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Politics & elections, 1944

1,435 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 72

Municipal Election Voting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 October 1944 · page 4

The bill to overcome difficulties in the compilation of complete electoral rolls for the triennial Local Government elections next December was…

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Candidates for City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 October 1944 · page 4

The Town Clerk, Mr. Hendy, as returning officer, is arranging that the City Council elections shall take place as usual on December 2 unless, in the…

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The Methodist Church in Federal Parliament

The Methodist · Saturday 14 October 1944 · page 3

(The following note has been taken from 'The Spectator,' Melbourne. We reprint it because of the inquiries we have received regarding the purchase of a certain Broadcasting Station by the Central…

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Canada's Mutual Aid to Her Allies Discussion in Parliament

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 2

Canada's £800,000,000 Mutual Aid Bill, submitted to Parliament by the Hon. J. L. Ilsley, Minister of Finance, passed the House of Commons by a vote of 123 to 8, and went forward to the Senate for final concurrence. The eight dissenting voters…

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Soames Not Seeking Re-election Ill-health Causing His Retirement

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 1

Alderman N. W. Soames announced this week that he will not seek re-election to Parramatta Council at the end of…

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Beveridge in By-election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 5

LONDON, October 17 (Special Service).—Nothing like normal voting is expected to-day in the Berwick-onTweed by-election, in which Sir…

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Foreign Policy Issue In U.S. Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 2

NEW YORK, October 17 (A.A. P.).—In an editorial, the New York "Times" points out while it disapproves of a great deal of the…

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Two Members of Parliament Reply to Our Criticism

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 7

BELOW are published two letters from members of Parliament—Mr. G. Weir, M.L.A. (Dulwich Hill), and Mr. L. Haylen, M.H.R. (Parkes)—in reply to recent articles in "The Catholic Weekly." "Weird Views"…

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Council Elections Postponed

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 2

The Minister for Local Government has announced that the municipal council elections in the County of Cumberland have been postponed for…

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Candidates For The Priesthood

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 5

Those desiring to enter St. Columba's College, Springwood, to study for the priesthood for the…

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Bitter U.S. Election Campaigning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK, October 17.— With only three weeks to election day, the Republican Presidential candidate, Mr…

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L.g. Elections Postpond

The Biz · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 3

Introduction of a bill to postpone untild Dune or December, 1945, the municipal elections in the County of Cumberland, which had been fixed for next December…

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Questions in Parliament. Reconstruction Proposals

The St George Call · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 1

Mr. Currey: Will the Premier intimate whether the Government intends spending £600,000 on the improvement of prison facilities for the benefit of…

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Flag Flies Again Over Parliament

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 14

LONDON, Friday.--For the first time since the war began, a flag flie[?] over the House of Commons to indicate that Parliament is sitting…

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Flag Flies Again Over Parliament

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 14

LONDON, Friday.--For the first time since the war began, a flag flies over the House of Commons to indicate that Parliament is sitting…

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Flag Flies Again Over Parliament

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 14

LONDON, Friday.--For the first time since the war began, a flag flies over the House of Commons to indicate that Parliament is sitting…

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Flag Flies Again Over Parliament

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 14

LONDON, Friday.--For the first time, since the war began, a flag flies over the House of Commons to indicate that Parliament is sitting…

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Protests in Parliament Assembly Rises Till November

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 5

Feeling ran high in the Legislative Assembly yesterday when the Premier, Mr. McKell, submitted a motion…

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Elections for Councils Voting Probably Compulsory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 October 1944 · page 3

When State Parliament meets on November 2, it will be asked to treat as urgent a bill to make voting compulsory in all local…

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Editorial Parliament or the Militant Union?

The Sun · Monday 23 October 1944 · page 1

IN addition to the troubles and anxieties and deprivations of war, the people of Australia, particularly of NSW, are now called upon to bear the unnecessary and…

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