Petrol and Elections Melbourne
Demanding the abolition of petrol rationing and the reduction of taxation on motorists, a campaign is in full swing to oppose candidates who…
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Elections May Be Put Back Canberra
Following the tragic death of the three Ministers, the Federal elections may now he held later, than was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Avoiding Clash in Elections
No decision regarding the issue of a writ for the Croydon by-election, rendered necessary by the resignation of Mr. Stevens, will be made for some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Civic Election Ban Opposed
On the ground that "what was good for the goose was good for the gander," Alderman Arthur Griffith moved at woollahra Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Home News. Federal Election
The need for infusing new blood into the Federal Parliament at the forthcoming election was supported in influential quarters yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Selecting Federal Candidates. Multiple Endorsement Suggested to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In support of the "Herald's" contention that we need new and better blood in Parliament, Mr. Clive Teece has to-day made a notable suggestion, viz., that the various…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →By-election at Tamworth. Latest Figures. TAMWORTH
When counting ceased to-night. Tamworth bt-election figures were: Chaffey, 6.743; Lyons. 2,687: Ryan. 2,928. Absolute majority for Chaffey, 1,128. There are still about 150…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Labour Unity Unlikely. Three Factions in N.S.W. Election Prospects
As a result of the Tamworth byelection, in which the official A.L.P. candidate was last in the ballot, it is now almost certain that the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tamworth By-election. U.A.P. Retains Seat
The by-election to fill the vacancy of the Tamworth seat in the New South Wales State Parliament, because of the death of Mr. F. A. Chaffey, was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Federal Elections Date to be Announced This Week
Having failed in its efforts to secure an extension of the life of the Federal. Parliament and the postponement of the Federal elections beyond its due…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Letters. Senate Elections. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Since Labour refuses to particlpate in a National Government and a large section, thereof opposes the panel proposals the questions for the clectors to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Election Date. September 21 Now Suggested. Two New Temporary Ministers. CANBERRA
Any proposal that the Ministry should lecast its ientative arrangements to hold an election it is understood will he discarded as the result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Labour Split. Election Fears. "Armistice" in Party Sought
It was reported yesterday that certain Labour politicians who might lose their seats in the Federal election because of the latest split in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →S.c.g. Trust Election
Mr. Justice H. V. Evatt has been elected unopposed as members' representative on the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust to fill the vacancy…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Agreement on Election Canberra
Owing to the tragic events of yesterday the Country Party meeting fixed for to-day to discuss a united election front with the United…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Solemn Scene As Parliament Meets Moving Tributes to Plane Crash Victims Canberra
Moving tributes to the three Federal Ministers and the other victims of the Canberra plane tragedy were paid in the House of Representatives today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters. Need for New Blood in Parliament. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—A brilliant Frenchman reminded his wordl that "great positions made great men greater—little men less." Such a position confronts the franchised among…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notes of the Week. Political and Otherwise. The General Election
The small pack of squabbling politicians who sought to dodge the judgment of the democracy about which they prate go much failed in their plot to extend the life of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →POLITICAL Federal Election Date
IN view of the disarrangement od ministerial business caused by the tragic deaths of Sir Henry Cullett and Messrs. Street and Fairbalrn, It is probable that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tamworth By-election
RESULTS of Tamworth by-election last Saturday show that Mr. W. Chaffey, son of the late Mr. Frank Chaffey, M.L.A., for that district, was an easy winner…
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