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Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1939

1,676 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 84

State Parliament U.A.P. Man Bitter On Govt. Policy Must Tackle Real Business, He Says

Daily News · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 5

MR. A. E. REID (U.A.P., Manly) bitterly attacked the policy of his own Government in Parliament yesterday. "I came here to support the Government…

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Successful Candidates First Aid Classes

The Broadcaster · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 1

The culmmation of several months of zealous work, attending classes for lectures, instruction and other phases of the work was the success of every…

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Election Talk

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 24

ALTHOUGH the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, gives no particular encouragement to the idea that he will make an appeal to the country if his…

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Mr. H. S. Thompson. Likely Candidate for A.j.c. Committee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 13

Mr. H. S. Thompson, the prominent thoroughbred brceder, has been approached with a view to his standing for the vacancy on the committee of the Australian Jockey Club…

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Judge 'Got Very Wild' Hospital Bd. Meeting Story Member on Election "Not Man For Position"

The Sun · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 2

"I didn't think the judge was suitable for the position," said Herbert George Lanceley, member of the…

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Hospital Board Election Rejection of Liverpool Nominations

Liverpool News · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 2
Also in The Biz

Because of the circumstances in which five candidates were elected unopposed to the board which is to control the hospital to be built at Liverpool, the…

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State Parliament Launches Motion Of Censure Indicts Govt. on Own Figures

Daily News · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 5

BEFORE a crowded public gallery, Mr. Heffron, Leader of the A.L.P. (Heffron), launched his motion of censure on the Stevens Government in Parliament yesterday…

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Mr. Spooner Resigns From State Ministry Withdraws As Deputy Leader Swift Action After Rising of Parliament "Unemployed Relief Major Cause"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 1

The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Spooner) resigned from the State Cabinet at 9 o'clock last night. He also resigned his position as…

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Waited for Election Got Wage Cut SYDNEY, July 20

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 3

Criticising the Rightwing labor leaders' policy of leaving the fight against the National Register to an election, an anti-Register speaker,…

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Around the ... World for Canadian Election

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 3

TORONTO, June 25.—Tim Buck, general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada, is to stand as a federal candidate in the coming Dominion elections…

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Candidates for Upper House

Daily News · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 3

It was stated yesterday that likely A.L.P. (Lang) candidates for the vacancy in the Upper House were J. E. Garvin (Sydney) and D. Cameron…

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North Shore Hospital. Board Election. Mr. Lanceley's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 July 1939 · page 19

Mr. H. G. Lanceley was questioned at the Royal North Shore Hospital inquiry yesterday about considerations which actuated him in board elections…

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Prospects of Election. Federal Labour View. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 July 1939 · page 18

The Federal Labour Party will not be surprised if the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, makes an appeal to the country soon, according to the deputy…

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Prepare for Election A.L.P. (Heffron) Makes Ready

Daily News · Saturday 22 July 1939 · page 2

The Central Executive of the A.L.P. (Heffron) last night decided to authorise the secretary, Mr. Evans, to instruct electorate councils to set…

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Defeats Board, Wins Election

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 July 1939 · page 2

A Sydney chemist who recently defeated the Pharmacy Board at law over its demand for an annual poisons…

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"ANDREA" Attends Parliament In Canberra

The Sun · Sunday 23 July 1939 · page 19

ADMISSION to Parliament to hear debates has often been granted me in the…

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U.S.A. on Threshold of Big Trade Revival War Fear Eases; Eyes Now Turn To Home Needs Election Of Conservative Successor To Roosevelt Holds The Key To Vital Industrial Advance VANCOUVER

The Sun · Sunday 23 July 1939 · page 1

Two compelling reasons occupy the background to the week's startling rise in prices on the New York Stock Exchange. The first is that America is feeling better about Europe. The preponderant feeling is that there will be no hostilities over Danzig…

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Is Council Candidate

The Sun · Sunday 23 July 1939 · page 3

Alderman W. J. Bradley, K.C., has announced himself as a candidate for election to the Legislative Council to fill the vacancy…

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Authoritarian Republic. Slovak Parliament's Move. BRATISLAVA, July 23. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 July 1939 · page 12

The Slovak Parliament has voted in favour of transforming the country into an authoritarian republic, with a National Council of 10 and 80 Deputies…

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