Women Left Stranded Minister Tells parliament He Will Inquire CANBERRA
Complaints that Australian-born women in England cannot obtain assistance to return to Australia will be investigated. The Minister for the Interior…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Politics & elections, 1940
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New Problems May Confront Govt. Clash in Parliament Reveals Tension Labor Angered By Question On National Unity CANBERRA
Although Labor has accepted the Government's compromise offer on the Budget, it does not mean that all will be plain sailing for the Government and new…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Election of Shire President Clr. Bingham Re-elected
At the meeting of the Sutherland Shire Council last Monday night, election of the President of the Shire for the ensuing year took place and resulted in the re-election of the retiring President, Clr. R. Bingham, by 5 votes to 3 over the other nominee, Clr. A. S. Tucker…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court-martial of R.A.A.F. MAN. Question in Parliament. CANBERRA
The court-martial on Aircraftsman Percival Reed, held at Woolloomooloo yesterday, was mentioned in the House of Representatives to-day by the leader of the Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Candidate Hurt in Scuffle. Ex-Mayor of Glebe
A former Mayor of Glebe, Mr. Stephen McCormack, who is a candidate for Glebe Council, was injured in a scuffle at a meeting last night, according to a police report, and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →State Parliament Fails the People
SEVEN long years of the barnacle clinging Bertram Sydney Barnsdale Stevens, and now the dead hand of Premier Mair has sapped any virility the N.S.W. Government ever had…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →New Candidate for Soccer Presidency
Harold Read, life member of St. George Soccer Club and foundation president of the N.S.W. Soccer Commission, will opppose Mr. D…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Rush Week for Parliament. Canberra
The Federal Parliament may have two all-night sittings this week. Parliament reassembles to-morrow afternoon, and will sit till Friday. Ths…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shire Election at Woy Woy
WOY WOY, Sunday.--Erina Shire elections at Woy Woy on Saturday resulted:--A. Riding: T. A. Hutchinson, 273; R…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Photograph of Parliament. Members Angered. Described As "Fake." Canberra
The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, in the House of Representatives this afternoon, described a photograph of the House of Representatives, in session,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lord Mayor. Re-election Assured. Comforts Problem
The Lord Mayor, Alderman Crick, was unanimously selected by the Reform aldermen of the City Council at a party meeting yesterday as their candidate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rockdale Municipal Election
The Official Labour Party has selected Mr. Henry C. Mordue as its candidate for the vacancy in the Rockdale ward of Rockdale Municipal Coun[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament
SIR,--In its editorial of Saturday the Daily Telegraph voiced the opinion of the great majority of Australians when it said that there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Keep Parliament In Session
THE Federal Parliament is to close its doors this week-end, and according to a statement in the anti-Labor press it will not reopen until a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Check-Up On Parliament CANBERRA
Hobart Mercury reporters took a count at regular intervals today of the attendance in the House of Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Next Sitting of Parliament. Short Recess Urged. CANBERRA
The leader of the Labour Non-communist Party, Mr. Beasley, siad to-night that Parliament should reassemble in the first week in February, at the very latest…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Parliament Goes Full-speed in All-night Sitting Canberra
After sitting all night, the House of Representatives rose about 6 a.m. to-day, and at 10.30 a.m. members were back at the House with a full day's work and prospects of another "all-nighter" ahead…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →'Auburn Council Should Resign' Election Protest McKEE'S CLAIM
Ald. McKee aroused a minor form at Auburn Council on Monday when he said that the council should resign in protest against the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When Mayoral Candidate Was Let Down
Time was when the election of a Mayor aroused the interest of the public it is on record that a couple of hundred ratepayers…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Win for Erby P'matta By-election
Geoffrey W. Erby had a comfortable win in the municipal by-election at Parramatta on Saturday. The poll was a comparatively small…
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