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Politics & elections, 1948

1,544 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 78

Candidate in Tears at Poll

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 9

Mr. D. D. Cross, successful Liberal candidate at Saturday's Kogarah by-election, was in tears at the declaration of the poll terday…

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Gen. Election in Tasmania

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 1

HOBART, Tuesday-- Dissolution of the Tasmanian State Parliament is expected this week. The Tasmanian…

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Gen. Election in Tasmania

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Tuesday.-- Dissolution of the Tasmanian State Parliament is expected this week. The Tasmanian…

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Must Vote At Elections

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 4

People owning land in Granville, but who lived in Bourke, were required under the Local Government Act to vote at…

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Brute Force by Tasmanian Tories. Brazen Mockery of Democracy Forcing the Labor Government to an Election

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 7

The people of Tasmania who fought for Democracy against Autocracy and Fascism in the turbulent years that are gone are about to witness as foul an attack on democratic institutions as any they fought against in the Pacific or in Europe…

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“The Press Didn’t Feature this Election Landslide”

Tribune · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 4

To The Editor: WHILE the daily papers have featured the Kogarah by-election result as a landslide against the…

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Diggers select Quest candidate

The Sun · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 7

Attractive 21-year-old Valda Wells is the first candidate for Earlwood RSL sub-branch to enter the Miss Australia Quest. Mr. W. J. Madgwick, hon…

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Doings Across the Tasman--3 New Zealand's economy is partly Karl Marx, partly Marx Brothers. Labor will have a hard fight next elections Disruptive tactics by the Reds have damaged Labor's re-election hopes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 8

NEW ZEALAND'S prosperity lies in its gentle climate and well-spread rains, its fertile soils,…

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Election Move In Tasmania

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 7

HOBART, Tuesday. -- The Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) tonight forecast an early election in Tasmania…

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Parliament's Voice-aids Amplified The Din

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 1

When the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly met yesterday it was well wired and hung with microphones to "reinforce"…

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Fifty Years Ago Nominations for General Election

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 2

The returning officer for Nepean, Mr. J. K. Lethbridge, announced at the Court House on Wednesday that he had received the following…

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By-election Pamphlet Three Men Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 4

Three men were convicted at Central Summons Court yesterday in the first prosecutions brought under the…

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Tasmanian Election House Dissolves Next Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Wednesday.— The Legislative Council to-day agreed to the second Supply Bill submitted by the…

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Kogarah By-election. Result of the Poll

The Propeller · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 2

The by-election in the electorate of Kogarah, caused by the death of Mr. W. Currcy, M.L.A., took place last Saturday, one of…

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Election Forced On Govt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday.--The 28th Tasmanian Parliament will conclude its business today and the…

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Election Forced On Govt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday.--The 28th Tasmanian Parliament will conclude its business today and the…

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Tas. Parliament To Dissolve

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 7

HOBART, Thursday. -- The House of Assembly will dissolve next Tuesday. Soon after the dissolution…

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Form Of Candidates For Rosehill 12.40 Two-Year-Old Hcp., 4½f (fillies)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 6

ALABAMA QUEEN: Le Grand Due (Fr.)—Scottish Lass (imp.) (G. Ray): Second to All Spirit at 6f last Saturday. Speedy enough to lead throughout…

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Dance for Two Miss Aust. Candidates

The Sun · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 7

Miss Australia candidates Shirley Hall and Valda Wells, of Earlwood, will be guests of honor at a dance…

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Kogarah State Election. Ald. Doug. Cross Successful

The St George Call · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 1

The contest for the Kogarah State Election seat rendered vacant by the demise of the late W. M. Currey, V.C., took place last Saturday in the…

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