Municipal Elections Postponement
A letter has been forwarded to [?] Minister for Work and Local Covernment by Granville A.L.P. Assembly (Non-Communist), protesting against the…
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K.c. Candidate for Upper House
Mr. W. J. Bradley, K.C., yesterday announced that he was a candidate for the Legislative Council vacancy caused by the death of Mr. J. Ryan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Battle of Oran. Hard Choice. Explanations in Parliament. London, July 5. (A.A.P.)
The Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, when announcing to the House of Lords, the destruction of units of the French fleet at Oran, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wentworth U.a.p. Candidate
The Wentworth Electoral Conference has unanimously selected and endorsed Mr. E. J. Harrison, M.P., as the U.A.P. candidate for Wentworth. There were no other…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →State Election. A.L.P. (Non-Com.) Invites Nominations
At the meeting of the central executive of the Australian Labour Party (non-Com.) last night, it was decided to call for nominations of candidates for the next State election…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →P.m. Disowns Election Talk
"All these arguments about the elections are being carried on by other people, not by me," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.l.p. Stand on Elections
To campaign against the danger of the Federal and State elections being abandoned, the central executive of the N.S.W. A.L.P. is convening a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Labor Against Postponed Elections
The A.L.P. executive will launch a campaign as a protest against the suggested setting aside of the Federal and State elections…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Side-stepping Federal Election Menzies Must Keep His Hands Off Our Constitution
"I WOULD not in any circumstances think of postponing the date of the election. The people of Australia are entitled to say in the normal course who is to govern the country."…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →British Authorities " Amazed" By Rumors "Cannot Legally Alter the Austln. Elections" London
OFFICIALLY, Mr. Menzies doesn't intend to petition the Imperial Government to prolong the life of the existing British Government in order to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A.I.F. Candidates 100 Per Cent. Fit
Every one of the 254 candidates for the A.I.F. medically examined yesterday was passed fit. Applications received totalled 259,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Election Demanded. No-Conscription Congress
"Labour must demand an election, as the people have not had an opportunity of deciding whether the policy of the Menzies Government is that wanted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coalition, or Elections. Courses Before Ministry. Political Instability. by Our Canberra Correspondent
Two developments politically significant last week were the statement by the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. McEwen) that "home defence has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →47 Dead in "Quiet" Election Mexico City
Described semi-officially as "fairly quiet," the Presidential election in Mexico has caused the killing of at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Election Not Yet Discussed. War Comes First
The Government, as a government, has not given any consideration to the question of whether or not there should be a Federal election," the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Win-The-War Party To Run For Election
A Win-the-War political party is being formed in Sydney to contest the next Federal elections. The provisional secretary (Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Labor Task to Force Elections When Due"
"Our task is to force Mr. Menzies and the Fifth Columnists of the Labor Party to respect the Constitution and hold the Federal elections when they are due." The general secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alternative to Elections. National Government Urged
The Federal Attomey-General, Mr. Hughes, referring yesterday to the question of whether there should be a Federal election, said that if a National…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →48 Dead in Mexico. Election Riots. Radio Station Fight. Mexico City, July 8. (A.A.P.)
So far 48 persons have been killed in riots during the last few days in the polling for the election of a new President to succeed President…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →47 Election Deaths In Mexico Mexico City, Mon
DESCRIBED semiofficially as "fairly quiet," the Presidential election in Mexico has…
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