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Politics & elections, 1947

1,727 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 87

Election in Burma

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 14

NEW DELHI, Thursday. -- The people of Burma went to the polls yesterday to elect a constituent assembly. Troops . were stationed…

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Election in Burma

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 5

NEW DELHI, Thursday. -- The people of Burma went to the polls yesterday to elect a constituent assembly. Troops were stationed…

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Election in Burma

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 14

NEW DELHI, Thursday. -- The people of Burma went to the polls yesterday to elect a constituent assembly. Troops were stationed…

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Election in Burma

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 14

NEW DELHI, Thursday. -- The people of Burma went to the polls yesterday to elect a constituent assembly. Troops were stationed…

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Election in Burma

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 14

NEW DELHI, Thursday. -- The people of Burma went to the polls yesterday, .to elect a constituent assembly. Troops were stationed…

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Election in Burma

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 14

NEW DELHI, Thursday. -- The, people of Burma went to the polls yesterday to elect a constituent assembly. Troops were stationed…

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Election in Burma

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 5

NEW DELHI, Thursday. -- The people of Burma went to the polls yesterday to elect a constituent assembly. Troops were stationed…

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State Elections J. A. BYRNE for Bankstown

The Leader · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 1

The selected Liberal candidate for Bankstown, Mr. J. A. Byrne, is no strangsr to this electorate. In 1932 Mr. Byrne was only defeated on preferences…

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To the Labor Candidate: N.s.w. State Elections

The Observer · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 3

It is the Labor policy to abolish the State Governorship. It is Labor policy to abolish the Legislative Council (the Upper House)…

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To the Liberal Candidate: N.s.w. State Elections

The Observer · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 6

Sir, Liberal policy is said to be opposed to Labor policy, but, while Labor used the National Security Act to the full to…

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Wheat Case and State Elections

The Land · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 28

THE 1945-4G High Court wheat case was being prolonged by the Federal Government until all the State elections had been held,…

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Many Candidates

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 11

LABOR, with 38 seats In the present Parliament, will have 60 candidates for the 02 electorates to be contested in the State election…

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Building Workers Give £40 To ACP Election Fund

Tribune · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 1

A realisation that the return of a strengthened Labor Government is “an urgent and important question for the working class and progressive people in New South Wales,” has led the Building Workers’ Industrial Union to donate £40 to the ACP…

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Acp Candidate Out of Poll

Tribune · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 7

The Queensland State Executive of the Australian Communist Party, in consultation with the Brisbane District…

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Paper Chase By State Candidates

The Sun · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 5

A serious shortage of stationery is handicapping the 219 candidates for the State elections on…

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Country Party's Election Policy

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 2

Decentralisation of industry and the restoration to the State of the right to levy income tax are expected to be cardinal points in the policy speech of the Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Bruxner) to…

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Country Party's Election Policy

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 2

Decentralisation of industry and the restoration to the State of the right to levy income tax are expected to be cardinal points in the policy speech of the Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Bruxner) to…

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Country Party's Election Policy

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 2

Deceritralisation of industry and the restoration to the State of the right to levy income tax are expected to be cardinal points in the policy speech of the Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Bruxner) to…

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Elections in Japan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 2

The elections for new local government authorities in Japan, whose outcome was announced this week, were probably in some ways more…

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This Week May Time Elections

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 14

TWO States -- NSW and Queensland -- are in the throes of a general election. Queensland was first in with the date, May 3. NSW, where McGirr…

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