Elections
"F.P.C.": (1) The State Government is not elected. The Governor requests the leader of the party, or group of parties, having a majority in the Legislative Assemb y…
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Hurstville By-election. All Parties Active. Mr. Curtin's Message
The Federal Labour leader, Mr. Curtin, in a statement issued from Canberra yesterday, said he asked for support for the endorsed Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Election of French President. Successor to M. Le Brun. "Herald" Exclusive Service. Paris, March 9
The election of a new President of France to replace M. Albert Le Brun, whose term of office ends in April, has been fixed for April 5. The President of the Senate, M. Jules…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →W.A. Election Campaign. Voting on March 18. 40 Seats Contested. Perth
Voting in the general election for the Legislative Assembly will take place on Saturday week, March 18, and all parties are campaigning vigorously…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →University-trained Engineers. Scarcity of Candidates. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The position as set out by Mr. Greenland is, unhappily, only too well known to Government departments and private firms, almost all of whom, I venture to say, have…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hurstville By-Election Evatt Slates Monopolies SYDNEY
“The monopolies that are breaking the Monopolies Act are being permitted to break the law and make huge profits…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ban On Broadcasts Communist Candidates Townsville, Q’ld
The local wireless station, 4TO has refused to rent any time to the Communist Party for the municipal election campaign…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Water Board Election
Aid. A. N. Campbell seems reasonably assured of re-election to the Water Board, the balloting for which will take place on April 4…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Wins By-election London
The by-election fought in Batley and Morley resulted in a Labor victory, which does not change the relative strength of parties in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hurstville By-election an Extraordinary Meeting
Immediately upon the publication of the nomination of Aid. J. F. McGrath as the official candidate of the Labour Party in the forthcoming by-election in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →West Australia Elections and Hurstville By-election. Statement by the Leader of the Labor Party (Mr. John Curtin)
“On March 18, a by-election poll takes place at Hurstville (K.S.W.) On the same day there is a general election in West Australia. As Federal leader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. Has Not Done Duty Lang Candidate's Criticism
"This by-election gives the people of Hurstville the opportunity of expressing their views as to whether or not their present Government has done Its duty by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Final Lecture on Election
The last opportunity for those who wish to obtain special election hints by Mr. F. W. Simpson will be afforded by attending his Sunday night speakers' class at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Election Points Shipping Folly Govt. Buying Abroad
WHILE our own shipping lags, the Federal Government contemplates placing further orders overseas for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.C.T.U. May Seek N.S.W. Unity Will Take Vote on Suggestion for Conference Aim To Weld Labor Before Elections MELBOURNE
The All-Australian Trade Union Congress will take a vote tomorrow whether it will urge the Federal Executive of the Labor Party to call an all-in conference of Labor factions in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cup Candidates In Form Final Gallops Good Mile By Dark David MELBOURNE
GOOD form was shown on various tracks this morning when candidates for Saturday's Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Federal Parliament Resumes on April 19
CANBERRA, Friday.--Federal Parliament will reassemble on Wednesday, April 19. This date was fixed by Cabinet today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Parliament Calls Judge To Order M.L.A.'s Charge Sweating in Schools
REMARKS of Mr. Justice Henchman in a Brisbane Court on Thursday drew a strong protest from (Labor, Redfern) in Parliament yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stories of Success. Baker's Boy Who Became a General Antoine Druot, Napoleon's Friend One day in 1791 the celebrated Professor Laplace was holding an examination in the Town Hall of Metz for candidates wishing to enter the artillery school of Chalons-sur-Marne. All were assembled, and the examination was about to begin, when there crept into the room a strange figure
HERE was no young gentleman, son of a rich father, well dressed and inclined to swagger; Laplace's eyes observed a meanly clothed…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →C.M.M. Accepted Candidates
It was previously announced that Mr. A. D. Brand, of the Evangelists' Institute, has been accepted for the ministry, and will enter Leigh College. Mr. N. V. Watson,…
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