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Politics & elections, 1949

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 104

Politically Speaking Here Are Some Pointers on a Snap Election

Truth · Sunday 7 August 1949 · page 4

POPULAR tips on a Federal election in the last week of October or the first week of November will have to be revised in view of the Government's decision to reassemble Federal Parliament, now in…

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Scrutineer Seeks New Clerks' Election

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 7 August 1949 · page 4

Mr. C.B. Grace, a scrutineer in the recent election of officers of the N.S.W. branch of the…

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Council elections

The Sun · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 2

Extension of the city boundaries to take in eight industrial areas, had predetermined the City municipal elections…

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Stern Election Fight Forecast

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 5

The next election will provide the sternest fight that has ever taken place in Australia between the two rival philosophies of Liberalism and Socialism, said the president of…

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Stern Election Fight Forecast

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 5

The next election will provide the sternest fight that has ever taken place in Australia between the two rival philosophies of Liberalism and Socialism, said the president of…

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Stern Election Fight Forecast

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 5

The next election will provide the sternest fight that has ever taken place in Australia between the two rival philosophies of Liberalism and Socialism, said the president of…

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"Morally Wrong" Late Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. R.G. Menzies, said to-night that it would be morally wrong…

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Now we will learn how far they're weaned from Nazism Germans have first general elections for 18 years

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 6

NEXT Sunday about 20,000,000 voters of the new Western German Federal…

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'Stern fight' at elections

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 4

The next Federal election would be the sternest fight that had ever taken place in Australia between…

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R.S.L. Elections

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 9

A SPECIAL meeting of the City of Sydney sub-branch of the R.S.L. will be held at 21 Macquarie Place at 7.30 p.m. on…

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R.S.L. Elections

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 9

A SPECIAL meeting of the City of Sydney sub-branch of the R.S.L. will be held at 21 Macquarie Place at 7.30 p.m on…

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R.S.L. Elections

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 9

A SPECIAL meeting of the City of Sydney sub-branch of the R.S.L. will be held at 21 Macquarie Place at 7.30 p.m. on…

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University Names Election Date

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 3

The Senate of Sydney University decided yesterday that the quinquennial election of Fellows by the graduates and the election…

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City Slums Denounced Like Wartime Camps, Says Lib. Candidate

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 10

IN condemning Sydney's slums, Mrs. Nancy Wake, Liberal candidate for Barton, says they remind her of the wartime concentration camps of Germany…

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City Slums Denounced Like Wartime Camps, Says Lib. Candidate

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 10

IN condemning Sydney's slums, Mrs. Nancy Wake, Liberal candidate for Barton, says they remind her of the wartime concentration camps of Germany…

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City Slums Denounced Like Wartime Camps, Says Lib. Candidate

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 10

IN condemning Sydney's slums, Mrs. Nancy Wake, Liberal candidate for Barton, says they remind her of the wartime concentration camps of Germany…

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Liberal Candidate for Mitchell

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 4

A branch of the Liberal Party was formed at Annangrove in the new Federal Division of Mitchell on Monday evening last…

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Progress Sports Club's Popular Girl Candidate

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 3

A charming brunette with a delightful Scotch accent, Miss Alexander is the popular choice of the Progress Sports Club for the "Popular…

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Countrywomen's Interests Quest Will Aid Ex-Servicemen Miss Australia Candidates From Country Centres

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 13

SUCCESS of the Miss Australia Quest for 1949 will enable the Returned Servicemen's League to establish a diagnosis and treatment centre for mentally ill ex-Servicemen and women…

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Bitter West German election More Abuse for Allies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).--German political leaders are becoming more abusive towards the Occupation Forces in the campaign for the…

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