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Politics & elections, 1947

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Conservative Win in Jap Elections

Truth · Sunday 27 April 1947 · page 1

TOKIO, Saturday.—Conservative candidates won a landslide victory in the Japanese national election today, sweeping at least 370 of the 466 seats…

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Outspoken on election defect SA Labor member in war with Alp Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 27 April 1947 · page 1

FORCEFUL Percival Hillam Quirke, Labor member for Stanley in the SA…

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A Jap bought off his election opponent with a new suit

The Sun · Sunday 27 April 1947 · page 1

Shaven-headed men in black kimonos, long underwear and wooden-soled geta ran shouting and jangling bells along the bomb-pitted streets of Tokio. They were selling…

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A week to election day Labor fears loss of 7 seats -- Liberals expect a majority

The Sun · Sunday 27 April 1947 · page 3

LIBERAL and Country Party organisers are convinced that the Government will be defeated at next Saturday's State election, but Labor, officially, scorns any suggestion of a pronounced swing…

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Political Ins and Outs The elections would decide the future of the Upper House

The Sun · Sunday 27 April 1947 · page 5

Conveniently forgotten in promises and speeches of the State elections this week was the future of the Legislative Council -- the vexed question of its abolition…

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Election Rivals to Meet in Public Debate

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 April 1947 · page 10

Ten days ago Mr. A. Landa, M.L.A. (Lab., Bondi) challenged Bondi's Liberal candidate W. F. McNally to an open…

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But there'll be a new order after the elections

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 April 1947 · page 9

THE tour of the Lower Hawkesbury undertaken by the Sunday Telegraph representative was one sponsored by…

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TODAY: Political Roundabout the Elections Money besides votes might help Labor

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 April 1947 · page 26

MOST elections have their surprises, but at a week's distance the coming poll in New South Wales appears unlikely to produce any. In contrast with…

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Conservative Win in Japan Lower House Elections From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 3

TOKYO, April 27.—The mildly Left Wing Social Democrats will be the largest party in the new Japanese Lower House elected on Friday, but the Conservative…

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State Election Campaign in Its Final Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 5

The State election campaign has entered its final week. Polling day is next Saturday. Although some campaigners rested at the week-end, several…

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Campaigns Ending Elections In Two States

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 3

State electors in both New South Wales and Queensland will go to the poll on Saturday. As the two campaigns enter the…

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Athletic Election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 17

General manager of the Australian broadcasting Commission (Mr. C. J. A. Moses) will oppose Mr. G. P. S. Parke for the presidency of the Amateur…

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Both Sides Expecting Election Win Party Leaders Sum Up Prospects Campaign Into Its Last Week

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 5

LABOR'S State elections campaign director (Mr. Dickson, M.L.C.) said today that it was becoming increasingly obvious that the Labor Government would be returned with an…

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Both Sides Expecting State Election Gains

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 11

LABOR'S State elections campaign director (Mr. Dickson, M.L.C.) said today that it was becoming increasingly obvious that the Labor Government would be returned with an increased majority. THE Leader of the Opposition (Mr…

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Both Sides Expecting State Election Gains

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 11

LABOR'S State elections campaign director (Mr. Dickson, M.L.C.) said today that it was becoming increasingly obvious that the Labor Government would be returned with an increased majority. THE Leader of the Opposition (Mr…

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Both Sides Expecting State Election Gains

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 11

LABOR 'S State elections campaign director (Mr. Dickson, M.L.C.) said today that it was becoming increasingly obvious that the Labor Government would be returned with an increased majority. THE Leader of the Opposition (Mr…

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Both Sides Expecting State Election Gains

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 11

LABOR'S State elections campaign director (Mr. Dickson, M.L.C.) said today that it was becoming increasingly obvious that the Labor Government would be returned with an increased majority. THE Leader of the Opposition (Mr…

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MacARTHUR Pleased by Jap Election

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 7

TOKIO, Monday. -- Commenting on the weekend election results, General MacArthur said that Communism had little…

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Both Sides Expecting State Election Gains

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 11

LABOR'S State elections campaign director (Mr. Dickson, M.L.C.) said today that it was becoming increasingly obvious that the Labor Government would be returned with an increased majority. THE Leader of the Opposition (Mr…

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Party Prospects For State Elections On Saturday By a Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 2

MOST political observers expect the Government to lose seats in the State elections on Saturday…

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