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Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1945

1,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 63

Labour Candidate for Council Seat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 4

Mr. J. A. Ferguson, vice-president of the A.L.P., and secretary of the Australian Railways Union, was last night selected by the A.L.P. executive…

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Pot Pourri of Racing Committee Candidates

Truth · Sunday 28 October 1945 · page 5

Racing club elections are in the air. Within the next few weeks vacancies on the committees of the Australian looker Club and Tattersall's Club have to be filled. Much lobbying is being…

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Parliament

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 10

THE public has been waiting for many years for the opportunity of saying whether State Parliaments should be abolished. Give the public…

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Parliament

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 10

THE public has been waiting for many years for the opportunity of saying whether State Parliaments should be abolished. Give the public…

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Parliament

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 10

THE public has been waiting for many years for the opportunity of saying whether State Parliaments should be abolished. Give the public…

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Parliament

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 10

THE public has been waiting for many years for the opportunity of saying whether State Parliaments should be abolished. Give the public…

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Parliament

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 10

THE public has been waiting for many years for the opportunity of saying whether State Parliaments should be abolished. Give the public…

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Bennett Inquiry "Contempt of Parliament" M.H.R. Forecasts Cabinet Action

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 7

Federal Cabinet will probably consider all the circumstances of the inquiry into General Gordon Bennett's escape from Singapore when it meets on Tuesday…

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Austrian Election

The Sun · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 3

VIENNA, Monday. -- The general election in Austria has been [?]xed for November 25[?]…

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Election Riot in Bombay; Man Shot

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 9

BOMBAY, Monday. -- Police opened fire when 5000 Muslims and followers of the Muslim League clashed at an election meeting in Bombay last…

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Election Riot in Bombay; Man Shot

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 9

BOMBAY, Monday. -- Police opened fire when 5000 Muslims and followers of the Muslim League clashed at an election meeting in Bombay last…

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Election Riot in Bombay: Man Shot

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 9

BOMBAY, Monday. -- Police opened fire when 5000 Muslims,and followers of the Muslim League clashed at an election meeting in Bombay last…

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Menzies Active in Election Campaign

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Menzies) is taking an active part in the Liberal campaign in the…

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Victorian State Elections Labor's Enthusiastic Campaign List of Endorsed Labor Candidates

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 7

Labor leader Jack Cain was the only party leader unopposed when nominations for the Victorian Legislative Assembly closed last week. Labor candidates were also unopposed in seven other…

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Strikers Want to Address Parliament

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Fourteen hundred striking tramway men --eight abreast--will march from the Trades Hall to Parliament House late…

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Strikers Want to Address Parliament

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Fourteen hundred striking tramway men --eight abreast--will march from the Trades Hall to Parliament House late…

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Strikers Want to Address Parliament

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Fourteen hundred striking tramway men --eight abreast--will march from the Trades Hall to Parliament House late…

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Candidates For The Priesthood

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 6

Those desiring to enter St. Columba's College, Springwod, to study for the priesthod for the Archdiocese of Sydney are…

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EDITORIAL The French Elections

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 4

THE results of the French elections, which were published last week, have rightly been received with mixed feelings by observers who normally attach considerable importance to French political developments, but have adopted the view that what happens…

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Conservative Wins British By-election

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).-- Captain Peter Thorneycroft (Cons.) won the Monmouth by-election today with a majority of 2139 from the…

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