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Politics & elections, 1938

2,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 102

Win the State Elections

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 2

A NUMBER of improvement State elections will be held during this year. The N.S.W. elections are likely to be held quite early in the year. The N.S.W. elections must be won by the toilers, workers,…

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Enthusiasm Ran High As Soviet Election Day Drew Near Great Mass Meetings From an Australian Visiting the U.s.s.r.)

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 2

Lenin once said that one of the great tasks of the workers’ dictatorship was to teach every Soviet citizen, every cook and every housewife, to take an active part in (he administration of the Soviet State . Today his enormous political upsurge of scores of millions of Soviet citizens in the campaign for the elections to the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. marks the practical realisation…

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Planning for Snap Election During Adjournment Of Commission, Is Forecast Orders to U.A.P.

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 1

CONFIRMATION of the general belief that the Government intends to take' advantage of a short adjournment of the…

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Hamlet Is Not the Only One Fed. Consultation On Election Expenses Statements Canberra

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 5

A CONSULTATION will be held this week between Federal electoral authorities and the Crown Law Department before a decision is made…

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First Soviet Parliament. Arrival of Deputies. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 18

The Moscow correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the majority of the 1143 Deputies attending the first Soviet Parliament, which is to be opened in the Kremlin…

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The South Australian Worker Adelaide, Monday. State Elections

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 15

ELECTION DAY has not yet been fixed, the Premier preferring to keep it secret. However, it will be some Saturday late in March, or early…

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Election Expenses. Statement by Mr. J, Hamlet

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 8

MR. J. HAMLET, who was the defeated Independent candidate for Warringah at the recent Federal elections, said last week that he would not…

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Australia's Sixteen Candidates for English Tour. Selectors' Difficult Problems. Young Batsmen Strive for Places. (By Our Cricket Reporter)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 21

Cricket enthusiasts throughout Australia, and, no doubt, in England also, are now engaged in the extremely difficult task of anticipating the Australian selectors, Messrs. D. G. Bradman (S.A.), E. A. Dwyer (N.S.W.), and W. Johnson (Vic), who on January 27 in…

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Constitution of India. "Objectionable Features." Undemocratic Election. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 23

Mr. P. N. Sapru, who passed through Fremantle to-day on the liner Strathnaver, said that the new Constitution of India did not settle the Indian…

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County Council City Candidates. Reform Association Holds Aloof

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 14

The Citizens' Refoim Association has decided not to take any official part in the election of two representatives by the City Council on the new County…

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Candidates' Expenses. Minister Favours Amendment. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 18

Revision of the law limiting the election expenses of candidates for the House of Representatives to £100 is being considered by the Minister for…

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Hamlet's Election Expenses To Submit Return For £2270 To-morrow a Challenge

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 6

WHEN, at 5 p,m. yesterday, Mr. J. Hamlet, the defeated Independent candidate for Warringah in the recent Federal election, had…

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Support For Queen Candidates

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 9

A PROCESSION, followed by a sports meeting at the Belmore-Campsie Oval, will be held on Saturday in support of the candidature…

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Diamond Firm; Election Dispute Insists on His Nomination

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 2

MR. H. R. DIAMOND insisted yesterday that he was and will remain the Citizens' Reform candidate for the County…

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Election Costs Revision Govt. May Raise £100 Limit Canberra

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 2

REVISION of the requirement that election expenses of a candidate for Federal Parliament must not exceed £100, will…

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Elections Likely April 2

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 1

THE State elections are likely to be held on Saturday, April 2. In tentative discussions Ministers have…

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Bills for Last Session of Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 7

Cabinet yesterday decided to pass the following bills in the last session of the State Parliament: -- Third-party motor insurance…

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Pipe Works. Payments to Staff. Money Passed by Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 11

At yesterday's "sitting of the Royal Commission investigating charges of fraud and corruption in connection with the sale of State Industrial…

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BY-ELECTIONS Blue Mountains Shire Four Candidates for C Riding

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 1

BY-ELECTIONS to fill vacancies in Blue Mountains Shire Council for B nd C Ridings will be held on Saturday, 12th February…

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State Parliament. Legislative Programme for Next Month. Third Party Insurance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 10

The State cabinet yesterday completed its legislative programme for the sitting of the State Pailiament which will begin on February 1, and which will last about three…

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