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Politics & elections, 1958

189 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 10

Communist Wins A.e.u. Election

Tribune · Wednesday 5 November 1958 · page 8

MELBOURNE.--Mr. Laurie Carmichael has been elected Melbourne District secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering Union…

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Send Us That Election Story

Tribune · Wednesday 5 November 1958 · page 5

SEND us reports of that election meeting held in your area, outside your factory or workplace. Tell us-- Who…

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Election activity round-up Actors enter campaign to beat Menzies

Tribune · Wednesday 5 November 1958 · page 12

Actors Equity has entered the election campaign under the slogan Put the Liberals Last. In addition, Equity will support the A.L.P. in the N.S.W. borderline seats of Barton, St. George, Phillip and Parkes…

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Peace meeting calls for action before elections

Tribune · Wednesday 5 November 1958 · page 2

SYDNEY: A call to all electors to confront all candidates in the Federal election with the views of the peace movement was made unanimously by more than 200 participants in the N.S.W. Consultation for Peace in Sydney last weekend…

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Election Comic

Tribune · Wednesday 5 November 1958 · page 5

COMIC: This cartoon is from the sensationally successful Communist Party election comic, Bob and his…

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Vigorous election campaign is building the Party

Tribune · Wednesday 5 November 1958 · page 10

SYDNEY: C.P.A. District Committee at the start of the Federal election campaign called on all members to be…

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Unemployed give lie to Menzies' election policy speech

Tribune · Wednesday 5 November 1958 · page 10

PERTH: The workers in one of Perth's largest factories, the State Engineering Works, are taking a militant stand against dismissal notices and threat of further lay-offs…

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Reason Why No Communist Candidate in Hunter

Tribune · Wednesday 5 November 1958 · page 3

AT Cardiff railway workshops, after Mr. Sharkey's address, he was asked why the Communist Party was not standing in Hunter, the seat for…

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Les Elections En Algérie

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 7 November 1958 · page 5

Paris.—Le Conseil des ministres a approuvé un décret relatif à la convocation du collège électoral l'organisation des élections dans les…

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Liberal Candidate

The Biz · Wednesday 12 November 1958 · page 17

Mr. John Shannon, the endorsed Liberal candidate for Werriwa, was at Smithfield on Tuesday of last week and…

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Socialism and Communism Basic Election Issue

The Biz · Wednesday 12 November 1958 · page 20

It seems that the Socialist objective is to be played down in this election because Labor leaders have realised that many…

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S.a. Candidates Break New Ground

Tribune · Wednesday 12 November 1958 · page 8

ADELAIDE: Lunch-hour meetings at factories where Communist speakers have not previously spoken have been a feature of the election…

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Free health scheme needed says. CPA candidate

Tribune · Wednesday 12 November 1958 · page 8

SYDNEY: "Dr. Evatt's policy pledge for payment of the full amount of hospital and medical…

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Protest at election press ban

Tribune · Wednesday 12 November 1958 · page 5

CAIRNS: A trade union delegation protested to the Cairns Post at its refusal to sell space to seamen of the Weiben and the Nyora for a…

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Election rally backs Morts men

Tribune · Wednesday 12 November 1958 · page 3

SYDNEY.--A Communist Party election meeting of about 50 people in the Balmain Town Hall supper room gave a rousing welcome to two representatives of the Mort's Shop Committee, and carried a resolution pledging full…

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Communist Candidates' Calls Sharkey: Go out for every possible vote

Tribune · Wednesday 12 November 1958 · page 3

"I appeal to every Communist and every supporter to intensify their activity between now and election day. Go out to win every possible vote for our Communist candidates for the Senate and…

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A.l.p. Candidate for Reid

The Biz · Wednesday 19 November 1958 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of Carramar branch of the Australian Labor Party, Mr. Tom Uren, endorsed Labor candidate for…

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Seamen's £5482 to election funds

Tribune · Wednesday 19 November 1958 · page 12

SYDNEY: The Seamen's Union and members have so far donated £5,482 to the labor movement election…

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Candidate at Barbecue

Tribune · Wednesday 19 November 1958 · page 5

SYDNEY: Over £20 was raised at a Liverpool barbecue last Saturday, at which Mr. L. Aarons (a member of the Communist Party's N.S.W…

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Communist team for elections

Tribune · Wednesday 19 November 1958 · page 1

THE Communist Party's team of candidates for the Federal election is led by the Party's General Secretary, Mr. L. L. Sharkey, who is standing for the West Sydney (N.S.W.) seat in the House of Representatives…

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