Labor Wins By-election
LONDON, Thursday.--Labor won Kennington from the Conservatives at yesterday's by-election. Voting was: John Wilmot (Labor),…
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Royal Prince's Good Trial for Handicap Canterbury Candidates On Slow Track
ROYAL PRINCE ran half a mile in 52 on a slow track yesterday. It was the best of the final trials for Canterbury tomorrow by Randwick-trained horses. Royal Prince is an acceptor for…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Big Taxation Dispute Further Questions In Parliament
CANBERRA. Friday.--Reference was made in the House of Representatives to-day by Mr. Pollard (Lab, Vic,) to the report that a big…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trotting at Night, with Betting Proposal In Parliament
Considerable support for the legalisation of night trotting, with betting, in New South Wales will be given by Ministerial members when the motion tabled by Mr. Lee, (U.A.P., Drummoyne), last week, is discussed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Shore Hospital. Candidates' Names. "No Suppression."
When the Secretary of the Royal North Shore Hospital, Mr. A. C. Russell was asked by counsel at the inquiry into the hospital's activities…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →King And Queen In Quebec Parliament
Sent by telegraph to New York on May 18, radioed to London, And then carried by Dutch plane to Australia in less than nine days, the picture received in Sydney at 3 p.m. yesterday shows their Majesties, the King and Queen listening to the official welcome by Quebec's Prime Minister, M. Maurice Duplesis, in Parliament House…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Defence Expansion Is Held Up By Delay Of Parliament MELBOURNE
There is still no serious effort to pass this session amending legislation to permit reorganisation of the military commands and the raising of additional units. Yet months ago this legislation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Queensland By-Elections BRISBANE
Three State by-elections were held in Queensland to-day--in the electorates of Charters Towers, Townsville and Gregory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Close Vote in Wilmot By-election Hobart
Counting in the Wilmot by-election caused the hopes and fears of both parties to alternate with each posting of fresh figures, but when the final count for to-night was announced, the three U.A.P. candidates had polled 634…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price Fixing Bill. Passage Through Parliament
The State Government expects that the Legislative Council this week will pass the bill to enable the Industrial Commission to fix the prices of certain…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Swedish Chamber of Commerce Annual General Election
At the annual general meeting of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce, held on May 25, the following elections took place:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Topsy-turvy Week. Federal House. "No Election" Spirit
Last week was a topsy-turvy political week. Nothing ran to schedule. Time and again events departed from the normal course and shot off at a tangent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Election Rivals in Clash Brisbane
Charges of having violated the secrecy of the ballot were made against each other by the winning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Nazi Bid for Power General Election In Hungary LONDON
Nazis or moderate Parliamentarians is the issue at the Hungarian general elections which end to-morrow. The Nazi (Right Radical) party's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament Delay
CANBERRA, Monday.--Federal Parliament is not expected to rise on the planned day, June 9, because the Government has so much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Honorary Doctors Inquiry Move In Parliament
Wider opportunities were needed for doctors to become honoraries at large public hospitals, as appointment as an honorary doctor in a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World's Greatest Budget Soviet Parliament Will Again Raise Living Standard and Culture Strengthens Defence
With the only firm and stable budget in the world, the economy of the Soviet Union is sounder than ever before. This was revealed today by the People's Commissar for Finance, Comrade Zverev,in his address to the Third session of the Supreme Soviet of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rugby Candidates. Strong City Team Chosen
The Rugby Union State selectors in choosing a City Fifteen to play Combined Country at University Oval next Saturday, last night included candidates for the British tour who…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Griffith Poll. Candidates Clash. Appeal to Be Lodged. Brisbane
The candidates at the recent Griffith by-election, speaking at the declaration of the poll to-day, accused each other of having attempted to violate…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Election Call. British Labour Party. "Old Man of Munich Must Go." From Our Own Correspondent. London, May 29
The leader of the British Opposition, Mr. Attlee, who is ill in bed, issued a call to the Labour Party to clear the decks for a general election, in a message…
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