Severe Labor Defeat Polling for Council Lord Mayor Outed Brisbane
Labor suffered a severe defeat in the City Council election to-day. WHEN counting ended the…
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Competition to "Get Cases" Police to Make Move for Inquiry by Parliament
REINFORCED by the decisions of the recent Police Association conference, the Police Executive will now endeavor to obtain the sanction of Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Labor Crashes Brisbane Council Elections BRISBANE
LABOR crashed badly at to-day's elections for the Brisbane City Council. The landslide recalled the swing against the party at the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Federal Elections Likely in July
CANBERRA, Saturday. -- Political insiders declare that the Federal elections will be held in July, despite the absence of any official announcement. Party plans are being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OPINION July Election
OUR political writers say an election in July is almost certain. The Labor Party believes that, too, and you see the effect already…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It Happened This Week National ELECTIONS
Canberra insiders this week tipped July elections. The coal strike and Communism would be issues, they…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Clash in Parliament Expected
Bitter clashes are expected in the Legislative Assembly between the two Labour Parties, one led by the leader of the Opposition, Mr. McKell, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Hansard" Censored Reports of Commonwealth Parliament. CANBERRA
As in the last war, "Hansard" reports of Federal Parliamentary debates are being submitted to censorship The issue published in the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hornsby Shire Election
A by-election to fill an extraordinary vacancy in C Riding, Hornsby Shire Council, took place on Saturday. There were two candidates. Mr. G. R. Davey received 646 votes,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Politics and the Strike. Ministers Hope for Way Out. Early Election Talk. by Our Canberra Correspondent
The only problem confronting the Federal Government that is potentially dangerous politically is the coal dispute and events this week will show…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brisbane City Elections Labor Is Not Worried By Result BRISBANE
"I do not regard the result as having political significance," said the Premier, Mr. Forgan Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fear Effect on Elections
A meeting of the combined mining unions' central committee, adjourned from Saturday, was postponed again to-day until after the return of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor Women No. 2 Mrs. R. J. Heffron Loves Thrill of Elections
MR. AND MRS. HEFFRON were great fighters for Labor in their native country, New Zealand, and have carried on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scrap Iron Exports. Questions in Parliament
In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Evatt (A.L.P., Hurstville) asked the Premier Mr. Mair, whether large quantities of scrap iron were being shipped from New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brisbane Council Elections Defeat for Labor
Labor suffered a severe defeat in the Brisbane City Council elections last Saturday, losing control of the Council to the Citizens' Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Branches Divided. Rival Candidates Certain
It Seems certain that there will be [?] Labour candidates contesting practically every New South Wales sea[?] at the next Federal election, as a result of the formation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →U.A.P. Senate Selection. Sir A. Parkhill a Candidate
Sh Archdale Parkhill yesterday announced himself as a candidate for the U.A.P. selection foi the Senate at the forthcoming general elections…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Inquiry Into 1935 ELECTION. Officials Suspended. BRISBANE
The Queensland Government has appointed Mr. A. E. Aitken, P.M., a Royal Commissioner to inquire into the manner of dealing with ballot papers used in the State election for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sensation Over Election BRISBANE
A first-class political sensation revolving around the victory of the leader of the U.A.P. in Queensland. Mr. H. M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Govt. May Sidestep Election
THE suspicion that the Menzies-Cameron Government, on the pretext of war emergency, will use…
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