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Politics & elections, 1938

2,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 102

The Candidate for Tablelands

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 4

L. SULLIVAN, candidate for the Tablelands, was born in Victoria, in 1904, and spent the first 20 years of his life in…

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The Candidate for Herbert

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 4

JACK HENRY, candidate for Herbert, is Queensland leader of the Communist Party. He is 33 years of age and was horn at…

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Gold Rod in Brilliant Trial Gave Long Start to Track Rivals Sir Regent Did Best Among Cup Candidates Ten- Furlong Gallop

The Sun · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 22

Gold Rod galloped so brilliantly over half a mile at Randwick this morning that his withdrawal from the Doncaster Handicap might be regretted. The big chestnut gave a long start and a beating…

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Election Fund Only Few Lists Are Outstanding

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 6

The fund in support of the campaign of the Provisional Executive of the Australian Labor Party in the elections has now almost closed…

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Hitler's Next Conquest! All Eyes Turned To Czechoslovakia Election Threat London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 5

FOLLOWING his conquest of Austria, it is stated that Herr Hitler is paving the way to include Czechoslovakia in his dream of a greater German empire. A LREADY it is stated Nazis are…

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Labor & C.p. Battle Murrumbidgee Position Election Count

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 5

THE gallant bid of Mr. A. G. Enticknap (Labor) to win Murrumbidgee from the sitting Country party member, Mr. Hankinson, who leads by only 31 votes, and the struggle of the Assistant Minister, Mr. Shand, to hold Hornsby, were features…

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70 Injured in Election Rioting Alexandria

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 5

Twenty police and 50 civilians were injured during election rioting to-day following the arrival of the Premier…

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No Change Likely in Election Results Counting Goes On In Close Contests

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 2

FURTHER counting today in the State election merely confirmed the drift in favor of the Government in the few…

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The New Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 8

The new Parliament will be constituted as follows: LABOR (30). R. G. GORMAN (Annandale)…

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Parliament House. Sydney

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 10

Sixty years ago a competition was called for a parliamentary building to…

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Bulgaria Holds Elections. Parliament to Function Again. SOFIA, March 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 17

The final results of the elections in Bulgaria, which were held on March 6, 13, 20, and 27, according to districts, give the Bulgarian Government 103 out of 160 seats in the…

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The South Australian Worker Adelaide, Monday. Election Aftermath

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 15

THE elections are over and nobody satisfied with the result. The Premier is now an ex-premier, but he does not appear to recognise it. He insists…

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Another Setback For Labour in N.S.W. Election Aggregate vote shows big slump—Over 150,000 votes lost since Federal Elections Stevens Government gets

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 8

LABOR has no reason to feel enthusiastic about the result of the N.S.W. State elections, held last Saturday. While the Granville seat has been won…

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Mr. Lang's Tenth Defeat Last Saturday's Election Figures Reveal a Disastrous Slump in the Working-Glass Vote in New South Wales

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 7

For the tenth time in succession Mr. Lang and his Inner Group gangsters have led N.S.W. Lbor into defeat…

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The STATE ELECTIONS—An "As You Were" Result

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 19

MR. E. S. SPOONER, M.L.A., Minister for Works and Local Government. The big majority obtained by Mr. Spooner at Ryde was one of the features of the…

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The Turf : Preparing for Autumn Meeting—Doncaster and Cup Candidates—U.S.A. Victory in England Doncaster and Cup Horses

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 30

DONCASTER HANDICAP and Sydney Cup horses were in force at Rosehill on Saturday, and while a few made many friends…

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Cup Candidates in Fast Trials

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 20

OLD ROWLEY (R. Heather), in the centre, leads narrowly from Cathartes (W. Cook), rails, with Northwind (W. Scanlon), half a length away on the outside. This picture was taken during an early morning gallop at Randwick yesterday. EL SENORITA striding out in a training gallop at Randwick yesterday morning…

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Track Work. Autumn Candidates. Sir Regent's Good Gallop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 21

Sir Regent, Gold Rod, and Billy Boy at Randwick, Ajax and Beechwood at Victoria Park, and the two-year-old Destiny Bay at Kensington were among the prominent autumn…

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Election Count. Close Contests. Four Electorates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 10

Petersham, Murrumbidgee, Gordon, and Namoi electorates are providing the most interesting contests in the State election count. In all of them…

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Doncaster Candidate's Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 21

Neither El Golea (centre), the winner, nor Courage (near the rails), second, in the Quality Handicap at Moonee Valley on Monday, is in the Doncaster Handicap but King's Head's third was considered a good trial for the Sydney race…

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