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Politics & elections, 1937

2,920 stories in Sydney's papers · page 79 of 146

ALDERMAN R. H. JENNER. U.A.P. Candidate for Reid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 6

Alderman R. H. Jenner, Mayor of Enfield, has been selected and endorsed as the U.A.P. candidate for Reid electorate at the Federal election…

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Egg Board Election. Reminder to Voters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 9

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) has issued a reminder that only those poultry farmers whose names are included in the roll of producers of eggs will receive ballot papers…

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First Shot Fired Melbourne‘s Election Campaign

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 1

An audience of 800 were impressed by the exposures of the Lyons government at the Communist Party‘s opening election meeting on Wednesday, August 25, at the Temperance Hall. The 800 workers were…

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Party Leader‘s Tour Hold Election Rallies

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sept. 1.— Determined that no possible step will be neglected in the campaign for the defeat of Lyons and the return of…

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Federal and Vic. Elections All Out For Labor Victories!

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 4

With the dissolution of the Victorian parliament, it was announced that the State elections will take place on October 2…

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Page Is Left in Hopeless Tangle Strategy of Dunstan Stir Created By Election Dates U.c.p.-u.a.p. Fight Canberra

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 1

THE strategic move of the Country Party Premier of Victoria, Mr. Dunstan, in having decided upon an election on October 2 and the insistence of Federal members of the…

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Vic. Election On October 2; Move By U.C.P. MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 1

THE State general election will be held on Saturday, October 2, and nominations will close on September 17…

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Want "Pep" In University Labor Critics of Senate Body "New Blood Needed," Says Lang, Attacking Election Methods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 4

SUGGESTIONS that the University Senate needed new blood and the infusion of "a bit of pep" werez made in Parliament yesterday. THE Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) moved that…

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U.A.P. To Fight All State Seats Election Plans Shaping C.P. Endorsing Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 6

PARTY organisation in New South Wales for the coming Federal elections is more advanced than at any previous…

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Campaign in Victoria. Hush Election. Premier to be Opposed MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 18

The dissolution of the Legislative Assembly on Monday was ordered in a proclamation issued to-day by the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir Frederick…

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C.P. Takes War Into U.A.P. CAMP Three Candidates To Contest Senate Full Panel Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 7

CARRYING the war right into the U.A.P. camp, the Victorian Country Party to-day announced a full panel of three endorsed candidates…

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Vic. Election Surprises in Bitter C.p.-u.a.p. Fight Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 7

IN an attempt to overtake the initial advantage gained by the Country Party Premier of Victoria, Mr. Dunstan, in rushing an election on the Upper House issue, the U.A.P. to-day announced two surprise moves: First, that its policy speech will be…

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Epsom Candidates to Race in Stakes Talking To Follow In Chatham's Footsteps ? Gay Chou-mala

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 4

WITH fancied Derby candidates in Ajax, Hua, Caesar and Lynch Law missing from the field for the Canterbury Guineas this afternoon, chief interest will centre around the run nine of the Canterbury Stakes, in which heavily-backed Epsom…

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"A 'Frame-up" M.l.a's. View on Fiasco in Brisbane Urges Action By Parliament BRISBANE

Truth · Sunday 5 September 1937 · page 8

DISTINGUISHED in the history of Australian boxing by reason of the fact that it drew the irate criticism of a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from the floor of the House while Parliament was in session…

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Election on October 23

Truth · Sunday 5 September 1937 · page 16

The Federal election is fixed for October 23. The actual date of dissolution is not yet decided. THE electoral position, however, has…

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'Waste in Every Parliament' Woman's Policy for Senate

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 4

MRS. C. A. EVANS, Independent Senate candidate, will denounce the "muddle-headed way" Parliament is conducted, if she is…

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State Budget. Cabinet Consideration, Federal Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 8

Members of all State political parties are awaiting the details of the reductions in wages and special income tax which the Premier (Mr. Stevens) will…

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The Victorian Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 8

By springing a surprise election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly on October 2, Mr. Dunstan has broken, for the first time since Federation, the…

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Money-for Works Without Interest Charges. Mr. Curtin's Policy-for the Election. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 10

The employment on public works of all persons who cannot find employment in private enterprise is the alternative offered by tne Federal Labour…

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Federal Election Campaign Wide Drive In The Country Tour Of Macquarie

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 5

SUPPLEMENTING the vigorous campaign drive that has already been undertaken in the Macquarie electorate to secure the return of the selected Labor candidate, Mr. A. S. Luchetti, the organising secretary of the A.L.P., Mr. J. B. Martin, M.L.C., will…

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