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Politics & elections, 1944

1,435 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 72

Want basic wage fixed by Parliament MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 9 April 1944 · page 3

A BASIC wage fixed by Parliament instead of as a result of investigation by the Commonwealth…

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C.p. Candidate to Contest Hawkesbury

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 April 1944 · page 5

GOSFORD, Sat.--For the first time for many years a Country Party candidate will stand for the Hawkesbury seat at the forthcoming State…

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Political Roundabout State Elections Eyes on Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 April 1944 · page 10

¶ The first--and most interesting--of three State elections will be held in Queensland next Saturday…

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Lang Party Plans 30 Candidates for State Seats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 7

About 30 Lang Labour Party candidates will contest seats at the next State elections, with Mr. Lang as their leader…

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U.S. Election Mystery No Presidential Move By Dewey, Roosevelt Yet

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sunday.--Wendell Willkie's dramatic withdrawal from the Presidential fight is only one angle of the most remarkable election campaign in America's history…

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Postal Vote Plans for Queensland Elections

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 3

MEMBERS of the Forces, merchant seamen, persons employed in the Civil Constructional Corps or by the Allied Works Council, or in the…

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Postal Vote Plans for Queensland Elections

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 3

MEMBERS of the Forces, merchant seamen, persons employed in the Civil Constructional Corps or by the Allied Works Council, or in the…

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Postal Vote Plans for Queensland Elections

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 3

MEMBERS of the Forces, merchant seamen, persons employed in the Civil Constructional Corps or by the Allied Works Council, or in the…

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Postal Vote Plans for Queensland Elections

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 3

MEMBERS of the Forces, merchant seamen, persons employed in the Civil Constructional Corps or by the Allied Works Council, or in the execute…

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Postal Vote Plans for Queensland Elections

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 3

MEMBERS of the Forces, merchant seamen, persons employed in the Civil Constructional Corps or by the Allied Works Council, or in the…

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Last Sifting Of State Parliament

The Sun · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 5

The Legislative Assembly will meet on Thursday for the last time before the State elections. It will receive bills back from…

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State Parliament Will End Sittings This Week

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 2

A FINAL short sitting of the State Parliament will begin on Thursday and probably end the same day or Friday…

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State Parliament Will End Sittings This Week

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 2

A FINAL short sitting of the State Parliament will begin on Thursday. and probably end the same day or Friday…

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State Parliament Will End Sittings This Week

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 2

A FINAL short sitting of the State Parliament will begin on Thursday and probably end the same day or Friday…

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State Parliament Will End Sittings This Week

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 2

A FINAL short sitting of the State Parliament will begin on Thursday and probably end the same day or Friday…

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Lang Party Candidates Branches to Have Recall Power

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 7

The Easter conference of the Lang Party (which describes itself as the "Australian Labour Party") decided yesterday that…

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Two men who run the election show

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Monday.--It is on the organising ability of two men in nearby offices in…

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Election Plea for MacARTHUR

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK, Monday.--The Chicago Tribune is solidly supporting the candidature of General MacArthur for the Illinois Republican Presidential…

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Queensland State Elections Polling Day: Saturday Next Another Triumph for Labor Expected

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 1

Considerable interest is being shown in the Queensland elections, which take place on Saturday next, in view of the efforts that are being made by Labor's opponents to effect a change in the…

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Editorial. Forthcoming State Elections

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 3

WITH the exception of three unforgettable years during the Great Depression there has been a Labor Government in power in Queensland for the past 29 years, and on Saturday next the electors of that progressive State and the…

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