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Politics & elections, 1941

1,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 75

Youth Parliament Gives Our Ms.L.A. LEAD

Truth · Sunday 3 August 1941 · page 18

THE scene is a spacious auditorium in Federation House, Phillip Street. The seals are arranged in two blocks, facing each other, with an elevated rostrum at one end, and another mass of seats—the "public gallery"—at the other. The occasion is the first formal session of the…

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Randwick By-election

The Sun · Sunday 3 August 1941 · page 2

By-election for South Ward, Randwick. held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alderman Ferguson, resulted: H. D. O'Connell 623. T. J…

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Say Parliament Will Reject Bill

The Sun · Tuesday 5 August 1941 · page 3

Messrs. Forde and Beasley declared in Sydney to-day, that the Federal Parliament would not pass the proposed legislation disallowing…

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State Abattoirs More Questions in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 August 1941 · page 11

The Minister for Health, Mr. Kelly, was asked in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, by Mr. Tonge (Lab., Canterbury) whether it was a fact that…

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A Federal Election May Be Sprung Upon Us Soys N.S.W. PREMIER McKELL, in the following contribution to The Worker

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 August 1941 · page 6

IT seems fairly obvious that the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) has at long last come to the conclusion that the parties he leads…

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Premier Promises Parliament Review Ban On Water

The Sun · Thursday 7 August 1941 · page 3

The Premier (Mr. McKell) will review the restrictions imposed by the Water Board on the use of water…

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S.d. Cricket Association Election of Officers

Liverpool News · Thursday 7 August 1941 · page 4
Also in The Biz

A general meeting of the Southern Districts Cricket Association wes held in the association's committee rooms, Cabramatta Park, on Wednesday, July 30,…

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Federal Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 August 1941 · page 3

Sir—The pressure at present being exeited on the Federal Government to appeal to the electors for a majority, either for the coalition…

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Elections This Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 August 1941 · page 4

The Minister for Local Government, Mr. McGirr, said yesterday that the City Council and other municipal elections would be held at the end of…

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Federal Election Tip to A.l.p. Branches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 August 1941 · page 5

The State executive of the Official A.L.P last night instructed all branches to prepare their machinery for a Federal election…

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Evatt wants Parliament called

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 August 1941 · page 5

"Parliament should be called together immediately, in view of the deterioration of the position in the Pacific," Dr. H. V. Evatt, Labor…

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Canberra Political Bomb May Explode Into Election Crisis On Budget Is Likely

The Sun · Sunday 10 August 1941 · page 2

The sixteenth Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia is sitting on a political time bomb…

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Epsom Candidates Approach Form Randwick Race to Provide Trial Fancied Entrants to Run on Aug. 30

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 August 1941 · page 16

Many fancied Epsom horses are likely runners in the Campbelltown Handicap at Randwick on August 30, and the race should shed a little light on prospects for the big event…

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Epsom Candidates Approach Form Randwick Race to Provide Trial Fancied Entrants to Run on Aug. 30

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 August 1941 · page 16

Many fancied Epsom horses are likely runners in the Campbelltown Handicap at Randwick on August 30, and the race should shed a little light on prospects for the big event…

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Epsom Candidates Approach Form Randwick Race to Provide Trial Fancied Entrants to Run on Aug. 30

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 August 1941 · page 16

Many fancied Epsom horses are likely runners in the Campbelltown Handicap at Randwick on August 30, and the race should shed a little light on prospects tor the big event…

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Epsom Candidates Approach Form Randwick Race to Provide Trial Fancied Entrants to Run on Aug. 30

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 August 1941 · page 16

Many fancied Epsom horses are likely runners in the Campbelltown Handicap at Randwick on August 30, and the race should shed a little light on prospects for the big event…

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Stop-press Federal Parliament Summoned

The Sun · Tuesday 12 August 1941 · page 1

Federal Cabinet this afternoon decided to call Parliament together Wednesday of next week to discuss the threatening portion in the…

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Cabinet Decision on Pacific Crisis Parliament To Meet Next Week

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 August 1941 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A major development in the Pacific crisis this evening was a decision by the full Cabinet…

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Cabinet Decision On Pacific Crisis Parliament To Meet Next Week

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 August 1941 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A major development in the Pacific crisis this evening was a decision by the full Cabinet…

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