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Politics & elections, 1938

2,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 102

Election Deposit: Premier's Version

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 6

THE Premier (Mr. Stevens) yesterday gave parliament additional facts about the Croydon contest at the general election. He refuted published…

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EDITORIAL Parliament v. Government

The Sun · Sunday 3 July 1938 · page 1

CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. Bate, member for the South Coast in the Legislative Assembly. His vigorous attack on Thursday night on the tendency of the Government to ignore the people's elected…

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My Visit To Parliament House

The Sun · Sunday 3 July 1938 · page 2

TO-DAY'S House of Parliament consists mostly of the original building, but a few improvements have been added, and still a few…

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Reasons for the Big Rise in Shares Wall Street Wizards Now Expect Even Brighter Fireworks Prosperity Is Necessary to Win Elections President And Businessmen Really Get Together To Bring Better Times Back Again VANCOUVER

The Sun · Sunday 3 July 1938 · page 1

SOME OF THE MORE SEASONED WALL-STREET BROKERS SUGGEST THAT THE PRESENT MARKET EXCITEMENT MAY SUBSIDE DURING THE…

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New Zealand Election Skirmishes Auckland

The Sun · Sunday 3 July 1938 · page 5

Opening skirmishes in what promises to be the most bitter election campaign in New Zealand's history are already being…

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Parliament and the Executive

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 10

The Federal session closed last week with a scandalous eleventh-hour rush of legislation, one of the worst features of which was the scamping of the Air…

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Parliament Due for Fireworks

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 3

ALREADY characterised by two attacks by Ministerial Party supporters of the Government, the debate on the Address-in-Reply is expected to furnish further fireworks this…

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"Labor Daily." Election of Six Directors

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

It was stated at the Trades Hall last night that a ballot for the election of six new directors to the "Labor Daily" newspaper had been completed and had resulted in the following…

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Candidate for A.j.c. Committee

The Sun · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 16

Mr. H. R. Meynink will be a candidate for the A.J.C. committee. The election will be held next month. His nomination was received to-day by…

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State Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 12

When Parliament resumes to-morrow the debate on the Address in Reply will be continued. The Government expects that the debate will end this week…

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The Insurance Bill Is Passed by Parliament: What Next?

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 2

The National Insurance Bill brought forward by the Lyons government and drawn up by Kinnear, the English “specialist.” has become the law of this fair land. To say that it is unsatisfactory is to put the case mildly…

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By-elections in Britain. Recent Trend. a Commons' Paradox. From Our London Correspondent. (By Air Mail.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 10

It is wrong to imagine that when an "overwhelming majority" of members of the House of Commons votes in favour of the National Government on…

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Unity of Soviet People Shown In Democratic Elections Bloc of Communists and Non-party People

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 3

In celebration of the great victory of the “Bl[?] of Communists and non-part; people” in the elections to the Supreme Soviets of the R.S.F.S.R. and other Union Re[?]s last week more than a Million Moscow people spontaneously poured out on to…

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New Test Candidate Nominated As One Of "Five Best" WICKET-GETTER

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 11

T. W. GODDARD, Gloucester slow bowler; included in the 13 players from whom England's third Test XI is to be chosen was one of Wisden's "five cricketers of 1937."…

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Glebe Garbage Contracts Questions Asked In Parliament

The Sun · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 16

Questions relating to garbage contracts of the Glebe Municipal Council were addressed to the Minister for Local Government, by Mr. Carlton…

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Federal Parliament. Bills May Be Held Over

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 18

IT seems probable that two important measures on the Lyons Ministry's programme —the Interstate Commission Bill and the Mortgage Bank Bill…

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The South Australian Worker Adelaide, Monday. State Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 15

THE Assembly is to assemble in a few days. Nothing of any importance will be submitted by the Government, so we may expect some…

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Letters Senate Elections. to the Editor of the Herald

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

Sir,—Your leading article on the Senate, and the method of election, brings prominently before the people a matter that has engage[?] the minds of many during the last…

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A.j.c. Election

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 18

Mr. H. R. Meynink, whose colors were carried successfully by the two-year-old Gambler at Canterbury on Saturday week, was nominated yesterday as a…

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Break-of-gauge Device. Engineers' Adverse View. Papers in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 17

A conference od chief mechanical engineers and chief civil engineers of the whole of the railways in the Commonwealth, which was held in Sydney in May last, decided that the…

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