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Politics & elections, 1942

923 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 47

More Regard for Parliament Plea by Mr. Menzies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 October 1942 · page 11

"For a generation now, in Australia and elsewhere, we have not been doing our best with democracy," said Mr. Menzies,…

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Upper House Elections 80 A.L.P. Nominations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 October 1942 · page 11

The official A.L.P. executive last night endorsed 80 nominations for the 15 vacancies in the triennial elections of the…

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"One Parliament" Party Candidates

Truth · Sunday 1 November 1942 · page 20

MR. A. W. ANDERSON, founder of the One Parliament for Australia movement, said last night that he had almost 50 N.S.W…

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"Sausage King" has 50 election candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 November 1942 · page 6

Mr. A. W. Anderson, "the Sausage King," said yesterday that his movement had 50 candidates ready to contest…

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More Power for National Parliament, By the People, for the People

Communist Review · Sunday 1 November 1942 · page 8

This issue of the "Review" must go to press before the Convention on the Constitution is held. It is, therefore, not possible to discuss the debate or the final form of the amendments to the Constitution,…

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Newtown Election

Truth · Sunday 1 November 1942 · page 28

THE by-election for the Enmore Ward, Newtown Council, caused by the death of Ald. Lynch, resulted:—J. V. Bugler (Ind.) 548, A. H…

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The Presidency Solomons, Manpower, Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 November 1942 · page 15

For the Present, an extra-special meeting with the Naval High Command only climaxed a week of very serious…

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Elections in U.S.A. Republican Gains Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 6

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (A.A.P.). —The biennial United States Congressional elections will be held next Tuesday…

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Macarthur Testifies Recrudescence of Mr. Ward Pre-election Controversies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 4

The unstinting testimony given last week by General MacArthur as Allied Commander-in-Chief, South-Western Pacific, to the sincerity and thoroughness of Australia's war effort, was a reason for pride but not complacency among…

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Newtown By-election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 5

Voting in a by-election for Enmore ward of Newtown Council on Saturday to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Ald. J. Lynch (Off. Lab.)…

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U.S. Election Fails To Stir Interest

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Monday. -- Not for many years has there been so little interest in the National elections as those…

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U.S. Election Fails To Stir Interest

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Monday. -- Not for many years has there been so little interest in the National elections as those…

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Mr.willkie on War Effort U.S.Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 November 1942 · page 6

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (A.A.P.).— "The administration of our war effort is confused and in many respects inefficient, and the…

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Election May Be Postponed

The Sun · Tuesday 3 November 1942 · page 2

The death of Mr. Tyrell, MLC, has caused an unprecedented legal tangle in arrangements for the triennial election of the…

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U.S. Elections Today Slight Republican Gains Expected

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 November 1942 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- Slight Republican gains are expected in the Congressional elections today, but not sufficient to affect the Roosevelt administration's conduct of the war…

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United States Elections Franklin Roosevelt In 1942: Abraham Lincoln In 1864

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 November 1942 · page 7

ROOSEVELT'S Democratic Party in 1942, in this week's U.S. Congressional elections, faces a situation which has remarkable points of resemblance with that of Lincoln's Republican Party in 1864, during the American Civil War…

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Guildford Comforts Fund. Annual Meeting. Election of Officers

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 4 November 1942 · page 4

On Wednesday, October 28, the annual meeting of Guildford-Comforts Fund was held in the Masonic Hall. There was a very big attendance of enthusiastic…

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Funds for Red Cross 203 Candidates in Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 November 1942 · page 11

For the "Miss Red Cross" competition in New South Wales, which is connected with Red Cross Day, December 4, 203…

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U.S. Election Fails To Stir People

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 November 1942 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. --Early voting returns in the Congressional election indicated amazing apathy by the…

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U.S. Election Fails To Stir People

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 November 1942 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. --Early voting returns in the Congressional election indicated amazing apathy by the…

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