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Politics & elections, 1938

2,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 102

Notes on Election Campaign Some Facts The Tories Cannot Answer Combines' Grip

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 6

TO Labor's demand that all the people and not a privileged few should share in "returned prosperity"--due to improved world…

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Sydney Cup Candidate

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 2

A splendid study of APOLLO, who won the long race at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Apollo, now owned in Western Australia, was formerly trained in Sydney by Peter Riddle, for whom he won a Nursery Handicap (7 fur.), at Randwick, in 1936. By St. Constant from Lute String,…

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Shock for Govt. in South Aust. Without Majority After Election Independents May Hold Balance Of Power. New House Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 5

A REMARKABLE situation has developed in South Australia as a result of Saturday's elections. The Butler Government is without a…

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Independent Gain In S.A. Elections ADELAIDE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 2

THE South Australian elections, held yesterday, increased independent representation from five to 12 seats…

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Egg-marketing Board. Details of Polling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 9

The Director of Marketing (M[?]. A. A. Watson), as returning officer for the poll on the question of whether the Egg Marketing Board should be dissolved, which was taken…

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Will Not Call Parliament Lyons on International Situation Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 5

Before the Federal Cabinet rose to-day further consideration was given to the International situation in view of the additional…

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Europe Calmer. Mr. Lyons's View. No Early Meeting of Parliament. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 10

At the conclusion of the Federal Cabinet's sittings in Melbourne to-day. the Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, expressed satisfaction with the…

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The Election Campaign. the Premier Confident. Swift Country Tour. Good Receptions. From Our Special Representative. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 17

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, motored 180 miles through the Ashburnham and Orange electorates to-day, in one of the speediest journeys of the…

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Albury Labour Candidate Rebuffs Industrialists. Supports Mr. Lang. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 17

The Lang candidate for Albury, Mr. E. E. Jones, on whose behalf Mr. Lang spoke in Albury to-night, is the only Labour candidate who, although endorsed by the industrialists…

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Second Preference Optional in Queensland State Elections

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 4

BRISBANE, March 18.— For information of readers, the preferential system of voting is optional, and electors can vote No…

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S.A. Election Many Independents

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 1

ADELAIDE.—Results of Saturday’s State election so far indicate gains for Labor and the election of a number of independents at the…

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Editorial The Silent Election

The Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 1

Is there an election? This question may well be asked by the citizen. Occasionally the echo of an amplifier comes to him on the wind, and sometimes he sees reports of a candidate's' speech, or chances upon…

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Election Chances Interest Focussed on Independents Eleventh- Hour Moves To Arouse Voters

The Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 2

With radio propaganda, platform speeches and house- to- house canvassing, Parliamentary candidates are seeking to arouse an eleventh- hour interest in the campaign. The success of independent candidates in the South…

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Election Meetings To-day

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 6

Auburn: At Provincial Street, Auburn, Mr. J. Hooke and Mr. J. Sydney, at 8 p.m. At Union and Cumberland Streets, Auburn, Messrs…

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Notes on Election Campaign Making Training Compulsory Bread Price

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 6

THE price of wheat has slumped the price of flour has gone down in consequence, and next month, according to the master bakers if costs…

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Houses to Choose Senator General Election Is Decided Against Vict. Puzzle Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 7

BOTH Houses of the Victorian Parliament will be called upon to fill a Senate vacancy caused by the death of Mr. John Barnes, who was…

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Johnston Is New Selector Beaten Candidates Refused To Be Renominated P. Burge. Too

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 3

FORMER International A. ("Ricketty") Johnston was elected to the vacancy on the State selection committee by the N.S.W. Rugby…

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2Ky Election Broadcasts

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 5

To-night, 6.45 o'clock: Dr. Foley, selected and endorsed Labor candidate for Glebe, will reply to Mr. Lang's "red…

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John Wilkes Going to Riddle's Stable Cup-Leger Candidate Plans Made Nuffield and Others Arrive

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 17

ACCOMMODATION for John Wilkes a Cup and St. Leger candidate, has, been booked at P. Riddle's stables, Randwick…

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Out with Stevens and Conscription “Make Life Easier for the House-wife” J.B. Miles On The Daily Life Of The People Away with Wage-tax and P.I.R Communist Policy Needed In Parliament

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 1

The masses are rallying behind the candidature of the loader of the Communist Party in the Bulli electorate. Reports of the progress of the campaign are increasingly optimistic. The workers refer to the candidate of the “inner group,”…

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