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Politics & elections, 1944

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Early Statement on Election Date Likely

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 2

AN early announcement of the date of the State election is expected. Every indication points to May 27 being the date…

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Early Statement on Election Date Likely

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 2

AN early announcement of the date of the State election is expected. Every indication points to May 27 being the date…

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Candidate Found Dead in His Car

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 4

A DELAIDE, Wednesday, --Mr. J. H. A. Schultz, Liberal Country League candidate for the Angas seat at the South Australian elections on…

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Early Statement on Election Date Likely

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 3

An early announcement of the date of the State election is expected. Every indication points to May 27 being the date…

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No Meeting of Parliament on Censorship

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1944 · page 5

Federal Parliament will not be called to consider the conflict between newspapers and censorship. This was stated by the Deputy-Prime Minister (Mr…

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M.P.s Seek Inquiry on Censorship Demand for Session of Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1944 · page 4

A joint statement was issued yesterday by Federal Opposition leaders urging the reconstitution of the committee of Members of Parliament which inquired into censorship matters and suggesting that the…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, April 20, 1944 Parliament and the Censorship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1944 · page 2

The demand of the Leader of the Opposition that the Federal Parliament should be immediately reassembled to consider the political…

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Nepean Electorate Democratic Candidate

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 April 1944 · page 1

Mr Allan Taylor, of Leura, who has been selected as the official candidate of the Democratic Party to contest the Nepean Electorate, n[?]w held by Mr…

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Communist Candidates Need Cash

Tribune · Thursday 20 April 1944 · page 3

The return of Fred Paterson as Communist candidate in Queensland should step up donations to the N.S.W. Party…

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Party Gives Bold Policy Lead In SA Elections

Tribune · Thursday 20 April 1944 · page 6

ADELAIDE.—While Labor and the Liberal Country League election campaigns ignore the need for a better war effort. the Australian Communist Party has given a bold lead to South Australian electors. IT has declared that social and…

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N.s.w. Election Day Interest

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 April 1944 · page 10

Although it is believed the State elections will be held on May 27, recent events and the Premier's delay in announcing…

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State Elections May 27 More Then 230 Candidates For 90 Seats Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 April 1944 · page 9

The State elections would he held on May 27, the Premier (Mr. McKell) announced last night. More than 230 candidates are expected to…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Parliament House, Canberra, A.C.T., 18th February, 1944. Councillor D. F. Burrell, The Kingsway, CronuIIa

The Observer · Friday 21 April 1944 · page 8

Dear Mr. Burrell, I thank you for drawing my attention to the. suggestion by Mr. R. N. Dallimore in the issue of “The…

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Election Date State Poll on May 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1944 · page 1

The State Parliament elections will be held on May 27, and nominations will close next Friday…

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"Given Pay Until Election Over" "Shameful Political Game" Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1944 · page 3

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Weaver, yesterday said that thousands of workers in New South Wales munitions factories…

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State Poll Candidates A.L.P. Contests 78 Seats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1944 · page 7

The official A.L.P., which will contest 78 seats in the State elections on May 27, has decided that it will not contest any seat…

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Three Weeks' Election Drive by McKELL Opening In Waterloo

The Sun · Friday 21 April 1944 · page 2

A three weeks' campaign is planned by the McKell Government for the State elections on May 27. The Premier (Mr. McKell) will deliver the Labor Party's policy speech in Waterloo Town Hall on a date to be fixed…

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State Election Plans

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1944 · page 1

The State election campaign probably will be one of the shortest on rerord. The Premier, Mr. McKell, is not…

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A Communist got to Parliament

The Sun · Sunday 23 April 1944 · page 4

Fond parents had decided that young Frederick Paterson, so apt at the Scriptures, so correct in his Catechism, would become a…

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A murderer had no election luck

The Sun · Sunday 23 April 1944 · page 3

If South Australian elections next Saturday, had been fixed for a week earlier Harold James Box might not have to die on the…

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