Corio By-election Menzies Expects Victory
"Mr. J. T. Vinton Smith, U.A.P. endorsed candidate, will be a strong contender for the Corio (Victoria) Federal…
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Corio By-election on March 2. Speaker Fixes Date. CANBERRA
The Corio by-election will be held on March 2. This date was fixed to-day by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Bell…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.--Polling in the Corio by-election, caused by the resignation of Mr. R. G. Casey, will take place on March 2…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Labor Picking Candidate Three Men To Run For Corio Seat MELBOURNE
Unionists and members of the Australian Labor Party who have been financial for the last six months held their ballot to-day to select a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Win the War" Party Talk Is All Bunk the Corio By-election
NOTHING quite so blatantly unpatriotic has occurred, since the commencement of the war, than the drivel with which the selection of one Vinton Smith to be the United Australia Party candidate for Corio has been accompanied. Already…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Corio By-election. U.A.P. Candidate's Gesture. Defence Issue Challenge Accepted. Melbourne
"A telegraphic handshake," read a telegram, sent yesterday by the United Australia Party candidate for Corio, Mr. J. T. Vinton Smith, to his Labour opponent, Mr. J. J. Dedman…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Corio By-election.—Cont. Good Labor Candidate Sydney, Feb. 4
The Labor Party’s candidate for Corio will be Mr. .1. J. Dedman, who won the pre-selection ballot against eight opponents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Machine—gunners at Ingleburn — Labour Candidate for Corio — Giant Sub-stratosphere Airliner
Copies of pictures by "Sydney Morning Herald" photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office. Scale of charges may be obtained on application…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →British By-elections. London, Feb. 5. (A.A.P.)
The new President of the Board of Trade, Sir Andrew Duncan, was returned unopposed for a City of London seat in the House of Commons, replacing Sir Alan Anderson…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Corio By-election War Is Main Issue Melbourne, Feb. 3
“The war is the main issue in this election,” declared Dr. G. P. O’Day, Communist candidate for Corio, in a statement to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Became Ministers Before Election LONDON
The second of the new Ministers who received portfolios in the recent reshuffle of the British Cabinet has been returned unopposed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Corio By-election. March 2 is Polling Day
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Bell, last week fixed March 2 as the date for the Corio by-election. He stated that Mr. Casey, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To Answer Attack in Parliament Our Own Cable Service
LONDON, Tues.--The Minister of Supply, Dr. Burgin, is expected to reply in the House of Commons today to a newspaper attack on him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Alderman Cabra-Vale By-Election
At the by-election in St. John's ward of Cabra-vale, John Robinson Cooper (246) defeated Stanley George Towsey (119)…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Labor Council Of N.S.W. Authorised Report Annual Elections. Results of Ballots
THE ballots for the contested A.C.U. positions in the annual election of officers resulted in Messrs. E. Bradshaw and T…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nepean Shire By-Election (To the Editor)
Dear Sir,—Will you please grant me space in your valued journal, in the interests of the ratepayers of C Riding, Nepean Shire, to explain my…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire By-Election
A poll will be taken next Saturday, February 10, to elect a councillor for C Riding of Nepean shire, in place of Cr. Barker, deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Communist Third In U.S. By-Election
NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Earl Browder, Communist leader, ran a poor third in a Federal House of Representatives by-election…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cabra-Vale By-Election MR. J. R. Cooper Elected
As the result of Saturday's poll for the Cabra-Vale Council by-election, Mr. J. R. Cooper was elected by a majority of 127 over Mr. S. G. Towsey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Elections in Canada. Prime Minister Opens Campaign. Unity and War Policy. Ottawa, Feb. 8. (A.A.P.)
The Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, opened his election campaign with a broadcast address, in which he declared that the real issues were the…
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