with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Elections. Europe's Danger
To excuse the Franco-Russian pact, the French Press has coined the phrase "La Russie s'embourgeoise." Were Russia now to return the compliment with "La Franco so…
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