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627 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 23 of 32
The striking seamen received a setback to-day by the decision of the Victorian seamen not to be embroiled in the dispute, and as a result the threatened hold-up of Interstate shipping failed to eventuate. The attitude of a large number of Sydney seamen towards the strike is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The State A.L.P. intends to make a determined effort to get control of as many municipal and shire councils as possible at the next local government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The "Daily Express," in an election special, says: "After a week of bitter recriminations, the view of one of the most remarkable general…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"I do not exaggerate when I say the real issue is between prosperity, and ruin," declared Mr. Snowden, in a final message to the nation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The question of the subdivision of New South Wales into new self governing areas has been brought right into the realm of practical politics by two recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unless optimism breeds slackness in going to the poll, to-morrow should witness the triumph of the National cause. Even the inner council of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many proofs of exceptional enthusiasm were revealed. Aeroplanes were used to convey voters from Cardiff to Bristol, and a woman chartered an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the annual conference of the New South Wales Country Press Association, one delegate declared that the Country Press had not had a fair deal at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"I regard yesterday as one of the great milestones in Australian industry," said Senator R. D. Elliott, who has taken a prominent part in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The unique character of the British election, to which we have referred in previous articles, seems likely to be added to by the remarkable Swing of votes from the official Labor party to the National Government. On present indications, it is probable that the landslide will prove unprecedented…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Labor party was badly defeated at the British elections, held on Tuesday. The Nationalists, composed of Conservatives, National-Liberals…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The probability of the National Government's victory in the British elections eclipsing the Liberal triumph of 1906, as suggested in this column yesterday, has become a fact, whilst the forecast that the Labor strength would fall almost as low as it was in 1918 has proved to be an under-estimate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The result of the British election was discussed at a meeting of the N.S.W. Federal A.L.F. Executive, in Sydney yesterday, and the delegates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Prime Minister commented to-day on the report in a section of the Sydney press that the Federal Government contemplated holding two elections next year,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More than three hundred Labor candidates held a secret meeting at the Sydney Trades Hall yesterday to discuss plans for capturing the municipal councils at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the meeting of the Orara Shire Council yesterday, under orders of the day, Cr. W. J. Benson said he would like the councillors to listen very attentively as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →With the British elections over, the Melbourne Cup decided, the shipping strike settled, Federal and State Parliaments in recess and the test matches with the South Africans still a few weeks off, the ratepayers should be able to devote more of their time and attention to the local government elections,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nominations of candidates for the Shire elections, to he held on 5th December, close with the returning officer (Mr. V. M. Ogden), on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Friday, November 20, is nomination day for the shire elections. Saturday, December 5, is election day and councillors elected on that day will hold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"This is our last meeting," said one of the councillors at the meeting of the Orara Shire Council on Tuesday last. "Yes," exclaimed another member of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →