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Politics & elections, 1938

2,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 102

Mystery Names on Roll Discovery On Election Eve Sectarian Feeling Aroused Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 2

A STARTLING development on the eve of the Queensland State elections has been the discovery of scores of…

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Plans For First Session Of New Parliament

The Sun · Sunday 3 April 1938 · page 7

Preparation of the Legislative programme for the new Parliament will be begun by State Cabinet this week…

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N.S.W. Elections Parties Are as They Were

Truth · Sunday 3 April 1938 · page 18

AS you were—that is the result of the State general election. The exception to that…

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Just How Things Are . . . Poor Percy's Grievance in the Elections

The Sun · Sunday 3 April 1938 · page 4

I AM often sorry for poor Percy. His full name is Percy Nitwit, and he is an average citizen like you and me. Day by day he goes about wondering why…

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POLITICS and Politicians Lessons of the Elections

The Sun · Sunday 3 April 1938 · page 4

THE victory of the Government in the State elections caused no surprise, but even the most optimistic observer hardly expected such an overwhelming vote of…

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Defeat of Wafd. Polling in Egypt. Strength of the King's Friends. LONDON, April 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 12

The latest figures for Upper Egypt for the polling at the general election in Egypt give the Wafd Party (Nationalists) only four seats…

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Egyptians Slain at Elections Cairo

The Sun · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 5

Six people were killed at Minia to-day when families exchanged shots during an election dispute…

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Balmain By-election

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 10

A by-election to fill the vacancy for the North Ward of Balmain Council, caused by the death of Alderman R. W. Robinson, held on Saturday…

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Queensland Elections. Labour Retains Power. Three Seats Lost. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 12

Queensland's fiercest election campaign has resulted in Labour losing only three seats. The Premier, Mr. Forgan Smith, will…

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Butler to Meet Parliament Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 3

It now seems certain that, whatever emerges from the meetings of the Independents late this afternoon, and of the Liberal and Country…

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Supports A.C.T.U. Demand Call Federal Parliament

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 4

ADELAIDE.—The United Trades and Labor Council has unanimously adopted manifestos demanding an immediate military alliance to…

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Trade Treaty with Japan Terms To Be Told To Parliament CANBERRA

The Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 10

A new trade agreement with Japan, to replace the one which expires on June 30, will be announced in the coming session of Federal…

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Mr. Lang Springs Surprise. Party Meeting Called. Election of Officers Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 13

Many members of the State Parliamentary Labour Party have been surprised to receive a summons to attend a meeting of the party to-morrow…

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Election Riots. Nine Deaths in Egypt. Government's Large Majority. London, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 14

Messages from Cairo state that there were nine deaths in rioting during the general elections in Lower Egypt. The Government Coalition has…

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Queensland Elections. Discrepancies Found in Wynnum Count. Full Re-check Ordered. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 14

Tht fats of the Wynnum scat, which, on the week-end count of Saturday's State election voting, was expected to be lost by the Government to the U.A.P., is now in some…

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Forgot Stevens and Labor’ S Policy Candidates Flogged “Red” Bogey Glebe Meeting Against Splitters

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Carrying the name of the Communist Party, and calling for the support of the Lang Labor candidate in Glebe, a spurious…

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Labor Is Holding Its Lead Latest Election Count In Q'land BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 1

QUEENSLAND'S latest election returns are not of a sensational nature. The Government looks like returning to the Treasury benches…

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Nine Killed at Election Cairo

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 5

The Wafdists were overwhelmingly defeated in the Egyptian elections, which resulted in the Government coalition securing a powerful…

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Women in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 8

"I am perfectly sure women will nevet gel. into Parliament until we have proportional voting," said Mrs. Rudy Duncan (Federal secretary), at the Federal conference of the…

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Board's Report. Early Presentation to Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 17

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, said last night that the report of the Housing Improvement Board would be tabled when Parliament met…

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