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Politics & elections, 1936

2,362 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 119

By-election at Concord To-day Thompson's Campaign

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 June 1936 · page 7

Splendid support has been rallied behind the candidature of Mr. L. H. Thompson In the by-election to be held to-day to fill the vacancy In the…

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By-election Stir Nomination Is Rejected Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 June 1936 · page 8

There was a sensation at the official declaration of nominations to-day for the two vacancies in the Newcastle City Council…

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Concord Council By-election Won by Caro

Truth · Sunday 14 June 1936 · page 16

A BY-ELECTION was held yesterday to fill an extraordinary vacancy in the Concord Municipal Council. There were four candidates, and the…

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Concord By-election

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 June 1936 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald

To fill the vacancy in the Concord Municipal Council, a by-election was held on Saturday. Mr. Phillip Hyam Caro (Ind.) was declared…

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Labor Man Wins Election Young

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 June 1936 · page 5

Mr. Dan Cummins, a prominent local Labor man, was elected by 42 votes at an extraordinary election to fill the vacancy in C Riding of…

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State Parliament Road Lighting Govt Acts Board Control?

The Sun · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 12

THE Acting-Premier (Mr. Bruxner) stated in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon that he had given instructions for…

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Candidate for By-election Erskineville Council

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 5

The Central Executive of the A.L.P., at a special meeting lost night, selected Mr. A. J. Miller to contest the by-election to fill the vacancy…

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Thousands Lose Vote In Local Elections Abolishes Lodger Vote

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY.—The State Government last Tuesday carried through the second reading of an Amendment to the Local Government Act depriving all lodgers and those eight weeks or more in arrears with their rent of the right to vote in City…

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Labor Plan For Elections Unity Position

The Sun · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 14

A FEDERAL Labor "five-year plan," upon which the Federal elections will be fought, is in course of preparation for…

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Rejection of Nomination Peculiar By-election Position Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 7

A peculiar situation has arisen in connection with the rejection of the nomination of Mr. P. Connolly for the Newcastle City Council…

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More Candidates for Rifle Event

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 20

Among further nominations for selection in the New South Wales team to compete in the Commonwealth shoot at Adelaide on September 17, is Alan…

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Hoggishness in Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 June 1936 · page 11

THE culture which is frequently claimed for people in high places is, after all, often only skin deep. It takes very little to reveal their natural grossness and…

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Cerrutty's Gibe at Parliament Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 June 1936 · page 10

Mr. C. J. Cerrutty who recently retired from one of the most highlypaid posts in the Federal public service, to-day made sneering…

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State Parliament. Homes for the Unemployed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 June 1936 · page 14

An interesting incident in the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly yesterday was the Labour party's loss of its deputy leader, Mr. Baddeley. It is a long time since a member…

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Construction of New Railway Member's Charges in Parliament

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 June 1936 · page 6

FOLLOWING the action of the Acting-Premier, Mr. Braxner, in giving notice in the Legislative Assembly yesterday of a Bill to authorise…

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State Parliament Must Licence Stage Pistols Starters Exempt

The Sun · Wednesday 17 June 1936 · page 14

"We have to consider the citizens and public safety, and we are not asking anybody to do anything…

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Supplying Power to B.h.p. Question in Parliament

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 June 1936 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Arthur (Lab., Hamilton) asked the Acting-Premier, Mr. Bruxner,, whether it was a fact that an…

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State Parliament. Housing Plan Passes in Assembly. Prince Henry Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 June 1936 · page 12

A bill designed io empower the trust administering the Housing of the Unemployed Act to acquire land on which to erect additional homes for…

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