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Politics & elections, 1953

1,681 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 85

Parliament Opens Aug. 12

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 2

The Governor (Sir John Northcott) will open State Parliament on August 12. The Acting-Premier (Mr…

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Parliament Defeats Stays in Executions

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 9

LONDON, Thurs. (ExteL).-- The House of Commons yesterday refused, by 256 votes to 195, to let Mr. Sidney Silverman (Lab.) introduce a private member's bill to suspend the death penalty for five years…

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Parliament Defeats Stays in Executions

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 9

LONDON, Thurs. (Extel.). -- The House of Commons yesterday refused, by 256 votes to 195, to let Mr. Sidney Silverman (Lab.) introduce a private member's bill to suspend the death penalty for five years…

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"Met Vitnell at Parliament'' Story At Public Service Inquiry

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 2

James Goodman Ball, senior partner of Ball Bros., building contractors, said at a Public Service Board inquiry today that he first met Reginald Douglas Vitnell in Parliament House about 1949…

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"Met Vitnell at Parliament" Story At Public Service Inquiry

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 2

James Goodman Ball, senior partner of Bail Bros., building contractors, said at a Public Service Board inquiry today that he first met Reginald Douglas Vitnell in Parliament House about 1949…

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Fifty Years Ago (From "Nepean Times," July 4, 1903) Extraordinary Council Election

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 1

On Saturday last polling to elect an alderman of South Ward, Penrith Municipality, to fill the vacancy caused by the…

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"Met Vitnell At Parliament": Story At Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 4

James Goodman Ball said at a Public Service Board inquiry yesterday that he first met Reginald Douglas Vitnell at Parliament House…

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Tories Win By-election

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 7

LONDON, Fri. (Extel).-- The conservative Party retained Edgbaston (Birmingham) by-election…

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Tories Win By-election

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 7

LONDON, Fri. (Extel).-- The Conservative Party retained Edgbaston (Birmingham) by-election…

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Increased Salaries Queensland Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 July 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday. — Stale Labour Caucus decided to-day to increase Parliamentary salaries by…

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Builder "Met Vitnell At Parliament House"

Truth · Sunday 5 July 1953 · page 49

James Goodman Ball, senior partner of Ball Bros., builders, who have carried out £400,000 worth of contracts in the last 3½ years for Commonwealth and State Government Departments, told a Public Service Board inquiry this week that he first met Reginald Douglas…

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Homeless MPs rough it in Parliament Hse

The Sun · Sunday 5 July 1953 · page 11

NSW Members of Parliament may sleep at Parliament House, but must make their own beds. In evidence before the Royal…

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Hills seeks re-election

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 July 1953 · page 2

The Lord Mayor (Aid. P. D. Hills) today said that lie would stand for re-election for 1954…

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Hills seeks re-election

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 July 1953 · page 2

The Lord Mayor (Aid. P. D. Hills) today said that he would stand for re-election for 1954…

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Stir On Wharfies' Election

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 July 1953 · page 8

Keen interest is being taken in today's poll of Newcastle branch of the Waterside Workers…

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W. German Election Campaign Opens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 3

BONN, July 6 (A.A.P.). —West Germany's first Federal Parliament was dissolved yesterday in…

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Dougherty may seek election

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 2

Prominent trade union and civic leaders believe the general secretary of the Australian Workers'…

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Dougherty may seek election

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 4

Prominent trade union and civic leaders believe the general secretary of the Australian Workers'…

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Dougherty may seek election

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 4

Prominent trade union and civic leaders believe the general secretary of the Australian Workers'…

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Dougherty may seek election

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 20

Prominent trade union and civic leaders believe the general secretary of the Australian Workers'…

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