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Politics & elections, 1938

2,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 102

Election Costs. Mr. Hamlet's List. Expenditure Declared to be £2638

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 14

Election expenses amounting to £2,638/15/6 are sworn to in a statement to the Commonwealth Returning Officer, Mr. Barrett, by Mr. Joseph…

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Ulster to Decide Partition Issue Election Will Be Held BELFAST

The Sun · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

AN election will be held m Northern Ireland on February 9, to give the people an opportunity of making a pronouncement on the partition issue. The Prime Minister, Lord…

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Election Looms in Britain London

The Sun · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

POLITICAL influences in the Conservative Party are working for a general election in May, says the…

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Election in Ireland Partitions Question London

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 7

THE Northern Ireland Parliament will be dissolved on January 20 and a general election will be held on February 9. It will be fought…

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Hamlet's £2273 Election Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 2

Federal election opponents of Mr. J. Hamlet in Warringah yesterday refused to reply to his charges that they had spent considerably more than he did…

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Irish Union. Joint Parliament at Dublin. Mr. De Valera's Idea. LONDON, Jan, 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 12

"An All-Ireland Parliament at Dublin, in which the people of Northern Ireland would have representation, in addition to their own…

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A.L.P. EXECUTIVE. Vacancy Filled. Candidates Endorsed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 18

The A.L.P. executive last night appointed Mr.J. R. Hughes (Australian Railways Union) to fill the vacancy on the executive created by the resignation of the president of the New…

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County Council Election. Reform Aldermen to Meet. Association's Letter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 20

The Lord Mayor Alderman Nock has convened a special meeting of the Civic Reform party to be held at the Town Hail on Monday, to consider…

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Talk of Early Election. Party Pressure on Mr. Chamberlain. Conservative Activity. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 12

Powerful influences in the Conservative party are working for a general election in May, states the political correspondent of the "News Chronicle," but…

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State Election. No Date Fixed. Awaiting Commission's Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 11

The State Government has not yet decided the date of the State elections. Before Christmas, one section of the Government parties suggested that a…

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Tram Men Decisive in Stand Support For Labor At Elections No Disruption

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 7

FOLLOWING the splendid practical support rendered by the Tramway Union during the Federal election campaign, members of the…

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To Inner Group Executive Of A.L.P. Appoint Rebel ENDORSES 52 CANDIDATES

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 2

MR. J. R. Hughes, one of last year's rebel bloc, was appointed to the A.L.P. executive last night to…

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An Early Date for Elections March 19 Forecast As Likely For State Poll

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 1

Saturday, March 19, was mentioned in well informed political circles at the week-end as the probable date of the State elections…

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Rush-Election Preparations Labor's Campaign

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

WITH the possibility of a rush State election, the entire Labor Movement in this State is concentrating upon the preparations for a most intensive campaign to ensure that the Labor Party will be returned to power…

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Greater Newcastle Elections Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 7

The returning uincer for the Greater Newcastle elections, Mr. J. Glassop. stated to-day that nominations would be called on or before February 10. and. close at 5 p.m…

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Commission Evidence Stampedes Govt. Talk of Election in March To Anticipate The Report C. P. PRESSURE

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

STAMPEDED by the sensational evidence already given at the Royal Commission into the sale of State undertakings, the inner group of the U.A.P. has during the past few…

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May Be In April ! N.S.W. Elections Be Ready to Stevens Out Communist Candidates

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

Reports indicate that the N.S.W. State elections arc likely to held at the end of March or, alternatively, in April. THESE elections are a very serious matter for the working class,…

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County Council Election. Civic Reform Order of Preference. Probable Effect

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 6

The Civic Reform party yesterday decided that, in to-morrow's election of two city representatives on the County Council, preference should be given to…

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Corruption in Elections Bombay

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 5

Nawab Sir Mohiuddin Faroqui, a former Minister and leader of the legislature under the last regime, was found guilty of corrupt practices at…

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Campaign for Labor Aldermen Greater Newcastle Election NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 6

THE keenest enthusiasm was manifested at a meeting to-night of delegates to the A.L.P. Greater Newcastle Assembly in the campaign for the election of a team of Labor…

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