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Politics & elections, 1945

1,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 63

Schoolteacher In Fremantle Election

The Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 3

FREMANTLE, Tuesday. -- Mr. K. E. Beazley, a schoolteacher, has been selected as Labor candidate for the Fremantle…

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Refugee Cartoonist Ridicules Commonwealth Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 5

Cartoons in the Sydney "Daily Telegraph," by George Molnar, had ridiculed the policy of the Commonwealth…

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Parliament's Lost Power Repercussions On Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 3

Evolutionary processes were contributing to the disappearance of the present parliamentary system, and a current…

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Laughter in Parliament After Corsets Question

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--In the House of Representatives today Dame Enid Lyons (Lib., Tasmania) asked that steps be taken to expedite the importation of corsets…

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Legislative Council and Federal Elections Nominations for Labor Candidates

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 3

The New South Wales A.L.P. Executive on Friday night decided to call for nominations for Labor candidates for the…

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Prahran By-Election. Labor Candidate Selected

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 4

Mr. W. Quirk was selected by a ballot of members of A.L.P. Branches in the Prahran electorate on Saturday as the…

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Blacktown By-election. Selection of Labor Candidate

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 4

Ten nominations for Labor candidate to contest the by-election in the Blacktown electorate of the New South…

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'Cinderella' Ball "Business" Candidate

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 1

The "Cinderella" cabaret ball, held in Granville Town Hall on July 17, in support of Guildford "business" candidate. Miss Ruby (Biddy) Collier, under the…

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Melbourne City Council Election

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 4

At a ballot on Saturday for the selection of a Labor candidate for the Hopetoun ward election for the Melbourne City Council, Mr…

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Chifley To Fly To W.A. For Election

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 5

The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) will make a flying visit to Western Australia to support the Labor candidate in the Fremantle by-election, which will…

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Italy Prepares for Elections

Il Risveglio = The Awakening · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 6

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British Election Puzzle Deepens Majority Dangers Rumbles Among Conservatives

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 5

LONDON Wednesday. -- If Mr. Churchill gets a majority of less than 50 in the election count there is ho knowina what might happen…

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India Expected To Have General Elections From Our Staff Correspondent, T. L. Goodman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 3

CALCUTTA, July 24.—A decision to hold general elections both for the central and provincial Legislatures in India is expected to result from the conference between the Viceroy, [?]ord Wavell, and the…

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A.L.P. Selects Candidate Fremantle Poll

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday.—The State executive of the A.L.P. has selected Mr. Kim Beasley, 28, school teacher, to contest…

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YOUR Communal Parliament

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 4

On Sunday next the first meeting will take place of the N.S.W. Jewish Board of Deputies. Because this function means the…

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Election Fever in Fremantle 3000 Struggle To Hear Speech Of Soldier Candidate

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 7

PERTH, Wednesday. -- Three thousand people struggled to get seats in the Fremantle Town Hall tonight to listen to an election speech by Brigadier Don Cleland…

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The Unplaced Candidates

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 1

THE following list sets out the horses engaged at Moorefield on Saturday who have been unplaced at their last three or more…

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Greek Interest in Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 1

LONDON, July 25 (A.A.P.).—The Greek Government has banned all public gatherings and ordered other measures to prevent disorders on the…

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Civic Pride to Miss Moorefield Hobartville Candidates Getting Ready

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 7

Civic Pride will not start in the Two-year-old Handicap at Moorefield on Saturday. Her owner, Mrs. W. Thompson, said last night…

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Contestants in By-election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 3

ALDERMAN G. E. MAUNDER (left), Liberal Party, and MR. J. S. FREEMAN, Australian Labour Party, who were selected by their respective organisations last night to contest the Blacktown by-election on August 13…

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