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Politics & elections, 1937

2,920 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 146

Gwydir Rivals Meet. Dunedoo Speeches. Election Interest. Dunedoo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 16

Rival political parties met at Dunedoo to-night, when Senator Hardy and Mr. Moore, one of the Country party candidates for the Gwydir by-election,…

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Political Pointer Brisbane City Elections Brisbane

The Sun · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 13

ELECTIONS for the Greater Brisbane Council next Saturday will be watched closely for a possible pointer…

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Split Vote Cannot Be Avoided Labor in Brisbane Election Lord Mayoralty Is Key Position Q.C.E. Action Brisbane, Tues

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 1

WORKMEN are busy in all Brisbane suburbs chipping foothpaths, making roads, and building water channelling. If…

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Candidate for St. Peters Vacancy in Council

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 8

"RESIDENTS of St. Peters have a double opportunity of showing their appreciation of the work of Mr. W. Hogan, who recently retired after…

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Polling Arrangements in Gwydir

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 5

For the purposes of the Gwydir by-election. polling day is Saturday. May 8, The polling booths within the division will open at 8 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m…

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The Parties of the Jewish Parliament

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 5

The Rev E. M. Levy, M.A. will lecture to the University Group at the Maccabean Hall,' (Library) on Sunday 26th on "The Parties in the Jewish Parliament."…

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The Referee's Breeding Page Was Limond a Sire of True Stayers? Derby Candidates, No. 1 None of His Stock Has Made Good Showing in Melbourne Cup N. Z. Reader's Defence of Sire

Referee · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 10

MR. REX GUDSELL, of Canterbury, New Zealand, writes to "The Referee," taking exception to the contention that Limond has not been a successful sire of true stayers. "Heaps of Limonds didn't win in open company over two miles. Yet they…

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League Players. McLEAN with Ipswich. Horder on Tour Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 15

D. McLean, the Wallaby Rugby Union winger, will play lils first important Rugby League match next Saturday, when he will appear for Ipswich against Brisbane in a…

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Gwydir Election. Mr. Moore's Policy. "No Mechanical Robot."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 8

Mr. Geoffrey Moore, one of the three endorsed Country party candidates, speaking at Coolah, said that he thought the only commonsense policy which could appeal to the electors…

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Local Govt. Elections Spooner Alters the Regulations

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 7

AN admission that he had again been meddling with local government electoral machinery was made last night by the Minister for Works…

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Brisbane Council Elections Dictatorship Of Q.C.E. Is Big Issue BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 5

WHILE all manner of side issues have been introduced into the campaign, the outstanding question before the people in the Brisbane…

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Local Government Elections. Minister's Advice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 9

The election of aldermen and councillors to municipal and shire councils will take place early in December. The successful candidates will hold office for three years…

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Candidate in Accident. Quirindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 11

Mr. E. G. Batchelor, one of the Country party candidates for the Gwydir election, accompanied by Mr. H. C. Carter, M.L.A., and Mr. N. Barnett, with Mr. Barnett…

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Fighting to Save Position Brisbane City Elections Final Efforts Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 7

IN an effort to save the position that has been created by the Central Executive's action in refusing endorsement to six of the sitting labor…

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Federal Parliament Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 6

It is believed in political circles that the next meeting of the Federal Parliament will be postponed until June 17…

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FEDERAL A.L.P. Executive to Hear Appeals Which Are Constitutional Polling in City Council Vital Vote Cast To-Day BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 1

WITH over 5000 absent and postal votes already cast, the Brisbane City Council elections to-morrow will attract…

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Japanese Diet Elections Government Defeat Predicted LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 5

Nominations close at midnight for the general election of the Diet, to be held on April 30. It is regarded as a certainty that…

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Page Is Rehearsing Lyons's Waterloo Why I Publish Smith's Weekly U.A.P. Makes Gwydir The Touchstone Of General Elections

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 12

LIKE the punter who, after a losing day, "goes for a recovery" by a desperate plunge on the last race, the Federal Government is staking whatever prestige it may have saved from the referendum debacle on an outside chance in the Gwydir election. A modicum of…

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Premier's Country Election Meetings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. Stevens) will open a conference on the north-west water scheme, at Narrabri, on Wednesday, and will address an election meeting…

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Police Versus People Mackay Reveals Himself Hitler of Force Hysterical Outbursts Parliament Must Deal With Alarming Situation Administration Clean-up

Truth · Sunday 25 April 1937 · page 15

LAST week was revealed the real Mackay—the Hitler of the New South Wales police force, Mr. W. J. Mackay, police commissioner. He has become the great I AM since the State Government created him the omnipotent Csar…

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