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Politics & elections, 1938

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Further Rebel Candidates Lang Hits Back at Parkes: C.P. 'Domination' Parliament 'All Humbug,' M.L.A. COMPLAINS

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 7

WEEKEND developments in State election campaigning included several new nominations and one notable withdrawal -- that of Mr. Mason, who beat the U.A.P. machine in Woollahra…

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Convention of U.l.v.a. Election Candidates to Be Discussed

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 5

The New South Wales branch of the United Licensed Victuallers Association has completed its plans for the State-wide convention to…

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Election Fight. Two Labour Parties. Policies Stated. Mr. Stevens Prepares

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 9

The rival Labour parties virtually opened their State election campaigns at the week-end, when the leader of the Opposition. Mr. Lang,…

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Communist Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 6
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The New South Wales Executive of the Communist Party, at the week-end, decided to contest three seats—Paddington, Balmain, and Waratah—at the State general elections…

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Many Candidates for Temora. Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 6

Messrs. H. Robertson and D. Dickson, the Country Party's endorsed candidates for the Temora seat, have both been busy addressing meetings in outlying centres of the electorate…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, February 28, 1938. a Three-cornered Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 8

Writs for the State election will be issued to-day, and less than a month hence voters will go to the polls. Nobody will regret the unusual brevity of the…

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The N.s. Wales Election

The Sun · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 4

STUDENTS of politics will, discover u some interesting features in the coming elections, though the result does not appear to be in doubt…

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Labor's Election Fund To Finance Swift Campaign Urgent Need

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 5

WITH election day four weeks ahead. Labor launches its appeal for funds to-day to finance the swift and strenuous campaign for…

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Elections In 3 States Inside 3 Weeks

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 2

ELECTIONS in three States will be held this year within a period of three weeks. In New South Wales the election date…

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Candidates Resent U.a.p. Pre-selection 1700 Members to Decide Who Will Stand for N. Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 2

RESENTMENT is felt by candidates for U.A.P. selection in North Sydney that the electorate has been declared a "marginal" seat. Five candidates have nominated…

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Communist Party Names Its Candidates Campaign to Oust Stevens Begins Election Radio Fund Opened

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fell. 28.—L. SHARKEY for Paddington; R. CRAM for Waratah; TOM PAYNE for Balmain. These Communist candidates were selected at a meeting of the N.S.W. District Committee held over the weekend…

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Britain's Policy. Australia Not Consulted. Mr. Curtin's View. Parliament Should Meet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 11

The Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, stated in Canborra yesterday that during the recent crisis in the British Cabinet the Commonwealth…

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Curtin Demands Summoning Of Parliament Grave Events In Britain People Are Entitled to Be Told Challenge To Lyons To Govern Boycott Threat Perth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 1

"I DEEM IT the imperative duty of the Federal Government to summon the Commonwealth Parliament forthwith," said Mr. J. Curtin, the Leader of the Federal Opposition, to-day. The…

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ELECTIONS. Dulwich Hill Seat. Mr. Ness Retiring

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

Mr. John Ness, M.L.A. for Dulwich Hill, said yesterday that he had decided to retire from public life on account of ill-health…

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Ramsay Macdonald's Old Electorate. Government Wins By-election. LONDON, Feb. 28

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

Sir John Anderson (Nationalist), a former Governor of Bengal, won the Scottish Universities by-election necessitated by the death of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. His majority was…

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Toilers Must Win Elections Return Labor and Communist

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 4

BRISBANE, Feb. 24.—The announcement today by Cabinet that the State elections will take place April 2 comes as a surprise, as it was expected they would be held the first Saturday in May…

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Senator Barnes' Successor. May Be Election in Vic. Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 6

The Federal Cabinet may decide at its meeting in Canberra on Thursday. that a special election be held in Victoria to fill the Senate…

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Says Prospects Are Bright Candidate to Oppose Baddeley Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 5

"When I previously stood as an independent at the State elections, I did not have the backing of an organisation; now, with the support…

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Fund for the Election Encouraging Start Is Made

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 5

LABOR'S fund to finance the campaign in the general elections has had an encouraging beginning and it is confidently anticipated that…

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