Britain In Grip Of Election Fever From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 June 1945 · page 1
LONDON, June 29.—Britain's election campaign has intensified with the return to London to-day of Mr. Churchill after his four-day tour of the Midlands and Scotland, and the publication of a letter which the…
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The Sun · Sunday 1 July 1945 · page 4
With the eager encouragement of most members of the Federal Parliament, the Australian Broadcasting Commission is studying the possibility of broadcasting the debates and proceedings pf the Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Britons, the elections would be a stomach-ache
The Sun · Sunday 1 July 1945 · page 1
Thirty million Britons would go to the polling booths next Thursday on half-filled stomachs. Food was scarcer in Britain than it had been at any time…
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The Sun · Sunday 1 July 1945 · page 3
Successful candidates in the Windsor Municipal Council by-election yesterday were Henry J. Budd (366 votes) and Ronald…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Boots and all" tactics in British elections LONDON
The Sun · Sunday 1 July 1945 · page 7
A BOTTLE thrown through the window of Brendan Bracken's car and a "thunder flash" bomb…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 July 1945 · page 5
LONDON, July 1 (A.A.P.).— The undertone of the stock markets is very firm, sentiment being assisted by the City's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Finance, Commerce and Markets Control of Combines Common Point in Election
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 July 1945 · page 5
LONDON, July 1 (A.A.P.).— The election campaign has established a common viewpoint of all parties on one important…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Churchill An Odds-on Favorite For Election
The Sun · Monday 2 July 1945 · page 5
LONDON, Monday.--Betting in the London clubs on the British general election (Thursday) favors a Conservative victory. The commonest odds are six to four on the Conservatives,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Election Sidelights Conservative Hoarding Torn Down
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 July 1945 · page 2
LONDON, Sunday.--The biggest election hoarding, ever erected in England became an election issue when it was torn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ex-servicemen for Parliament
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 4
Outlining a draft policy to a meeting of the Services Party of Australia. the provisional president. Mr. W. E. Thomas, said last night that the party…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Decline Seen In Authority Of Parliament
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 5
The prestige and authority of Parliament so vital to the democratic way of life had suffered a continuing decline in recent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegraph Wants To Be Thrown From Parliament (Our Special Representative)
Tribune · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 6
CANBERRA.—It is believed here that the Daily Telegraph is deliberately trailing its coat to have itself thrown oat of Parliament. The Telegraph would then be able to pose as a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Future of British Aviation in Doubt. Election Effect On B.O.A.C.
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 3
With the general election insight (writes a British aviation correspondent) there is lively speculation in aviation circles…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 11
Concentrating on returned soldier preference, the Services Party of Australia plans to contest State and Federal seats at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Britain's Most Bashful Politician Leads Labor's Election Campaign
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 11
LONDON, Tuesday.--Until a few weeks ago Clement Richard Attlee was Deputy prime Minister of Great Britain. Today, with the wartime National Cabinet dissolved, he is leader of the British Labor Party. He is Labor's hope for the Prime Ministership after I this week's general election. You may count it strange that the world at large should know…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Daily Telegraph" Cartoonist. History Questioned in Parliament
The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 3
The history and activities of a Sydney. "Daily Telegraph" cartoonist, George Molnar, formed the subject of a series…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney- Woman Is Independent Candidate at British Elections From Betty Wilson
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 6
LONDON, July 3.—Mrs. Eleanor Tennant, who is standing as an Independent at Putney against candidates put up by the Conservative, Liheral and Labour parties, and against Sir Richard Acland, leader of the Common Wealth…
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The Broadcaster · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 1
The Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the business people of Guildford, held the first of their Saturday morning street stalls on June 30 in aid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain Must Give Big Business its Marching Orders. Herbert Morrison's Final Election Appeal. Labor Very Hopeful of Success
The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 3
In his final broadcast appeal to the nation in connection with the British election campaign, which terminates this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Papers Feature Election Argument Bid To Raise Last-Lap Heat
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 3
LONDON, Tuesday.--The more violent Conservative newspapers are working up last-lap election heat about the latest exchange of letters between Mr. Churchill and the Labor…
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