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Politics & elections, 1941

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Election Date Next Week

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. Mair) is expected to announce next week the date of the State elections, which Cabinet Ministers believe will be either May 24 or 31…

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State Elections. Candidates Organising

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 11

Mr. C. C. Faulkner, the selected U.A.P candidate for Illawarra at the forthcoming State elections, met the electoral conference at Albion Park on Saturday night and was…

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Fadden In Q'land Election Campaign

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 9

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Acting- Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) will deliver a radio talk on Friday night on behalf of the Queensland Country…

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Federal Parliament Meets To-day. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 10

Canberra opinion is that plans for this week's sitting of Parliament will be determined by events from day to day The House of Representatives meets at 3…

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Parliament in Emergency. Dissolution Problem. Legislation Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 9

The State Government is considering legislation to enable Parliament to be called during the period between its dissolution and the return of writs for…

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New Election Ordered League Decision In South Sydney Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 18

The New South Wales Rugby League last night revoked the annual election of the South Sydney club. The decision was given after the South Sydney…

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Polling Place

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 6

As a result of representations by Mr. G. C. Gollan, M.L.A., it has been decided to appoint a polling place at Melrose for the subdivision of…

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Control of Broadcasting Bill Before Federal Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 11

Under the Broadcasting Amendment Bill, introduced in the Senate last Wednesday, the personnel of the Australian Broadcasting Commission is to…

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State Election Fleck Not Candidate for Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 1

The Mayor of Granville (Dr. C. C. Fleck) will not contest the Granville seat at the State Elections…

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Nation-Wide Child Endowment Bill in Federal Parliament This Week

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 16

At the conclusion of a Federal Cabinet meeting at Sydney last Friday the Minister for Labor and National Services (Mr. Holt) announced that the…

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From Our South Australian Correspondent ADELAIDE, Monday. Labor's Election Prospects

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 2

THE election campaign has followed the usual course and, generally speaking, has run smoothly with but few,…

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Many Autumn Candidates Appear at Rosehill Air Link's Mild Reversal

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 11

BOOKMAKERS had their most glorious day for several months at the Rosehill meeting on Saturday, when, in a programme of eight races, four double-quote horses and only one outright favorite and one equal first fancy were successful…

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Women's News Three Queen Candidates Debut As Mannequin Life of Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 10

MRS. Lucy Harper has returned to Sydney from Canada with her brother, Sir Robert Garran, a former…

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Election Date Not Yet Fixed No Announcement Before Assembly Rises on

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 9

Members of the State Parliament will not know the date of the general election when the House adjourns on Friday. The Premier (Mr. Mair) said yesterday that he…

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The State Elections. Local Polling Places

The Propeller · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 2

For the forthcoming State elections no fewer than seventy-one polling-places have been arranged for the electoral districts of Rockdale,…

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Queensland Election. "Dictatorship" Issue. Labour Win Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 6

There is little reason to doubt that Queensland general elections on Saturday will give the present Government a fourth Parliamentary term of office…

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Italians As Issue at Elections Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 12

With election aay on Saturday, present indications are that the Labor Government will be returned with…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Ministerial Room, Parliament House, Sydney. 24th March. 1941. The Editor, The Observer, Cronulla

The Observer · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 4

Sir, I can assure your correspondent, Mr. Ramsay Sharp, that there is nothing wrong with the Cronulla U.A.P…

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Coming State Election

The Land · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 6

The last meeting of the Urana branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association carried a resolution congratulating Mr. J. M. Smith on his…

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Rosehill Candidates Backed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 18

The favorite, High Caste, Evergreen, and Breeze were backed yesterday for the Doncaster Handicap, to be run at…

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