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Politics & elections, 1939

1,676 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 84

An Object Lesson in incompetence with Special Reference to the Hurstville Election

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 1

IN practical politics one relevant object lesson is much more convincing for the generality of people than any amount of argument and eloquence…

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THE A.W.U. Annual Convention General Secretary's Report Filling Official Vacancies—Election and Control of Organisers—A.W.U. Factory Department—Amendments to Rules

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 17

The special feature of our report of the A.W.U. Convention this week is the comprehensive report of the General Secretary dealing with the operations of Head Office. Outside of this report the business of…

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Hurstville By-election Campaign Opened

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 10

CANDIDATES for the Hurstville by-election to be held to fill the vacancy caused in the N.S.W. State Parliament by the death of the late…

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Labour's Election Preparations. Selection for Federal Seats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 17

Developments in Federal politics have stimulated interest in the forthcoming ballots for the selection of Labour candidates to contest the next Federal…

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Election of the Pope. Secrecy of the Conclave. How the Cardinals Vote

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 14

[The election of a successor to Pope Pius XI. will begin at the Vatican to-day. The Professor of Canon Law at the Catholic Institute of Paris here describes the elaborate ceremonies connected with the election.]…

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Candidate Bans His Own Photograph

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 1

Dr. A. Thomas, endorsed U.A.P. Candidate for Hurstville, has refused permission to his campaign…

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On Eve of Pope's Election Rome

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 1

Twelve nuns have been admitted to the Vatican to prepare meals for the College of Cardinals during the…

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Govt's. Election Panic Move Opportune Finance For Building Societies

Daily News · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 3

The Hurstville by-election has given remarkable ''impetus" to the co-operative building society movement. Latest development was the…

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Hurstville By-election Premier's Warning On Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 2

Price adjustment will follow the investigation by the Industrial Commission if "immoral and unfair trading is disclosed."…

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Fast Trials By Ascot Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 16

CANDIDATES for today's Ascot meeting drew attention to their prospects by smart training gallops yesterday…

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Congratulations in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 8

The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, as deputy leader of the Government, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, on behalf of members, congratulated Mr. Stevens on his…

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State Parliament Cancel Licences Of Publicans Parlt. Asked to Punish Sellers of Drip Beer

Daily News · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 5

CANCELLATION of licences of publicans who sell beer slops wm urged in Parliament yesterday by Mr. Chaffey (U.A.P., Tamworth). Referring to the "filthy and disgusting practices…

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Notes of the Week. Political and Otherwise. The Papal Election

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 23

London Editor (on Rome telephone): Where's your dally par on Papal election campaign? Rome Correspondent: Nothing doing…

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Election of Pope

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 3

SIXTY-TWO Cardinals of the Catholic Church, closeted within the Vatican in absolute secrecy, began voting to-day for the election of a new Pope to assume…

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The "Referee's" Breeding Page Favorites for the English Derby Bloodlines of Leading Candidates

Referee · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 10

THE American colt, Foxbrough II, is favorite for the Derby in England. He is already at a fairly short price. The next most fancied is Blue Peter, a colt that did not win a race at two years. Foxbrough II had two races and won both. He is a…

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The Election of the New Pope The Conclave

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 26

The election of a successor to the late Pope Pius XI. began at the Vatican on Wednesday, when the entry into the Conclave took place with the usual ceremonial. The 62 Cardinals, attended by the conclavists, clerical and lay, the Sacristan of the Sacred Palace, the Master of…

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Election Disorder Report. Denial by Mr. Evatt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 10

Reports were circulated in the Hurstville electorate last night that there had been a disorderly scene after Mr. Evatt, K.C., Heffron Party candidate had addressed an open-air…

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Evatt's Blows Were Verbal Laughs At Story Of Election Fight

The Sun · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 10

"The only interchanges, as far as I was concerned, were verbal interchanges," was how Mr. Clive Evatt, K.C., (Heffron Labor Party), to-day…

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Pupils Fight Election for Teacher Perth

The Sun · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 13

Miss Dorothy Tangney, golden headed University girl Labor candidate for Nedlands seat in the State…

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Candidate's Photo

The Propeller · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 7

Dr. A. Thomas, endorsed U.A.P. candidate for Hurstville, has refused permission to his campaign organisers to publish his photograph on…

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