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Politics & elections, 1938

2,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 102

Election Campaign. Cheap Homes. Slum Clearance. Government's Policy. Start of Erskineville Plan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 17

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, in speeches at Kensinston and Petersham last night, said that the Government was proud of its efforts in…

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Irrigation Areas. Mr. Lang's Promises. U.C.P. Candidate's Answer. Griffith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 17

Mr. R. Hankinson (U.C.P. candidate and sitting member for Murrumbidgee) stated at Darlington Point to-day that Mr. Lang's promises to rural districts gencrally were on a…

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Queensland State Elections. Record Nominations. Minister Unopposed for Sixth Time. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 8

Nominations for the State elections, which closed to-day, yielded a record entry of 177 candidates for 62 seats. This is 36 more than in the election of 1935…

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What Communist Speakers Are Saying Candidate Urges Jap. Boycott

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 4

BRISBANE.—Another successful meeting was held by the West End Unit in support of the boycott of Japanese goods last Friday when Comrade Jim Slater…

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Newcastle Election Prospects Cram for Waratah!

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 1

NEWCASTLE.—Final figures for the Municipal Council elections show that at the five polling booths the Wallsend area, where the…

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Attitude to 40 HOURS All Candidates Asked Rail Union Outlines Problems

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mar. 12.—Safety First officers and precautions are urgently needed in the N.S.W. railways. The increasing number of accidents,…

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Election Meetings in Eastern Suburbs

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mar. 12—Plans for meetings of the Communist Party to deal with the State elections are being made all over the Eastern Suburbs…

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Improved Standard in Living Labor's Election Promises Fund Grows

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 6

LABOR will restore award wages and conditions on all Government works with full-time employment. The food relief scales will be…

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Today's Controversy What is Behind the Election? No Overtime

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 7

Sir,--As a concomitant to the proposed 40-hour week the abolition of overtime in industry is a logical sequence if the reform is to be…

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2Ky Election Broadcasts

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 5

To-night, at 6.45, Dr. Foley, Labor candidate for Glebe, will speak over 2KY on Labor's policy and the neglect of the…

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State Control of Steel Industry. Bill Before N.Z. Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 6

IN submitting to the New Zealand Parliament the bill authorising the establishment of the new State iron and steel industry in that country, the…

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Hot Shots in the State Elections the Stealers

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 3

D. H. Drummond, N.S.W. Minister for Education, says that "the great recovery in industry has been reflected in the number of students at…

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Queensland State Elections 177 Nominations

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 8

NOMINATIONS for the Queensland state elections, which take place on April 2, closed on Monday. There was a record number of 177…

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Labor Puts its Case to the People What Candidates Are Saying in the Electorates

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 7

MR. C. C. LAZZARINI was given a fine reception, by a large audience when he opened his campaign at Marrickville last week. Stressing the…

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Election Campaign. Labour Rule. Premier Attacks Mr. Lang. "Valueless Promises."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 14

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, speaking. at the Lidcombe Town Hall, last, night. in support of the sitting U.A.P. member for Concord, Mr. S. A. Lloyd, said that…

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Elections. Warning by Premier. Lang Promises "Valueless."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 17

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, in speeches last nicht in support of the candidature of the two U.A.P. sitting members for Concord and Granville,…

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Communists in State Election. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 10

Sir,—Mr. A. J. Barnes's quotation of a passage from what he describes as "the published Communist Manifesto to the electors," might lead readers to suppose that the…

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Election Is One of Quietest Yet Lack Of Tension Viewed As Good U.A.P. Omen

The Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 3

The election campaign in the metropolitan area is one of the quietest in the memory of the politicians and the public. In the country more interest is being displayed, but…

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2Ky Election Broadcasts

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 5

TO-NIGHT at 6.45, Mr. Edgar Ross, Editor of "Common Cause," will speak in relation to Labor's policy…

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Election in South Aust. Labor Confident of Victory Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 16 March 1938 · page 6

Although claiming that Labor is starting well behind scratch against the Liberal and Country Party candidates, because of the Butler…

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