Queensland Elections. Labour Uneasy. Sectarianism and Taxes. by Our Brisbane Correspondent
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 10
It is generally assumed that May 7 will be the date of the State elections. This will enable the Government once abain to turn the Labour Day…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 11
An interesting development yesterday was the decision made by the women of the coordinating council of the United Australia party to support the candidature of women…
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The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 2
It is understood that two candidates--Mr. A. G. Hebblewhite, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bankstown By-election To-day Campaign To Aid Warnock Labor Man
The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 8
WITH all arrangements complete, supporters of the selected and endorsed Labor candidate, Mr. D. Warnock, are confident that he will…
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The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 9
A.L.P. branches are now functioning with commendable energy in preparing for the State election. Selected candidates are entering…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To-day's Controversy Why Women Will Dominate State Elections. Those Idle Words
The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 6
Sir, -- Despite all the co-ordinated anti-Labor Press publicity directed to defame the leader of the Labor Party, Mr. J. T. Lang, they are as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Secret H.q. for Stevens' Campaign All Parties Preparing for Early Election
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 2
FROM a secret country resort, the Premier (Mr. Stevens) is directing the energies of an army of departmental officers and political advisers on his election plans. His itinerary is likely to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sorry, Mr. Neale, But You Are a Bureaucrat Cruising Laws Made While Parliament Sleeps
Truth · Sunday 20 February 1938 · page 14
THE Transport Commissioner, Mr. Neale, after less than a year of office has set himself up as a minor traffic Mussolini. He makes plans, creates schemes, issues edicts and sets himself above Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Elections—Saturday, April 2 Confidence and the People Stevens Ruminates On "Strange Game"
Truth · Sunday 20 February 1938 · page 25
LAST week the Premier, Mr. Stevens, retired to a quiet and secret address to formulate and complete his plans for the forthcoming elections. POLITICAL pressmen vainly hunted for him, because at…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Election Campaign
Truth · Sunday 20 February 1938 · page 20
FIRST SHOTS in the State election battle will be fired next week without further legislation being enacted by Parliament. Nowadays Parliaments meet seldom, and legislation placed on the statute books is rushed through…
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The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1938 · page 5
Sir John Butters, K.B., O.M.G., has been elected president of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia; Mr. Harry Scougall, chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federally Speaking Parliament By Correspondence Next? House Kept Closed Formontms
The Labor Daily · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 4
EMBERS of the Joint House Committee of Federal Parliament, comprising M's.H.R, and Senators, journeyed to Canberra last week go into the matter. of increased accommodation at Parliament House. hey decided on a new £5000 wing. The tug,o'-war will start when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taxi Cruising Ban Parliament's Job Protest Against Enforcement of New Regulation
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 9
MR. E. MURRAY ROBSON, M.L.A., yesterday declared that if the new regulations banning cruising by taxis should be held in abeyance until Parliament reassembled. "The Legislature is the proper body to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Election Date. No Announcement for Week. Commission's Report Awaited
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 13
It was learned, last night, that although April 2 is regarded in political circles as a likely date for the State elections. it is improbable that any…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bankstown By-election. Reverse for State A.L.P. Mr. Gosling Retains Seat
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 19
Mr. James Gosling, a non-political candidate and Mayor of the municipality for the two previous terms of the Bankstown Municipal Council, and who was defeated in the last…
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The Labor Daily · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 7
Only 24 per cent, of the electors enrolled voted at the by-election held yesterday to fill the vacancy on the West Maitland Council caused by the he death of Aid. W…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Safe' Seats Scramble Putting U.A.P. Men on Spot Independents Have C.P. On The Run the Election
The Labor Daily · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 5
PRESENT holders or "safe" U.A.P. seats will have to withstand challenges from within and without the party when the state election…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Preparing for State Election A.L.P. Branches Put Machinery in Motion
The Labor Daily · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 5
PROCEEDING enthusiastically with the work of preparing for the State election, A.L.P. branches have formed themselves into campaign…
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The Labor Daily · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 5
The by-election on Saturday to fill the North Ward in Bankstown Council resulted: J. Gosling, 387 (elected): D. Warnock. 323: K. E. Botisuhr,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Elections. Labour Support for Independents. Country Party View
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 17
In a statement issued yesterday, on behalf of the Australian Country Party, it was asserted that at the State elections there might be fewer openly endorsed Labour candidates…
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