Measures Here Parliament Is Told CANBERRA
Defence measures adopted by Australia were outlined to-day in the House of Representatives by the Minister for…
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All Parties Support Ministry. Remarkable Unity Shown. White Paper Presented by Prime Minister. Debate in Federal Parliament. Canberra
The Federal Parliament met to-day for the first time since war was declared, and the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, tabled a White Paper containing the correspondence between the British and German Governments…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Upper Hunter Seat. By-election on October 7
The by-election for the Upper Hunter seat in the State Parliament will be held on October 7. The former representative of the electorate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parliament Raid: Cleric for Trial
BRISBANE, Thursday.--At the conclusion of evidence today the Rev. Ernest V. Cavey was committed for trial on a charge of unlawful assembly, arising…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clergyman Sent for Trial. Raid on Parliament. BRISBANE
In the police court to-day. Ernest James Vincent Cavey, Anglican parish priest at Manly, was committed for trial on a charge arising out of the raid on Parliament House…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Upper Hunter By-Election on Oct. 7
THE by-election for the Upper Hunter seat, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Malcolm Brown, the C.P. member, will be held on…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Upper Hunter By-election
The writ for the Upper Hunter by-election will be issued on Monday by the Speaker of the legislative Assembly. Nominations will close on September 19[?] and polling day will…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Smart Fields Tattersall's Meeting. Spring Candidates on Trial
Bonheur de Fere and Petruchio arrived last night for their engagements at Tattersall's meeting at Randwick to-morrow. Mr. Alan…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →“Immediate Election” Demand Raised in Federal House Menzies Has No Mandate CANBERRA, Sept. 7
A demand for an immediate election to give Australia a chance to choose its war-time Parliament was made by Mr. E. J. Ward (Labor, East Sydney) in the House of Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Militants Score in Elections Newcastle, Sept. 6
Militant candidates scored heavily at the election of officers of the Newcastle branch of the Federated Ironworkers’…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Outstanding Gallop by Royal Chief Best Of Chelmsford Stakes Candidates
Royal Chief ran seven furlongs in 1.27 at Randwick yesterday. It was one of the fastest times registered on the tan track for years…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Three Records in Parliament More Taxation To Come CANBERRA
Beneath the shadow of war, Parliament this week was a sober body of men who settled down grimly to the colossal task or administering a country at war, but it still found time to create three records…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Andy' Fisher's Son Following Father's Footsteps to Seek Election in Wide Bay
ONE of a number of newspaper men singled out by political tipsters as a possible Federal Member after the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Epsom & Metrop. All Eyes Focused On Candidates At "Tatt's" Pointers About Leading Horses
A.J.C. Epsom and Metropolitan candidates will be closely watched at Tattersall's meeting at Randwick on Saturday, and it won't surprise if there is a slight revision of opinion about the big races when…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Spring Candidates' Form. Some Impressive Showings. Adios and Cooranga Stand Out. Royal Chief Attracts Attention
Form at Randwick on Saturday indicated that the favoured Epsom Handicap and Metropolitan horses are likely to run up to expectations in their respective races. Adios will now be outright favourite for the Epsom Handicap and Cooranga will return to greater…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Upper Hunter Seat. No Official Candidate For U.A.P.
The council of the United Australia Party decided last night to adopt the recommendation of the U.A.P. Executive that no U.A.P. candidate should be…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Candidate Tours Riverina Sydney, Sept. 11
With two speeches over the air and three public meetings, George Gowland, Communist candidate for the Federal seat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DEFY U.A.P. MACHINE Upper Hunter By-Election
U.A.P. parliamentarians will defy the party machine and support an unendorsed U.A.P. candidate in the Upper Hunter by-election…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Parliament. Debate on European War Situation Wide Emergency Powers
WHEN the Federal Parliament met at Canberra last Wednesday, Prime Minister Menzies made a lengthy statement outlining the events leading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eleven Candidates District Nurse Society
A ballot for the election of five directors of the Parramatta District Nurse Society will be held at the Baths Building on Saturday, September…
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