Reid A.l.p. Candidate
The Reld A.L.P. electorate council, at a stormy meeting at Auburn yesterday afternoon, declared Mr. J. R. Hughes, president of the New South Wales Trades and Labour,…
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Labor's Candidate In West Sydney
Mr. P. Burke was selected last night by the West Sydney "Federal Electoral Council to contest the West Sydney seat far Labor at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Elections In Estonia
ONLY Left candidates offered themselves for the elections in Estonia yesterday. A scene in the marketplace at Narva. Men of Estonia's tiny army grouped about a giant tank…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A.L.P. NOTES Election Asked By Labor Group
OPPOSITION to any co-operation with the Menzies Government was expressed by delegates to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Six Dead, Forty Hurt In Election
HAVANA, Monday.--Six people were killed, and 40 wounded, to yesterday's election of a new President of Cuba. Colonel Batista's headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Labor Split Likely Over Tamworth Election
A new split in the State A.L.P. is regarded as certain to arise from the Tamworth by-election campaign. It is understood that the A.L.P. executive will base its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Election on August 10
The by election for the Tamworth scat will be held on Saturday, August 10. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Weaver, announced yesterday that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rival Labour Parties. First Test of Strength. Candidates for Tamworth
The first test of strength between the Labour factions will come in the Tamworth byelection, which will be held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Chaffey…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Federal Election. Labour Attitude. ADELAIDE
No suggestion has yet been made to the Federal Parliamentary Labour Party by the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, that the Federal election, to be held this year, should be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Defeat of Labour Candidate. "Disloyalty to Party Detected." MELBOURNE
The result of the Coburg by-election on Saturday. In which Mr. R. A. Cameron, the Labour Party's endorsed candidate, was defeated by Mr. C. Mutton, the Independent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cuba's "Strong Man" Leads. Presidential Elections. HAVANA, July 15. (A.A.P.)
Colonel Fulgencio Batista, the "Strong Man" of the island of Cuba for more than six years, is leading in the postponed elections for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stormy Scenes at Labor Council Selection of Candidate
There were stormy scenes at a meeting of the Reid Electorate A.L.P. Council at Auburn on Sunday, when it as announced that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Election Demand Parramatta A.L.P. Move
"That this branch demands that an election be held at the end of the present Government's constitutional period of existence."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Progressive Paper for Australian Homes War, Democracy and The Federal Election
THIS War can be traced back to many causes. It is not simple in its genesis. No one originating source can be pointed to in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Constitutional Rights Must Be Respected! Anti-labor Move to Sidestep Federal Elections Must Be Defeated
CERTAIN anti-Labor politicians, supported by a section off the anti-Labor press, are planning a move for the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Federal Elections. Mr. Lang's Allegations Denied
Replying to allegations made by Mr. J. T. Lang at Sydney early test week that "so-called Labor men led by Mr. Curtin are supporting the move to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victorian By-election. Labor Loses Seat
The Coburg by-election, held last Saturday to fill the vacancy in the Victorian State Parliament as a result of the death of the late Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Voting by A.I.F. ABROAD. Federal Elections Problem. CANBERRA
Numerous unforeseen difficulties may make it impossible for all members of the A.I.F. abroad to be given a vote in the next Federal elections…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tamworth By-election
Efforts are being made [?] induce the Federal Labour leader, Mr. Curtin, to speak on behalf of the candidate of the official Labour Party in the [?]amworth by-election The party's…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War Powers and the Federal Parliament
ACCORDING to press reports, Federal Ministers are not enamored with the idea of holding a secret session of the Federal Parliament to discuss recent changes in the war situation overseas and Australia's own military problems. Having obtained extraordinary powers from the Parliamentary rank and…
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