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Politics & elections, 1946

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Rome Elections in July

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 8

ROME, Wednesday.--The Italian Cabinet has decided to hold the Parliamentary elections on July 2…

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Conductresses At Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 9

TRAM AND BUS conductresses entering Parliament House yesterday, where they interrupted the Minister for Transport (Mr…

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Conductresses In Scene At Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

Forty tram and bus conductresses were forcibly removed from the Ladies' Gallery at Parliament House yesterday after…

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Woman Shouts in Parliament 40 Demonstrating Conductresses Ordered To Leave

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 9

The leader of 40 demonstrating tram and bus conductresses shouted from the gallery to members of the Legislative Assembly yesterday…

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Auditions for Amateur Hour Many Candidates in Penrith

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 1

Seventy-three candidates for selection for Australia's Amateur Hoar attended an audition, in the Dungowan Theatre on Friday evening, conducted…

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Election In September

The Sun · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.--The Federal election is likely to be held nearly a month earlier than has been expected…

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Tram Girls Storm State Parliament

Tribune · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 1

POLICE removed a conductress from Parliament House gallery on Wednesday when she voiced objection to the NSW Transport Department’s…

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Communist Candidate

Tribune · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 8

MR. JOHN PRESCOTT, Communist candidate for Yarra (Victoria) in the next Federal elections, believes that the same…

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Election Riots

The Sun · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 1

ARGENTINA ELECTIONS are not tame affairs -- gunfire punctuates campaign speeches. Voters in Buenos Aires were under cover when shots rang out during the recent campaign…

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Labour Gains In Upper House Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 1

The State Government's strength in the Legislative Council has' been increased from 24 members to 28 as the result of…

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Leaders at By-election

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Leaders of Federal Parliamentary parties arrived in Melbourne last night to take part…

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Leaders at By-election

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- Leaders of Federal Parliamentary parties arrived in Melbourne last night to take part…

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Leaders at By-election

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- Leaders of Federal Parliamentary parties arrived in Melbourne last night to take part…

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Leaders at By-election

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Leaders of Federal Parliamentary parties arrived in Melbourne last night to take part…

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Honesty in Parliament

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 4

THIS week, a Labor member of the House of Representatives, All an Fraser (Eden-Monaro),…

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Press Plays Parliament

Truth · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 10

CANBERRA, Saturday.—Members of the Federal Parliament will be seen on the cricket field next week for the first time since pre-war…

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PARLIAMENT Fraser was a lonely figure

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 22

Backwash of the debate over the Yoizuki incident would eddy round the feet of a lonely but dignified figure…

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Implications of Greek General Election

Truth · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 20

KEEPING YOU UP-TO-DATE FEW nations have paid more dearly in their struggle for political freedom than Greece, again threatened with civil war. Any developments which threaten the stability of the country are of supreme importance to the British Empire…

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LABOR Would save £30,000 on election day

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 22

Hot tip in the Federal capital, was that the next elections would be held either on September 7 or September 14…

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TODAY -- The Nations -- Elections Philippines a clique dimmed a general's lustre Today's New York Office

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 21

Next month the Philippines would hold the most important Presidential election in their history…

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