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Politics & elections, 1944

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State Election Campaign Is Dullest on Record

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 8

THE State election campaign is proving to be the quietest on record. Although voting is only 10 days off, there has been only a faint quickening in public interest. SINCE the State scene is…

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State Election Campaign Is Dullest on Record

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 8

THE State election campaign is proving to be the quietest on record. Although voting is only 10 days off, there has been only a faint quickening in public interest. SINCE the State scene is…

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Interest Quickens in Last Days of Election Campaign

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 8

WITH voting for the State Elections only 10 days away, interest in what is generally regarded as the quietest election campaign in the history of the State has quickened slightly. SINCE the State scene is…

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Need Cars on Polling Day

Tribune · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 8

CARS and drivers are urgently needed by Communist Party and ALP candidates in all…

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Important Notice Re State Election oh Sabbath

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 5

The State Elections this year will take place on a Sabbath being at the same time; the Eve of the Shevuoth Festival. The Election Act makes specific…

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Candidate Visits Sick Opponent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 3

The D.P. candidate for Coogee, Alderman J. Q. Rubie, has visited the Labour candidate, Mr. Cunningham, M.L.A., who is ill in hospital,…

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Election Unity

Tribune · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE. — Footscray Communist Party zone has approached the local ALP Electoral Council with proposals for united…

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SA Woman Communist Candidate

Tribune · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 7

ADELAIDE. — Only woman candidate for South Australian municipal elections is Mrs. Nora Alice Finney, 53, who…

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St. George District Hospital Kogarah. Triennial Election of Directors

The Propeller · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 6

The attention of contributors of the Metropolitan Hospitals Contribution Fund is hereby invited to the fact that if they desire to be deemed…

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Land Party's Campaign Election As "Trick"

The Biz · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 2

The Stae election was so clearly a trick that both the Preinler (Mr. McKell) and the Leader of the Democratic Party (Mr. Weaver) had the same policy…

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Editorial Parliament Should Always Rule

The Sun · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 1

THE attack by Mr. David Maughan, KC, on the present-day system of government by regulation is sharply pointed by the cabled news that a committee of the House of Commons has…

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Near Fascism, Says K.C. Wants Delegation Of Power By Parliament Stopped

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 9

"This community is nearer to Fascism than any other part of the British Empire has ever been," Mr. D. Maughan, K.C., said last night. Mr. Maughan, who was addressing the…

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State Elections Where Does McKell Stand On Referendum? Bruxner's Query

The Land · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 2

WITH the State election campaign entering its final week there are signs of a swing away from Labor in some electorates. Country Party officials are still optimistic about the chances of winning…

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Bruxner Emphasises Supreme Issue In State Election

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 2

GAOL inmates enjoyed social security. Food, clothing, shelter—the chief necessities of life— were provided for them without…

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"Salt's" Election Guide Defended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Acting Minister for the Army, Senator Fraser, to-day replied to a statement by the Leader of the New South Wales…

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Democratic Party. Hurstville Electorate. Selected Candidate

The St George Call · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 3

The selection committee of the Democratic Party has selected and endorsed Ald. Norman Macpberson of Hurstvllle Council as their candidate to contest the…

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State Election on a Sabbath

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 2

The State Elections this year will take place on a Sabbath being at the same time the Eve of the Shevuoth Festival. The…

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Refugee Ex-Servicemen and the State Elections

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 1

A refugee Ex-Serviceman who applied for enrolment, received the following answer: — Chief Secretary’s…

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Election Issue in N.s.w.: the Referendum

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 5

There is no danger that the Labour McKell Government will not be returned in N.S.W. at the forthcoming elections. And for a…

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The Sutherland Voters Policy Association “Grevillea,” The Boulevarde, Sutherland, N.S.W., 15/5/44. State Elections: Georges River

The Observer · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 3

To assist voters in their choice of a Representative, the following questions were addressed to Messrs. Williams and Mallard, candidates for election:—…

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