The Pith of Politics State Parliament
THE Legislative Assembly had one of its shortest sittings on record when it resumed on Tuesday after the Christmas recess. Five minutes…
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Scope of Inquiry Limited Commissioner Rules As to His Powers Allegations In Parliament
Mr. Justice Halse Rogers ruled at the Royal Commission into the sale of State enterprises to-day that his commission was limited to inquiry into the allegations and suggestions of fraud contained in Mr. Lang's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greatest Election In History Hundred Per Cent Vote for Stalin
MOSCOW.—The greatest election in all history has just concluded. On December 12, 90,319,346 Soviet citizens out of a of 93,639,478 who have the franchise have cast their votes the bloc of candidates of Communist and non-Party people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greater Newcastle Bob Cram Communist Candidate
Comrade R. Cram, of Wallsend, who has been selected to carry the Communist Party’s banner for West Ward in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cleared Decks for Election Labor Party Conference in S.A.
ADELAIDE.— A special Labor Party Conference was held here on January 29 and 30 to consider the selection of candidates for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Election Rolls Due Soon
The big task of printing the electoral rolls will be completed during the first week in March…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bankst'wn By-election
A by-election to fill the vacancy in the Bankstown Municipal Council, caused by the death on Tuesday of Alderman J. Graf, will be held on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Only One Candidate Endorsed C.P. Adopts Preselection In Corowa Urana Meeting Urana
COROWA Electoral Council of the Country Party, at a meeting at Urana to-day, attended by about 60 delegates from branches throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A.L.R Eyes on Election Both Factions Are Preparing
To meet the possibility of an early election, the A.L.P. will hold a conference of branch secretaries and presidents and workshop…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tim Brosnan Has No Liking For Q'land's Sydney Cup Candidates
HOWEVER optimistic some Queensland owners may be regarding the prospects of their horses in the Sydney Cup, Brisbane trainer T. J…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bankstown By-election
To contest the by-election to fill the vacancy in Bankstown Council. Mr. D. Warnock, of Curtis Road, Old Guildford, was last night endorsed as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"United Front" Collapse No Candidates Offering
DEMONSTRATING the complete bankruptcy of their organisation, the provisional executive of the Communist "United Front" party, set up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Interesting Candidate
MOHICAN, who has been successful at each of his lost three starts in Melbourne, is to carry No. 1 saddlecloth in the Glenfield Handicap at Warwick Farm this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Elections & Royal Commission
BEREFT of leadership as it is confronted with the necessity of going to the electors hard on the heels of the most sensational Royal Commission of recent years, the Stevens-Bruxner Government still temporises with its decision fixing March 19 as the date of the poll…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Election Struggle Two Sets Of Candidates Under Labor Banner At State Poll
Two sets of Labor candidates will, almost certainly, contest all "safe" Labor seats at the State elections…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Parliament's End in Italy London
The meeting of the Fascist Grand Council, called for March 3, will lay the ghost of parliamentary government, says the Rome correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Election of the Pope 16Th. Anniversary Is Celebrated
The 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Plus XI. was celebrated by special prayers in Catholic churches - yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Election Fears of U.A.P. May Confiscate Rebel Shipping Brit. to Recoup Losses Piracy Control Moves LONDON
AS compensation for the British ship sunk in Spanish waters by the rebels, it is forecast in some quarters that the British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plans Ready For Election Vital Conference
GETTING to grips with the real work of the Labor Movement, representatives of State Electorate Councils, A.L.P. branches, and workshop committees, who will attend the conference at the Trades Hall on Wedneseday night, will initiate Labor's intensive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Visitors May Fill Marathon Places Four Candidates Have Olympic Experience
COLEMAN and Gibson (South Africa), Norris (England), and McNab Robertson (Scotland) are expected to lead the field in the Empire Gaines marathon championship today. The race, over 26 miles 385…
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