state parliament TO-DAY. Many Important Bills
It is probable that the Premier, Mr. Stevens, will not be well enough to attend the meeting of the Legislative Assembly to-day. He is confined to his home suffering from a…
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The Australian Constitution Should Be Amended to Meet Changed Conditions. National Parliament Must Have National Authority to Deal with National Problems
IN a statement issued at Perth, W.A., the leader of the Federal Labor Party (Mr. J. Curtin) said that the development of Australia being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Home News. Prosne[?]l of Election
Well-informed quarters in Canberra interpret Mr. Menzies's statement in Adelaide on Monday as bein? a considered hint that there is a definite prospe[?]t of a Federal election…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal By-election. Quirindi
The municipal council by-election resulted:—R. W. Cansdell, 375 votes: E. R. Hughes, 206. Majority for Mr. Cansdell, 169…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Prospect of Election. Hint by Prime Minister. Revision of Rolls. CANBERRA
Well-informed quarters in Canberra interpret, the statement of the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, in Adelaide yesterday as being a considered hint…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boycotting Register. Strike Threat Labour Split Possible. Election Fears
A conference of key Federal unions in Melbourne yesterday considered a motion which, if carried, will mean in effect that a general strike will be…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Upper House By-election, Aug. 8
The election for the vacancy in the Legislative Council resulting from the death of the former Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Hawkins)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Menzies Ready to Fight Challenge on Boycott Rush Election Now Possible PERTH
The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said to-day that he was prepared to fight an election on the issue of whether the law was to be obeyed or whether one section of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deciding Date of Election Menzies May Not Have Say
AS Prime Minister representing a minority of the House of Representatives, Mr. Menzies Would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Election Prophets Page's Attack On P.M. Viewed As Withdrawal Of Support CANBERRA
Renewed criticism of the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) by the Country Party Leader (Sir Earle Page) has strengthened opinion that a general election is possible before the end of the year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Menzies Silent on Polling Date Perth
Federal Ministers now in Western Australia' are convinced that if the A.C.T.U. forces, the issue on the National Register, it can only be met by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spy Question In Parliament
It was suggested in Parliament yesterday that foreigners were spying on Garden Island from flats on nearby foreshores…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Cannot Raid Club Lockers. Minister Explains Liquor Laws to Parliament
In his statement to Parliament yesterday on the liquor law as it affected clubs, the Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin) said there were three types of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Keep Man, 65 in Job Parliament Asked To Pass Bill
When Mr. George Smith Stening was appointed to the Milk Board in 1937 at £1200 a year, the Government did not know he was aged 63…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Parliament Motion Of Censure On Government Failed on Unemployment Heffron Charges
NOTICE of a motion of censure on the Government for its failure to cope with mounting unemployment was given by Mr. R. J. Heffron, M.L.A., leader of the Heffron…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Home News. Federal Election
The Prime Minister, in a statement in Perth yesterday, denied that he was contemplating an early Federal election, and had not discussed the question with other Ministers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Banham's Consolation. Candidate for Kangaroo Tour
R. ("Bobby") Banham was a clever young five-eighth with the South Sydney team, and was regarded as a candidate for a place in the Australian Kangaroos, who toured…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Prospects of Election. Union Policy on Register. Electoral Activity
Although the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, denied yesterday that he was contemplating an early election, the view in political circles in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Prepared for an Election
Both the United Australia Party and Country Party organisations in New South Wales are ready for an election…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unopposed Election
London, Wednesday. -- Sir J. M. Lucas, Conservative, was returned unopposed to-day in the by-election at South Portsmouth necessitated by…
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