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Politics & elections, 1938

2,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 102

Election in Blue Mountains Shire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 7

An election will be held in B and C ridings of the Blue Mountains Shire on February 12. The need for it has arisen by the death…

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Order of Buffaloes. Election of Office-bearers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 8

The general election of officers of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Grand Lodge of New South Wales, Grand Lodge of England, was concluded at the meeting held…

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State Elections Gordon Seat. Mr. Milne Will Nominate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 12

The decision of the executive of the United Australia party to classify Gordon as a "safe" seat for the party is likely to be confirmed by the local…

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Election Day In The Soviet Union Most Gigantic, Solid, People's Front Eve (An Eyewitness Account, by A. LONDON, an Australian Worker in the Soviet Union)

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

MOSCOW, Dec. 12.—Today 90,000,000 electors are going to the polls in, the biggest and the most democratic election in all history. The enthusiasm of these millions of people is indescribable; in Moscow the streets are crowded with thousands of…

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Parliament Sits for Ten Minutes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 1

State Parliament met yesterday for 10 minutes and adjourned until February 15. Mr. C. B. Lethbridge, the new member…

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British Parliament to Meet London

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 5

BOTH Houses Of Parliament will reassembles tomorrow after the Christmas recess, and today the Prime Minister was in touch with…

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Payments Made to Firm Question Asked in Parliament

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 10

What fees have the firm, or members of the firm, of Messrs. Julius, Poole, and Gibson received from the Government during the past three…

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State Parliament Adjourned for Fortnight. New Member Takes Seat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 23

The Legislative Assembly met yesterday afternoon, and, after a sitting which lasted for only five minutes, adjourned until Tuesday, February 15, so that members would be free…

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The Coming Elections. to the Editor Or the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 10

Sir,—Your leader or yesterday nas given tood for thought to many sleepy antithetic U.A.P. supporters. There are several electorates known to me where no start has…

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British Politics. Talk of General Election. (From Our Special Representative.) London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 18

Lord Horne, presiding at the annual meeting of the Glasgow Conservative Association, said that, unless some cataclysm occurred, there would be no general election within two years…

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Election Campaign Outlook

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 8

THERE will be only two parties engaged in the forthcoming State election--the Australian Labor Party as opposed to the composite…

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Stay-in Strike Likely. Egyptian Parliament. Election Decree Sequel. Cairo, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 11

A unique stay-in strike may be staged in Egypt's Parliament House as the outcome of a Royal decree issued to-day dissolving Parliament and ordering a…

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Parliament Is Dissolved. Action by King of Egypt Cairo

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 5

A ROYAL decree issued to-night by King Farouk dissolves Parliament and orders a general election. Friction has existed between the…

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Position in Far East Eden's Statement in Parliament London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 1

AFTER reviewing recent events in the Sino-Japanese dispute in reply to a question in the House of Commons on the Far-Eastern situation,…

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Queen of Waves Parramatta's Candidate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 10

Parramatta's candidate in the Queen of the Waves competition is Miss Ethel Clifford, an employee of Woolworth's Parramatta branch…

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N.S.W. Jewish War Memorial. Maccabean Institute. SUNDAY, February 6.—Talking Picture Programme (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Annual Meeting and Election and Reopening of Memorial

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 7

The annual general meeting and election of officers will be held on Sunday, February 13, at 8 p.m., At the conclusion of the general business, Mr. C. A. Luber…

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Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A. May Be Opposed by "Rebel" Candidate. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 11

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A. (Cessnock), may find himself opposed by an industrial candidate at the forthcoming Stat, elections, as a result of his action to-night in speaking in…

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Sunshine Welcomed. Empire Games Candidates Almost Ready for Great Carnival Running Tracks in Specified Order

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 15

The great army of sportsmen which is eagerly awaiting the opening on Saturday of the greatest sporting carnival in Sydney's history, the Empire Games, is putting the final touches on carefully prepared training programmes…

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U.A.P. "Safe" Seats. Nine in Sydney Keen Contests Expected. Election Date Awaited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 11

Although the Government has not fixed the date of the State election, all political parties are proceeding with their organisation so that they will be…

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Govt. Plans Gen. Election on March 19 U.A.P. Scramble to Get Seats 'Blue-Ribbon' Electorates Stevens Opposed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 1

INFORMED by the Government that the State elections will be held on March 19, the council of the U.A.P. will meet on Monday week to endorse candidates running in the Party's…

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