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Politics & elections, 1953

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Senate election system denounced

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 8

Mr. J. T. Lang, former Labor Premier of N.S.W. last night severly criticised the proportional system for Senate elections. Mr. Lang, speaking on…

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Senate election system denounced

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 8

Mr. J. T. Lang, former Labor Premier of N.S.W. last night severly criticised the proportional system for Senate elections. Mr. Lang, speaking on…

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Senate election system denounced

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 8

Mr. J. T. Lang, former Labor Premier of N.S.W. last night severly criticised the proportional system for Senate elections. Mr. Lang, speaking on…

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Senate election system denounced

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 8

Mr. J. T. Lang, former Labor Premier of N.S.W. last night severly criticised the proportional system for Senate elections. Mr. Lang, speaking on…

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Elections in France, Tunisia

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 4

PARIS, Mon. -- Municipal elections in France and Tunisia yesterday have:…

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Letters to Editor Issue in Senate Election Danger Of Confused Thinking

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2

Sir,—Some confusion is being caused by the discussion on the possibilities of a socalled Senate "deadlock" after…

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U.K. council elections

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday (I.N.S.). --A miniature "general election" began all over Britain…

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Elections Warning

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 11

CANBERRA, Tuesday. "The Federal Government wants to cling to one more paltry year of…

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U.K. council elections

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday (I.N.S.). -- A miniature "general election" began all over Britain…

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Elections Warning

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 11

CANBERRA, Tuesday. "The Federal Government wants to cling to one more paltry year of…

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Elections Warning

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 11

CANBERRA, Tuesday. "The Federal Government wants to cling to one more paltry year of…

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Elections Warning

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 11

CANBERRA, Tuesday. "The Federal Government wants to cling to one more paltry year of…

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Elections Warning

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 11

CANBERRA, Tuesday. "The Federal Government wants to cling to one more paltry year of…

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Election Warning

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 11

CANBERRA, Tuesday. The Federal Government wants to cling to one more paltry year of…

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Elections Warning

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 11

CANBERRA, Tuesday. "The Federal Government wants to cling to one more paltry year of…

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U.K. council elections

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 13

LONDON, Tuesday (I.N.S.). -- A miniature "general election" began all over Britain…

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Saturday's Australia-wide Poll N.S.W. Candidates And Prospects For Senate Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 2

Only a foolhardy prophet, or a political spokesman bolstered by the Dutch courage of party loyalty, would try to forecast the final outcome of the Senate…

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Senate candidate slates “hell weapons”

Tribune · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 3

Communist Senate candidate Claude Jones last night roundly condemned both the costs and the “hellish experiments” at the Woomera rocket range, publicised at the week-end…

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Popular vote increased in Japanese elections

Tribune · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 9

TOKIO.—The Communist Party and the election United Front substantially Increased its vote in the elections. Communist Kanichi Kawakami was…

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Tas. candidate on need for unity

Tribune · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 11

HOBART.—Thirty men were sacked during March at Bell Bay by Haunstrups Building Construction. One of them, a married man, has…

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