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Politics & elections, 1950

2,095 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 105

Election Challenge To Govt. On Onus Of Proof

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 13

CANBERRA, Friday.-- Senator Katz (Lab;, Vie.) last night challenged the Government to go to the country on the onus of proof clauses in the Communist Party Dissolution Bill. Senator Katz, who was…

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Election Plan Rejected

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 2

BERLIN, Friday.--The West Berlin City Assembly yesterday. Rejected a Russian proposal Chat Allied Occupation troops be…

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Reds As Issue in Election

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 9

NARRANDERA, Friday.--Some members of the State Labor Government were, or had been,…

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Election Plan Rejected

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 5

BERLIN, Friday.-- The West Berlin City Assembly yesterday rejected a Russian proposal that allied Occupation troops be…

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Local Option and the Elections Urgent Need for Prompt Action

The Methodist · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 2

With only a few days remaining before the State Elections, the Temperance Alliance is stressing the need for prompt action in every centre to ensure that Church people shall know the attitude of…

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Speeches On Elections 'Death-knell Of Labour,' Says Treatt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 6

The State Leader of the Liberal Party, Mr. V. H. Treatt, said last night: "If what I have seen in the…

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Leopold Again An Election Issue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 2

The question of King Leopold's return was a major issue in the general election held in Belgium a year ago…

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Good Meetings for Communist Candidates

Tribune · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 7

Good street meetings where the Communis[?] message is taken directly to the workers and their wives, are a feature of the…

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Candidates In North

Tribune · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 7

LAURIE AARONS, Communist candidate for Cessnock, is the Party’s secretary in the Newcastle - Northern Coalfields…

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Rally All Forces or Elections!

Tribune · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 7

An enthusiastic meeting of all communist campaign directors and section leaders in the coming election this week endorsed the report submitted by Adam Ogston, chief campaign director and Darlinghurst candidate, for mobilising all Party…

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Election Query Was Really "On the Nose"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 4

COONABARABRAN, Fri.--An interjector apologised to the State Opposition Leader (Mr. Treatt) today, saying: "I'm sorry. Your nose got me in."…

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Candidate gave election speech with a kick in it

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 June 1950 · page 17

Mr. Ross McKinnon, former international Rugby League star, yesterday introduced football into State politics. McKinnon, who is Liberal…

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Both Leaders Confident Of Election Win

Truth · Sunday 4 June 1950 · page 6

After a week's' intensive State-wide election campaigning, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) and the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Treatt) last night predicted a win for their respective…

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Political Ins and Outs Housing and rent control in a bread-and-butter election

The Sun · Sunday 4 June 1950 · page 33

If every elector in NSW voted, on June 17, for the political party he supported in the December Federal elections, the line-up in the next Legislative Assembly would be: Labor 47, Liberal-Country Party 47, resulting in deadlock…

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Broadcast on Elections

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 4 June 1950 · page 4

Mr. C. B. Cutler, M.L.A. for Orange, will broadcast on the N.S.W. elections on behalf of the Country Party…

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Vital Election in Japan Peace Treaty Big Issue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 1

TOKYO, June 4 (A.A.P.—Reuter). —Thirty million Japanese went to the polls in drizzling rain to-day to elect 132 members of the Diet's…

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Election Audiences Keener Than In 1947 Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 4

One of the few things the Labour and non-Labour parties are fully agreed on in the State election campaign is that their audiences are larger and show more interest than in the 1947…

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Right Wing Post Is Open Danby Could Be Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 6

Former Rugby Union international Tom Danby is a candidate for the right-wing position in England's team for the first Rugby…

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Key seats in State elections Liberals hopeful in N. Sydney-- Labor split

The Sun · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 6

North Sydney is high on the list of Labor-held seats that the Liberal Party admits it must regain if it is to win the June 17 elections. Labor is equally determined…

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State Apathetic to Elections Few turn out for meetings

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 9

Public interest in the first week of the State election campaign has been small. Interjections have been few, and the…

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