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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1928

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600 Candidates Labor in British Elections. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 November 1928 · page 5

Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, Leader of the Labor party, speaking at a Labor party rally at the Albert Hall, announced that the Labor party would have 600…

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King's Speech Opening of Parliament League and Disarmament. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 November 1928 · page 5

The King's speech at the opening of Parliament expresses great satisfaction at the signature of the treaty for renunciation of war in Paris, on August 27…

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Cattle Tick Eradication Regulations Are They Too- Drastic? Questions in Parliament. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 November 1928 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Budd (C.P.) asked the Minister for Agriculture whether his attention had been drawn to a statement made by Mr…

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Federal Elections Campaign Notes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 November 1928 · page 4

Beginning on Friday next, Mr. A. J. Pollack, the member for the Clarence, will address a series of meetings in this part of the Cowper division, in support of Dr…

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Federal Elections The Senate Contest Government Candidates One C.P. and Two Nationalists

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 November 1928 · page 4

One Country party candidate (Senator Colonel P. P. Abbott) and two Nationalists (Mr. R. B. Orchard and Senator Josiah Thomas) are representing the…

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Woman's Death Poisonous Mouth Wash Reference in Parliament. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 November 1928 · page 5

The death of a woman at Albury, as the result, it is believed, of swallowing a portion of mouth wash, was referred to in the Legislative Assembly to-day by…

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Elections Prime Minister Confident Victory for Government. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 November 1928 · page 5

The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, arrived at Sydney to-day, in continuation of his election campaign. He said up to the present he had made…

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HOOVER Smashing Victory U.S. Presidential Election Democratic Debacle. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 November 1928 · page 5

ALTHOUGH THE RETURNS ARE INCOMPLETE, IT IS GENERALLY CONCEDED THAT MR. H. E. HOOVER, THE REPUBLICAN…

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Federal Election the Cowper Seat Labor Party's Campaign Mr. T. J. Swiney at Dorrigo

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 6

Sp[?] from a lorry in H[?] on Tuesday night last, Mr. T. Swiney, who is contesting the election for the Cowper seat in the…

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Shire Elections

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 2
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Ratepayers in F riding, and, for that matter, all over the plateau, will be very pleased to learn that in deference to the request of a number of…

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Shire Flections. Who Will Be Candidates?

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 4

The Federal elections will hardly be over before the triennial shir[?] elections are upon us. Nominations in the Dorrigo Shire close at 5 p.m…

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Local and General Grafton Council Elections

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 4

Nominations from candidates for aldermen of the Grafton City Council are invited and will be received by the returning officer, Mr. W. C. Sheather, up till…

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Federal Elections and Referendum Assistant Returning Officers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 November 1928 · page 4

For the purposes of the forthcoming elections and referendum, there will be eighteen counting centres appointed for the Cowper division. The…

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W.A. By-election. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 November 1928 · page 8

Ai a by-election for the Williams Narrogin seat in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Y. Doney, Country party candidate, was returned by a majority of 524…

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Federal Elections Senate Campaign MR. R. B. Orchard in Grafton Good Saturday Night Meeting

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 November 1928 · page 1

On Saturday night last Mr. R. B Orchard, Nationalist candidate for the Senate, spoke for about an hour at the Clock Tower, Grafton…

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Election Sidelights Some Humorous Incidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 November 1928 · page 4

The Senate candidate, Mr. Orchard, had been telling his Saturday night audience at the Clock Tower, about the action of the Composite Government in increasing…

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Federal Elections Campaign Notes

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 November 1928 · page 4

The Bruce-Page Government, while averse from socialistic experimenting with the people's cash, has not been inactive in promoting schemes to open avenues…

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Novel Electioneering

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 November 1928 · page 4

Mr. J. J. M'Coo, Independent candidate for the Perth seat in the House of Representatives, probably has adopted the quaintest electioneering methods on…

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Federal Elections. Hints for Electors

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1928 · page 4

Polling day is Saturday. November 17. The booths will be open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Voting by electors is compulsory…

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