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Politics & elections, 1957

89 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 5

Third Jew Elected To State Parliament

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 29 November 1957 · page 2

Little did a small and somewhat shy Barmitzvah boy at Newtown Shul back in 1924 dream that…

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Fairfield Deputation at Parliament House

The Biz · Wednesday 4 December 1957 · page 17

On Wednesday, November 27, the Minister for Education. Hon. R. J. Heffron, received a deputation from the Fairfield Fathers'…

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NZ elections a gain for peace

Tribune · Wednesday 4 December 1957 · page 3

TO work for an end to the use and testing of atomic weapons was one of the election pledges made by…

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Largest Number so far were Candidates at Naturalisation Ceremony, but Language was Problem

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 December 1957 · page 3

The Mayor of Penrith gave his usual good advice to the largest number of people who had so far presented themselves to take Australian nationality on any one occasion in the Penrith municipality…

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The Queen Opens New Session of Parliament

The Biz · Wednesday 11 December 1957 · page 31

A great crowd gave a warm welcome to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as she drove in the Irish State Coach to open a new session of Parliament. For the occasion she wore a gown of gold tissue embroidered with gold…

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Wagga Election Campaign

Tribune · Wednesday 11 December 1957 · page 11

WAGGA (NSW). --Everything possible has been done to turn Saturday's by-election into as anti-Communist crusade…

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Casey Tells Parliament: Reds Tough Opposition for West in Middle East

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 December 1957 · page 3

CANBERRA: The Western powers were under a handicap in competing with Soviet Russia's unscrupulous and unprincipled policies for popular sympathy in the Middle East, Mr. R. G. Casey told the House of…

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Workers and farmers fight back against monopoly in W. Aust. a Special Writer Sums Up Year in Parliament

Tribune · Wednesday 18 December 1957 · page 8

PERTH: Some unusual voting alliances marked the just-concluded session of the…

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Wagga by-election : Dlp Made Victory Certain for Liberal Party

Tribune · Wednesday 18 December 1957 · page 10

SYDNEY: "Once again, the Liberals can thank the professional disruptors of the Democratic Labor Party and their Industrial Group allies for an electoral victory". The NSW State Committee of the Communist Party said this in a…

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