Fight for Murrumbidgee U.C.P. Candidate Now Leads by 17 Few Election Results Are Still In Doubt
The Sun · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 2
Two State seats are swinging in the balance in a remarkable see-saw as counting of election votes continues. Petersham and Murrumbidgee, in an election…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Government's Sweeping Win. Political History Made. Returned for Third Successive Period. Parliament to Meet on April 12
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 11
The Stevens-Bruxner Government had an overwhelming victory at the State elections on Saturday, and is thus the first Ministry to be returned to power at three successive general elections in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →'No Post-mortem': Premier Invites Labor's Aid and Criticism Spirit Of Co-operation In New Parliament Wage Tax Cut Near
The Sun · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 3
A plea for a spirit of co-operation in the new Parliament was voiced by the Premier (Mr. Stevens) to-day, when he invited constructive criticism and help from the Opposition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scenes During Saturday's Election
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 12
Top left: The Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, and the Premier, Mr. Stevens, examining the voting figures at the U.A.P. headquarters on Saturday night. Top right: Mr. E. S. Spooner, who was, re-elected for Ryde. Lower left: The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Lang, on his way to record his vote in Auburn. Lower right: Posting, the progress figures at the State Electoral Office on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mr. Treatts Election. New Crown Prosecutor To Be Appointed
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 8
A new Crown Prosecutor for the northern circuit will be appointed by the Executive Council if Mr. Vernon Treat (U.A.P.) is elected to the Woollahra seat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Immediate Start on Promised Bills"--stevens Election Gives 59 Seats To U.A.P.-U.C.P. Latest Reports Show 4 Doubtful Seats
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 1
THE Stevens Government, returned to power on Saturday, will immediately prepare to carry out its election promises. This was stated emphatically last night by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →4 Doubtful Seats In Elections
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 8
FOUR seats are doubtful in the State elections. They are seats in which sitting U.A.P. or U.C.P. men are opposed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Election Worker Battered BRISBANE
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 8
EVERETT GRAHAM, of wilston, campaign director for the Protestant Labor Party in Kelvin Grove electorate, was attacked on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Posting Election Figures
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 8
PUTTING UP THE NUMBERS. Election results being posted in the tally room at the Electoral Office, in the Agricultural Department building, on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Prefers Beer to Both Candidates
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 8
Neither Mr. O'Sullivan nor Mr. Sharkey, Labor and Communist candidates, respectively, for Paddington, are very popular with many electors…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lost by One Vote. Candidate's Deposit. South Australian Election. ADELAIDE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 11
With the receipt of four absent voles, two more than were expected, the count for Angus electorate in the recent State election was completed to-day, and resulted in Mr. A. V…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Country News. Blackheath Municipal Election. Blackheath
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 8
At a municipal by-election held on Saturday, Mr. William Tucker was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. Richards. Mr. Tucker secured 360 votes and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Elections. Keen Contest. Murrumbidgee Seat. Interesting Changes
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 11
The fluctuations in the totals of the rival Country Party and A.L.T. candidates in Murrumbidgee electorate was particularly…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Election Riots in Egypt. Police and Civilians Hurt. ALEXANDRIA, March 28
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 12
Twenty police and 70 civilians were injured in election disturbances that marked the arrival at Alexandria of Nahas Pasha, the Wafdist leader and former Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Queensland Taxes. Main Election Issue. Competition in Relief. by Our Brisbane Correspondent
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 10
Queenslanders are enjoying the rare, if not unprecedented, experience of a general election that has begun with a competition in offers of taxation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ouster Proceedings Succeed. Shire Election Case. Invalid Ballot Papers. Lismore
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 7
Declaims that the requirements of the Local Government Act regarding the filling in of the declaration form accompanying postal ballot papers were mandatory, Mr. H. Hawkins…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →F Interest to Women Women and the Queensland Elections
The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 4
BRISBANE.—At this period, just prior to the elections, all parties are appealing to women on the basis of special advantages each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slater for West Moreton Only Candidate For Labor Movement
The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 4
“Fully determined that the leader the the Country Party-U.A.P. coalition, Mr. Maher. should be [?] by a candidate of the labor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Labor’s Call General Election
The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 1
LONDON, Mar. 25.—British Labor is demanding a general election A joint meeting of the Trade Union Council and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lang and “Inner Group” Lose Another Election Stevens’ False “Prosperity“ Claim Will Soon Explode CommunistVote Records Further Growth
The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 1
The champion election-[?]oser, Mr. Lang, has run true to form. Another important election has been lost to the labor movement. Reaction sits enthroned in N.S.W. for yet another three years because of the blundering policy and final capitulation of the…
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