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Politics & elections, 1942

923 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 47

Blitzed London Belics for Parliament House

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 October 1942 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday. -- Relics of the big blitz on London, in May, 1941, will be handed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr. Nairn) by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) at a ceremony in the King's Hall, Parliament…

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Blitzed London Relics for Parliament House

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 October 1942 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.-- Relics of the big blitz on London, in May, 1941, will be handed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr. Nairn) by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) at a ceremony in the King's Hall, Parliament…

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Blitzed London Relics for Parliament House

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 October 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday. -- Relics of the big blitz on London, in May, 1941, will be handed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr. Nairn) by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) at a ceremony in the King's Hall. Parliament…

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Blitzed London Relics for Parliament House

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 October 1942 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday. -- Relics of the biff blitz on London, in May, 1941, will be handed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr. Nairn) by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) at a ceremony in the King's Hall, Parliament…

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Candidates for Reid

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 7 October 1942 · page 4

Mr. J. B. Quinn has announced that he will be a candidate for the pre-selection ballot to choose a Labor Party candidate for the Reidi seat at the next…

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Women's News Actress As Candidate

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 October 1942 · page 13

"I've been sixty years in the theatre, but this is the first time I have ever entered a Queen competition," says veteran…

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Parliament To Meet Again This Year

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.--The Federal Parliament will meet again before Christmas, probably in December, or even earlier…

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Parliament To Meet Again This Year

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.--The Federal Parliament will meet again before Christmas, probably in December, or even earlier…

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Parliament To Meet Again This Year

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.--The Federal Parliament will meet again before Christmas, probably in December, or even earlier…

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Parliament Ratifies Statute Of Westminster Firmer Tie To Britain, Savs Evatt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.--"The tie which binds this country with Britain will be all the more firm if it is not based on an…

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Storm in Parliament Over Boys of 18 at Front Withdrawal Is Urged

The Sun · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.-- A storm developed in Parliament today when Mr. Abbott (CP, NSW) urged the withdrawal of youths of 18 from forward battle stations in Australia and New Guinea…

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Harold Wiles is Candidate for South Coast Seat

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 3

MR. HAROLD WILES, successful businessman and capabic farmer, has announced that he will contest the by election for the South Coast seat in the…

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Stephen Stakes Between 3 Metrop. Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 15

"The Colin Stephen Stakes at Randwick on Saturday should provide the best weight-for-age…

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South Coast By-election

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 7

Mr. J. G. Beale announced last night that he would contest the by-election for the South Coast State electorate. The seat became vacant when his…

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Candidate for Reid

The Biz · Thursday 8 October 1942 · page 6

Mr. J. B. Quinn has announced that he will be a candidate for the pre-selection ballot to choose a Labor Party candidate for the Reid seat at the next…

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Secret Meeting of Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The secret joint meeting of the two Houses of Parliament, which began at 8 o'clock to-night, concluded shortly after 11…

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Parliament Hears Secret N.G. Reports

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 October 1942 · page 7

CANBERRA, Thursday.--The Army Minister (Mr. Forde) and the Air Minister (Mr. Drakeford) reported on their New Guinea trips to tonight's secret session of the Houses of Parliament…

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Straw in the Wind When's The Election?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 10 October 1942 · page 3

In Perth, near enough to hear the Prime Minister's electorate of Fremantle thinking. "Daily News" of…

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Parliament and Meat Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 October 1942 · page 3

The chief business in the Legislative Assembly to-morrow is expected to be a motion for the adoption of the report of the Select Committee on…

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Parliament Makes Amends Problems of the Recess Concerning the Constitution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 October 1942 · page 4

Parliament embraced the recess on Friday night in the semi-exultant, semi-sobered mood of a punter, who, having gone all astray through most of an afternoon, has pulled himself out of trouble on the last race of the card. The final…

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