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Politics & elections, 1938

2,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 102

Newcastle News. Mr. Hoare's Re-election. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 19

Mr. T. Hoare expressed surprise to-night at his re-election as northern miners' president. "In face of the prevailing conditions from the time of the calling of nominations for the…

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Return Match. N.S.W, v. Queensland. Many Tour Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 17

New South Wales and Queensland will commence their return Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day at 11.31 a.m. When the teams met in Brisbane in…

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Fancied Candidate

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 2

BEAU VERRE, a smart filly, who should give a good account of herself in the Nursery Handicap at Randwick this afternoon…

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New Elections For Rumania LONDON

Truth · Sunday 2 January 1938 · page 11

IN a broadcast message from Bucharest, the Fascist Premier, M. Goga, announced that Parliament would be dissolved,…

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Rumanian Parliament Dissolved; Lupescu Disappears Melbourne, Sunday. BUCHAREST

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 1

THE new Premier of Rumania, M. Goga, who has become Europe's latest Dictator, has dissolved Parliament…

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King Farouk Acts. Parliament Suspended for a Month. LONDON, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 7

King Farouk of Egypt has issued a decree suspending Parliament for a month. Italy welcomes the change of Government in Egypt; the French Press fears the growth…

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Egyptian King May Rule Without Parliament Cairo

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

KING FAROUK has prorogued Parliament for one month, but it is not expected that there will be an election as soon as that. It is…

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Can't Dissolve Parliament Egyptians Shout In The Dark CAIRO

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

Uproar occurred in Parliament, the deputies shouting down the secretary who had been deputed to read King Farouk's prorogation order, in…

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Communist Election Gains

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 2

PARIS, Dec. 6.—Gains for the Communist and Socialist Parties are reported in a number of district and general council by-elections. In one place the…

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Election in May Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 9

A State election in May is indicated in the Government's order to the Government Printing Office to start preparing the electoral rolls at the end of…

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Beggars' Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 12

Hundreds of beggars from all over Poland recently attended a congress near Warsaw to debate on the subject of begging operations carried on in…

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Wild Scenes. Angry Deputies. Egyptian Parliament. Cairo, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 16

There were wild scenes in the Egyptian Parliament yesterday when deputies defeated an attempt to carry out the youthful King Farouk's decree…

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Lights Out On Uproar In Egypt's Parliament CAIRO

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 3

WILD pandemonium in the Chamber of Deputies prevented the reading of King Farouk's decree proroguing Parliament for one month. It was a triumph for the…

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Bulgarian Election

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 5

Sofia, Tuesday.--By the wish of King Boris, the Government is preparing a decree, fixing March 5 for a general election, after three years…

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Candidate at Recent Elections

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 23

MRS. JEANNE F. YOUNG, of Adelaide, who was the only woman candidate in the recent Seriate elections, is in Sydney for a few weeks'…

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Shire By-Elections

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4

Nominations for the by-electlons in C and B Ridings of Blue Mountains Shire rendered necessary by the resignation of Cr. Martin and the death…

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The Elections in Russia

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 8

Moscow.—Fifty Jews have been nominated for the Supreme Council among total of 1,143…

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Bulgaria More Democratic. Elections to be Held. Government Heeds King. Sofia, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 9

The Bulgarian Government is preparing a decree fixing March 6 as the date for a general election after three years of semi-dictatorship…

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Cricket Tour. Candidates Reviewed. the Bowlers Available. (Copyright. All Rights Reserved.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 13

A few months ago before the start of the cricket season, I wrote a series of articles taking stock of Australia's resourccs for the tour of England this…

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Inquiry Into Increased Steel Prices Urged Monopolies Act Quoted Election Fears of U.A.P. Stevens May Be Forced To Act High Costs

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

ALARMED by the further impost on the building industry of the increase in the cost of steel, a [?] number of Government…

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