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Politics & elections, 1941

1,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 75

Country Party and Election Agreements

The Land · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 2

THE U.C.P. Conference went into committee yesterday afternoon to discuss the question of co-operation with the U.A.P., and was addressed…

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Senate Election Methods Attacked

The Land · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 2

AT the U.C.P. conference yesterday, Mr. Littlejohn (Koorawatha) moved that the Federal Government should be urged to bring about…

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Newspaper Man as C.P. Candidate for Castlereagh

The Land · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 18

Mr. H. E. O. Campbell, a newspaper proprietor of Gilgandra, is to seek endorsement as C.P. candidate for Castlereagh, following the…

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Change In Endorsement of C.P. Candidates Is Opposed

The Land · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 4

VARIOUS proposals for altering the present system of endorsement of candidates were rejected by the U.C.P. conference this week. Many delegates expressed oppo[?] to any form of pre-selection…

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U.A.P. Ballot for Ryde. Six Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 9

A ballot to select the U.A.P. candidate for Ryde at the State election will be held to-morrow. Among the candidates are Mr. H. D…

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Federal Parliament's Next Session. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 14

The date of the reassembly of the Federal Parliament will probably be fixed by the full Federal Cabinet in Melbourne next week There is no likelihood of a departure from…

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Parliament To Discuss Lipstick In Women's Corps LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 3

Parliament will discuss whether women in the services will be allowed to use lipstick. Captain L. F. Plugge (Cons., Rochester) will ask the First…

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U.a.p. Election Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 8

The only U.A.P. nomination received yesterday for Kogarah in the State elections, expected to be held in May, was that of the sitting member (Mr…

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Kogarah U.a.p. Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 16

Mr. J. C. Ross, M.L.A., was selected unopposed by the Kogarah State Electoral Conference yesterday as the U.A.P. candidate for Kogarah at the next State elections…

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Irate Police Prepare for Next Elections

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1941 · page 18

DISCIPLINED into accepting what they declare to be an iniquitous and absurd curtailment of their award conditions, and failing to get redress from the State Government, policemen throughout the State are looking to…

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Govt. on Spot Over Liquor U.l.v.a. Threat at Elections

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1941 · page 19

THE State Government has fallen between two stools because of its lamentable failure to make a proper job of…

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U.A.P. Candidate for Ryde. Mr. Solomon, M.L.A. MR. J. N. Lawson Beaten

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 9

Mr. E. S. Solomon, M.L.A. for Petersham, was chosen as the TJ.A.P. candidate for Ryde at the next State election by a U.A.P. selection ballot on…

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Control By Parliament

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 4

TWO noteworthy speeches made yesterday were those by Mr. Forgan Smith, Premier of Queensland, mid Mr. Spender,…

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Commonwealth Parliament. Mr. Spender Urges More Meetings. Checking Abuses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 10

More frequent meetings of the Commonwealth Parliament to control the possibility of abuses under the National Security Act—due to the great powers…

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U.A.P. Election Candidates. Mr. H. J. Bate, M.L.A., and Mr. A. L. Francis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 9

Mr. H. J. Bate, M.L.A., has been selected as the U.A.P. candidate for the South Coast at the next State elections. He was the unanimous choice of members…

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Call For Parliament CANBERRA

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 9

Advocacy by the Army Minister (Mr. Spender) in Sydney yesterday of more frequent sessions of Parliament will…

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Changed His Clothes On Parliament House Lawn ADELAIDE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

A young man gave a "strip-tease" exhibition on the lawn in front of Parliament House, Adelaide, at 10.15 a.m. today. Watched by people in the…

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Labour Opposition to Regulation. Debate in Parliament Possible. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 12

Labour members of the Advisory War Council may leave to the Government the initiative in bringing before to-morrow's meeting of the council proposals for the amendment of…

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By-election Baulkham Hills Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 1

Mr. W. H. Bruce, who is a candidate for B Riding in the Baulkham Hills Shire by-election on Saturday; is a successful poultry-farmer who at Baulkham…

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A.W.U. Annual Convention Election of Officers for 1941-42 First Day Thursday, January 30, 1941

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 12

THE 55th Annual Convention of the Australian Workers' Union assembled in the Conference Hall, A.W.U. Head Office, 238-240 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, N.S.W., on Thursday, the 30th January, 1941. Mr. J. McNeill, the…

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