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Politics & elections, 1948

1,544 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 78

Farcical Czech. Election

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 2

PRAGUE, Monday.--Czechoslovakia cast a flood "Yes" vote for its Communist Government in…

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Election Officials Sacked

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

PRAGUE, Monday.--Two officials counting votes in yesterday's Czechoslovakian elections…

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Election Officials Sacked

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

PRAGUE, Monday.--Two officials counting votes in yesterday's Czechoslovakia elections…

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Election Officials Sacked

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

PRAGUE, Monday.--T w o officials counting votes in yesterday's Czechoslovakian elections…

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Farcical Czech Elections

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

PRAGUE, Monday.--Czechoslovakia cast a flood "Yes" vote for its Communist Government in…

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Election Officials Sacked

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

PRAGUE, Monday.--Two officials counting votes in yesterday's Czechoslovakian elections…

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Elections in Bavaria Social Democrat Success

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 3

LONDON, May 31 (A.A.P.). —The Social Democrats won just over 30 per cent. of the votes in the municipal…

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Smuts Holds Senate New Elections Possible Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 3

LONDON, May. 31.— Although the United Party led by General Smuts lost the general election in South…

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Why was it called Bowman-street ? Windows were stoned at Windsor election

The Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 9

WHEN the candidates for the first political election at Windsor, NSW, went to the poll in 1843, they marched with their supporters in processions headed by Teetotal Bands…

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Czech Reds Win Fake Election "Foregone Conclusion"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--The Czech Communist Government claims an 89 per cent. victory in yesterday's general election…

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K.c. As Candidate

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr.E.R. Reynolds, K.C., leader of the Victorian Bar, has won the Liberal Party's…

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K.c. As Candidate

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. E. R. Reynolds, K.C., leader of the Victorian Bar, has won the Liberal Party's…

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Polling Booth Propaganda

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 2

Sir,—The display of belated partisanship, bad etiquette, and offensive rivalry that takes place outside the polling booths is long…

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'A Crime Against Democracy' Communists' Crab of Czechoslovakia Electoral Mockery in an Equally Farcical Election

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 1

The Communist candidates secured a majority of votes at the Czechoslovakian general elections during the week-end after one of the most shameless travesties of Democratic procedure on record…

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Kogarah By-election

Tribune · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 6

THE writ for, the by-election in the State electorate of Kogarah will be issued on Friday, June 11. Nomination day is Tuesday, June 22, polling…

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Fake Election

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 8

THE Czech elections illustrate what the Communists mean when they call themselves…

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Kogarah By-election. Liberal Candidate Selected

The Propeller · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 1

Out of twenty candidates for pre-selection as the Liberal Party candidate for the by-election in the Electorate of…

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Dairy Board Election

The Land · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 16

Fewer than 5,000 ballot papers were returned out of the 15,746 Issued in connection with the election, by suppliers of dairy factories, for a N.S.W…

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Form Of Candidates At Randwick 12.45 1st 2-year-old Enc. Hep., Abt. 7f

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 8

HUALONG, Hua-Tetralong (T. J. Smith): Has won two races, one at Newcastle and one at Wyong this year. Dead-heated for first with Ternina in…

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Opposition To Parliament Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 3

LONDON, June 4 (A.A.P.). —Lord Salisbury, Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords, has tabled an…

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