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Politics & elections, 1946

2,379 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 119

Rugby League Election Was Void

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 24

An anomaly In a previous election of N.S.W. members to the Rugby. League Board of Control resulted in another election' last…

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Rugby League Election- Was Void

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 24

An anomaly in a previous election of N.S.W. members to the Rugby League Board of Control resulted in another election last…

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Rugby League Election Was Void

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 24

An anomaly in a previous election of N.S.W. members .to the Rugby League Board of Control resulted' in another election last…

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Rugby League Election Was Void

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 24

An anomaly in a previous election of N.S.W. members to the Rugby League Board of Control resulted in another election last…

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Rugby League Election Was Void

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 24

An anomaly in a previous election of N.S.W. members to ther Rugby League Board of Control resulted in another election last…

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Parliament Blocks Vote

The Sun · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 5

The Legislative Assembly today refused to allow the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Treatt) to move as a matter of urgency…

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British National Health Scheme Free Medical Treatment for Everybody Labor Government's Proposal Introduced In Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 6

The British National Health Service Bill, which Health Minister Aneurin Bevan introduced in the House of Commons last week and provides free medical and hospital treatment for everybody in…

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Coal Mining Industry Bordering On Disaster Communist Whisperers Blamed for Beard of Inquiry's Report Tabled in Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 7

The constitution of a Federal Coal Authority, with wide powers to deal with every aspect of the coalmining industry, was recommended in the report of the Commonwealth Board of Inquiry, which was…

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"Not Giving Him a Fair Go" 'Hole-and-corner' Allegation Election of Ambulance Committee Aldermen Who "Never Hear of It"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

Alderman Denley, at last night's meeting of Granville Council, took Alderman McFarlane to task for his continual…

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'Hole-and-corner' Allegation Election of Ambulance Committee Aldermen Who "Never Hear of It"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

That the annual election of the Parramatta-Auburn District Ambulance Committee was a "hole-in-the-corner" affair, with…

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Labor Senate Candidates South Australian Team Selected

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 4

The A.L.P. Returning Officer, Mr. Thompson, M.H.A., announced last week that Messrs. F. Beerworth, J. O. Critchley…

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Parrot Press Plan Threatens Labor "Canned" News to Mould Public Opinion for Next Election Campaign

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 6

Many newspaper journalists in Sydney and Melbourne are resisting a plan put forward by Mr. R. A. G. Henderson, general manager of the "Sydney Morning Herald," and Sir Keith Murdoch,…

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Police Boys' Club Movement in Penrith[?] Candidate for Princess Competition

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 1

AT a public meeting held in the Penrith Court House on Wednesday evening, 2[?]th inst, the Police Boys' Club and Anti-T.B…

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Violent Election

The Sun · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 7

NEW YORK, Wednesday.-- Walter Reuther (former vice-president) defeated R. J. Thomas for presidency of the United…

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Possible Federal Election Date

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--The Federal elections are likely to be held on September 28 or October 5. These dates were suggested to the…

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Werriwa Seat Candidate Liberal's Selection

The Biz · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 3

Mr. Raymond Sanders Watson, of Kensington, a 23-year-old leading writer serving In H.M.A.S. "Australia," has been chosen as Liberal Party candidate for…

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Coalfields Upheaval Likely Threat By Colliery Staff Matter Raised in Parliament

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 4

"UNLESS something is done to compose a gathering industrial storm on the northern coalfields there will be another upheaval in the mining industry soon," Mr. Geo. Booth…

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Free Elections and DEMOCRACY

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 4

This article was written prior to the elections held in some European countries. However, the results of those elections, the author believes, fully sustain his analysis of this problem. THE official Allied view on the…

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Henty By-election To-morrow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—At the Henty by-election on Saturday, 4,000 more electors will go to the polls than in the last election in 1943…

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Election Opponent for Mr. Chifley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Thursday.—At the Macquarie Federal Liberal Party conference at Lithgow on Saturday a candidate will be selected to oppose…

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