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Politics & elections, 1937

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Mestoravon Brilliant "Poor Field" said The Critics But It Was The Fastest Sydney Cup Ever Run Sir Ross Was the Unluckiest of All Candidates

Referee · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 4

PERHAPS if Mestoravon had struck some high-class field for the Sydney Cup he might have won it just as he won this week's richest Sydney race, worth £6000. He had attained a burst of well-nigh…

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Dr. Page Going to Gwydir Endorsement Of Party Candidate

The Sun · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

The Acting-Prime Minister, Dr. Page, and the Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Menzies, arrived in Sydney. Dr. Page will leave to-night for…

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C.p. Candidates for Gwydir Selected To-morrow

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 5

To attend the Gwydir Country Party electoral conference at Narrabri to-morrow, the Acting-Prime Minister, Dr. Page, and the…

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Gwydir Seat. Country Party Candidates. Selection To-morrow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 8

The Gwydir electoral conference of the Country party will meet at Narrabri to-morrow to endorse one or more candidates for the by-election caused by the resignation…

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New Era in Japan. Fascism Versus Labour. Elections Welcomed. TOKYO, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 12

The public approves of the dramatic dissolution of the Diet by the issue of an Imperial ordinance, and the prospect of a general election a month…

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Stir at U. A. P. PARLEY Returning Officer's Election A Last-MINUTE disturbance

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 8

A with delegates shouting "Order' and "Withdraw," occurred at the U.A.P. Convention last night over the election of a returning officer to…

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Parliament Plays While Japan Moves On! Dr. Earle Page! It's Up to You! Open Letter To a Man Who Could Do a Big Job

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 5

A FEW weeks ago the Japanese Foreign Office spokesman stated that Japan was disappointed with the economic results of her conquest in Manchukuo, and said she would have to look…

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Election Campaign in Japan. Tokyo, April 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 17

The campaign for the general elections in Japan on April 30 will be mainly a duel between the combined strength of the Minseito and Seiyukai parties, which hold a total of…

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Gwydir. Fight for Seat. Country Party's Selections. Three Candidates. (From Our Special Representative.) Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 17

Three Country party candidates— Messrs, E. G. Batchelor, of Baradine, O. L. Milling, of Dunedoo, and G. S. Moore, of Manilla, will contest the…

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The Judiciary. Labour Wants Sympathisers on Bench. Vacancies After 1938 ELECTIONS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 17

Three Judges of the District Court, Judge Thomson, Judge Coyle, and Judge Sheridan, are due to retire next year, in September, November, and December respectively. Their…

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Country Party Confident Winning Gwydir By-Election

The Sun · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

"The United Country Party is certain to retain Gwydir at the by-election on May 8," the secretary of the U.C.P. (Mr. E. J. Munro) to-day…

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U.C.P. Split in Gwydir Electorate 3 Candidates Selected Bitter Resentment Of Local U.A.P. Deliberate Slight Narrabri

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 5

THAT there is already division in Country Party ranks in connection with the forthcoming Gwydir by-election was made! apparent to-day when the Gwydir Electoral Conference, which met to select a candidate for the contest, was obliged to agree…

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Gwydir By-election Will Be Broadcast "Opening on April 13 of Campaign Gunnedah Town Hall All Arrangements Now Completed

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 5

WITH the whole of its arrangements completed, it was announced yesterday that the Labor Party would officially open its campaign in the Gwydir by-election in Gunnedah Town Hall on April 13. The speeches will be broadcast…

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C.P. CHOOSES 3 Candidates for Gwydir Narrabri

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 5

With one Labor and three Country Party candidates in the field and optimism in both camps, the stage is set for a close, and hard-fought…

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Corker Track Trials By Kenso Candidates Coin Silver's Speed Scamper Over Three Was a Tip-Top Effort Spasm Is Ready for Wyong

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 3

TRACK work during the past few days suggests that the following horses should be able to more than hold their own when next sent out to battle in races: RAND WICK…

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Lang Party. Efforts for Truce. to Win By-election. Dictatorship's Fate May Be Involved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 9

The Lang Labour executive is making desperate efforts to win the Gwydir seat, not merely because of its effect on the Parliamentary-party strength,…

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Irish Free State. Mr. Cosgrave's Election Policy. DUBLIN, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 10

The leader of the Opposition in the Dall Eireann, Mr. Cosgrave, in a speech opening his campaign preparatory to the general election, described Mr. de Valera's policy of…

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Japanese Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 8

To the Western mind it is at first sight incomprehensible that in the Japanese Diet a Government (the Hirota Government), supported…

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Gwydir By-Election Campaign Keen Public Interest

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 5

THE widespread enthusiasm that has been aroused behind Labor's campaign in the Gwydir by-election was intensified at the week-end with the announcement that the leaders of the party would officially launch the campaign at Gunnedah Town…

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Military Rule in Japan Depends on Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 3

TOKIO, Sunday.--A military dictatorship is likely if the elections following last week's dissolution of the Diet go against the Government…

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