Need exact date. Joe Lyons is State Treasurer and Minister for Education and Railways in the John Earle government.
Enid is 17, Joe is 35
Enid in parade
Enid is unsuccessful in her election bid?
Need Exact date. After the Tasmanian Labor party split over conscription Joe Lyons becomes leader.
Elsie is 26, John is 32.
Joseph Lyons becomes Postmaster-General and Minister for Works and Railways.
The Great Depression kicks off big time.
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Majority of WA residents vote to split from the rest of Australia. British Government refuses to dissolve the Australian Federation.
Curtin regains his seat of Fremantle. Joe Lyons remains as Prime Minister. Holt runs for office against James Scullin but is unsuccessful.
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Wins seat of Fawkner (Prahran/St Kilda/Toorak). At age 27 he is one of the youngest federal members in Australian history.
Gathering of Aboriginal activists, one of the first major civil rights gatherings in the world. Australian government rejected their petitions because it required a change to the constitution.
7 pm in Melbourne. page 34, My Life, thrilling illustrated biography of Dame Enid Lyons.
At this late hour I venture to suggest that there may be some possibility of averting war...
But heads back to Canberra on the 30th
Mercury, 29 Sept 1939 See also the article from The Argus attached
Bruce reads out Joe's telegram to Chamberlain. Chamberlain has telegramed Hitler and Mussoolini in early hours of the morning.
20:50pm 28th Canberra, 11:50am 28th London. Bruce telegrams notes from Dominion Reps Meeting
22:42 28th Canberra, 13:42 28th London. Bruce sends Joe copies of Chamberlain's correspondence with Hitler and Mussolini
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany.
3:40 30th Canberra, 18:40 29th London. Bruce sends Joe notes from Dominion rep meeting. At meeting Bruce reported to Dominion reps that Joe had made a speech re:situration
11:47am Canberra, 02:47am London. Lord Stanley to Commonwealth govts "Agreement has been signed at Munich by representatives of the four Governments."
20:30 Canberra, 11:30 London. 2 telegrams, one formal, one personal. Telegram/s arrive during Dominion Rep meeting.
At the Constitutional Club of Sydney. Reported in SMH, 25/10/1938. Cited in Earle Page's controversial speech of the 20th April, 1939.
Frank Green claims that Charles Hawker was a contender for the leadership, and had support in the press of the time. p 111 of "Servant of the House".
On 8 November 1938, White resigned his portfolio, having discovered that Joseph Lyons had established an inner Cabinet from which he was excluded
"Well old boy you have had a rotten time with the party and came through well and I do trust 1939 you will have a much happier time than you had in 1938" NAA, CP 167/1, Personal Papers PM Lyons, Correspondence 'L'
"I will not be in Melbourne until end of February", "We are holding cabinet meetings over here early February". NAA, CP 167/1. Personal Papers of PM Lyons, Correspondence L
3/4 of Victoria burns. One of the worst bushfires since white settlement.
Addressed to Joe. On 27th this telegram was circulated to all Ministers and to each of the State Premiers and to the Leader of the Opposition. The telegram was not discussed at the cabinet meeting. This was due to the difficulty of reconciling conflicting reports.
"we had been menaced by a bushfire. Fortunately no harm was done." NAA, CP 167/1, Personal Papers of PM Lyons, Correspondence 'L'.
Curtin requests that Parliament is recalled early. NAA, Barcode:350187
Page reveals to the press that the majority of Cabinet favor postponing Insurance Bill. Page's unauthorised disclosure suggests he plans to withdraw from the coalition. p74 Black Jack McEwen
Page discloses to Country Party meeting in Kempsey NSW that majority of cabinet support postponing Insurance Bill implementation. p74 Black Jack McEwen: Political Gladiator By Peter Golding
Souvenirs of coronation posted to Dame Enid. NLA Enid Lyons papers, Box 2.
"Very pleased to hear that you are so much better" NAA, CP167/3 Barcode 350267
France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state.
Enid had been angry at Menzies' behavior and is relieved by his resignation "the first decent thing he's done in months" This period holds a lot of pain related to Menzies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyons_Government
Under German pressure, the Slovaks declare their independence and form a Slovak Republic. The Germans occupy the rump Czech lands in violation of the Munich agreement, forming a Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
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