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Politics & elections, 1948

1,544 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 78

Reds Lose Heart on Election Eve Big Odds On Offer

Truth · Sunday 18 April 1948 · page 1

ROME, Saturday.—Rome bookmakers today were offering 5 to 1 against a Communist victory in the Italian elections tomorrow…

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Candidate's Denial of Pledge Story

Truth · Sunday 18 April 1948 · page 2

Official Labor candidate for Coogee (Mrs. Catherine Cunningham) said last night that a statement…

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Advert, "beat the gun" Labor election choice named before ballot

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 April 1948 · page 8

An advertisement describing Mrs. Catherine Cunningham as "the selected and endorsed Labor candidate" for Coogee appeared last week in a…

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Overdue Reform of Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 2

The Government's bill to increase the size of the Federal Parliament deserves general support. It has long been…

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Quiet Election in Italy Millions Vote From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 1

LONDON, April 18.—Millions of Italian electors cast their votes to-day in what international observers describe as the most momentous…

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Elections, Riots -- Latest Airmail Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 3

ELECTIONS: A police jeep breaking up a pre-election demonstration in Rome's Piazza Colonna last week. Voting in the elections began yesterday. RIOTS: Boisterous rioters waved to the photographer as he took this shot of a…

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Russia Seeking to Dominate World Warning Issued By De Gaulle Demand Made for Election

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 3

PARIS, Monday. -- Declaring that Russia was seeking world domination, General de Gaulle yesterday warned all the free peoples in Europe to…

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Russia Seeking to Dominate World Warning Issued By De Gaulle Demand Made for Election

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 3

PARIS, Monday. -- Declaring that Russia was seeking world domination, General de Gaulle yesterday warned all the free peoples in Europe to…

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Russia Seeking to Dominate World Warning Issued By De Gaulle Demand Made for Election

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 3

PARIS, Monday. -- Declaring that Russia was seeking world domination, General de Gaulle yesterday warned all the free peoples in Europe to…

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Russia Seeking to Dominate World Warming Issued By De Gaulle Demand Made for Election

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 3

PARIS, Monday. -- Declaring that Russia was seeking world domination, General de Gaulle yesterday warned all the free peoples in Europe to…

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Russia Seeking to Dominate World Warning Issued By De Gaulle Demand Made for Election

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 3

PARIS, Monday. -- Declaring that Russia was seeking world domination, General de Gaulle yesterday warned all the free peoples in Europe to…

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Russia Seeking to Dominate World Warning Issued By De Gaulle Demand Made for Election

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 3

PARIS, Monday. -- Declaring that Russia was seeking world domination, General de Gaulle yesterday warned all the free peoples in Europe to…

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Russia Seeking to Dominate World Warning Issued By De Gaulle Demand Made for Election

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 3

PARIS, Monday. -- Declaring that Russia was seeking world domination, General de Gaulle yesterday warned all the free peoples in Europe to…

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Few Election Frauds Italian Terrorists Raid Arsenal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 1

From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P. ROME, April 19.—The Italian elections appear to have been marred by a minimum of…

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Women in Coogee Election

The Sun · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 2

Two women are among the candidates in the Coogee by-election, which will be held on May 8…

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Four Nominate in Coogee By-election

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 2

FOUR nominations had been received for the Coogee by-election when nominations closed at noon today…

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Four Nominate in Coogee By-election

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 2

FOUR nominations had been received for the Coogee by-election when nominations closed at noon today…

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Early Election Reverses for Reds in Italy De Gasperi Well Ahead

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 1

ROME, Tuesday.--Prime Minister de Gasperi's Christian Democrats have a surprising lead in many sections in the Italian elections…

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Early Election Reverses for Reds in Italy De Gasperi Well Ahead

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 1

ROME, Tuesday.--Prime Minister de Gasperi's Christian Democrats have a surprising lead in many sections in the Italian elections…

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Candidate Defends Lab. Pledge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 4

The Labor Party candidate for Coo gee by-election on May 8, Mrs. Catherine Cunningham, said…

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