Latest Polling for House. of Representatives
When counting ceased last night the position in electorates where there are close contests was as shown below. "U.A.P." indicates United Australia Party; "U.C.P." indicates…
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Election Results Shake Menzies Government Dr. Evatt's Influence On Official Labor Vote Is National War Council the Way Out?
MENZIES asked that he be given either a big victory or a big defeat. He looks to have got neither. Had all Australia gone the way of New South Wales the Government would have been swept from office. A swing to Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Election -- From the Other Side of the Table
DID you record your vote last Saturday? If so, did you pause for a moment to consider what a general election seemed like to the man on the other side of the table -- the man who gave you your voting paper?…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.S.W. Labor Party For State Elections
Despite its failure to win a seat at the Federal elections, the New South Wales Labor Party decided last night to contest the next State elections, on a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dithery Dailies Played Sorry Role In Federal Elections "New Bloods" Cry "Oh, Deliver Us!"
THE daily press of Sydney played a sorry part in the 1940 Federal elections. VICIOUS in its anti-Labor propaganda, the Sydney daily press also criticised the Government, certain…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Spring Form Assessed. Beaulivre Stands Out for Epsom. Buzalong's Fine Effort. Smart Track Gallops by Candidates
It is doubtful if any horse at Rosehill on Sautrday, when the Hawkesbury Racing Club held its spring meeting there, showed form challenging Beaulivre's supremacy in the Epsom Handicap. Ensign, who won the Quality Handicap, is not engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Election Results. No Definite Verdict. Party Disappointments
Designed to clarify the political situation, the Federal elections, on the contrary, will complicate it. As the figures are now going, no party will have a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Far East Crisis As U.S. Election Issue New York
Press and radio commentators warn that the foreign crisis may enter into Presidential campaign calculations to an extent that will reverse party advantages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election May Result In Deadlock Latest Figures Indicate 37-37 Party Division
Latest Federal election returns indicate a probable deadlock between the two main party divisions in the House of Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exploiting the Unemployed. Protest in N.S.W. Parliament
In the N.S.W. State Parliament last week Labor member Cahill alleged that a Sydney firm was charging unemployed men fees for training as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Labor Gains More Seats Menzies Government Has Reduced Majority in Parliament. Party Leaders to Confer on
AT the time of writing the finalising of the voting returns in the Federal elections indicates a reduced majority for the Menzies…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Labor Candidate's Appreciation
Mr. G. Buckland has received the following letter of apreciation from Mr. H. C. Mulcahy, the Official Labor Party candidate for West Sydney at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →From Our South Australian Correspondent ADELAIDE Monday. Labor and the Election
ELECTION day has come and gone and has taken with it the hopes of Labor in the Federal sphere, in this State. It…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mr. Spooner Wins. Mr. Collins for Hume. Close Election Fights
Mr. E. S. Spooner (U.A.P.) won Robertson and Mr. T. J. Collins (U.C.P.) Hume for the Government of the final distribution of preferences last night…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Civic Elections. Bill for Postponement
Councillor Parry, M.L.C., at the meeting of the Sydney County Council yesterday said that he had the authority of the Minister for Works and Local…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Parliament's Tasks
Mr. Spooner, the new U.A.P. member of the House of Representatives for Robertson, said last night that, apart from its tremendous war task, the new Pailiament might take steps…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Holy Name Society. Election of Executive
The spiritual directors of the Diocesan Union are pleased to announce for the information of the branch spiritual directors and members of the society that the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Federal Elections Parties Close as Count Nears End
AS elections results continue to be finalised, the general political position in the Federal sphere approaches closer to definite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election Aftermath. Finale at Police Court
Police proceeded against a man at Kogarah Court on Tuesday for using insulting words to a sergeant in Forest Road, Hurstville, on the Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girls In Drive For Penny Votes Queen Candidates
TENNIS CHAMPION Miss Joan Hartigan, one of the candidates in the Queen of the Fighting Forces competition, is receiving the support of leading tennis associations and players and sporting goods manufacturers…
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