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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1937

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Federal Elections Some of the Candidates

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 6

Mr. Arthur Wm. Buttrell, United Australia party candidate, in the East Sydney electorate. Mr. Buttrell is opposing the sitting Labor member, Mr. E…

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Federal Elections Mr. Brindley at Coffs

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 4

Mr. A. G. Brindley, the endorsed A.L.P. candidate for Cowper, addressed a large and very attentive crowd i[?] Coffs Harbour last Saturday night…

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Labor Daily, Ltd. Election Of Directors Reserved Judgment in Equity Court, Defendants "Improperly Elected." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 5

Mr. Justice Long. Innes, in his reserved judgment .in the Equity Court to-day, upheld the claim made by a number of trades Unions that Messrs…

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Federal Elections Some of the Candidates

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 6

Mr. Matthew Combe Calman, who is contesting the Lang electorate as a United Australia party candidate. He is opposing the sitting Labor member…

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Spring Candidates Melbourne Gallops. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 1

Leading candidates for spring racing honors galloped excellently at various tracks this morning. The Chanter and Flood Tide were…

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Federal Elections Public Apathetic No Overshadowing Issue "Difficult to Forecast Result." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 4

Probably the most significant feature of the Federal election campaign which is to culminate at the polls on October 23 is the absence of…

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Federal Elections Polling Places for October 23

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 4

The polling places in the Cowper Electoral Division for the Federal election on Saturday, October 23, are advertised in this issue, and electors are…

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Federal Elections Some of the Candidates

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 9

Mr. Victor Chas. Thompson, M.H.R. the retiring Country party member for New England, who is again contesting the seat. His only opponent is Mr. L…

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Federal Elections Labor Campaign Opened in Dorrigo by Ald Amour

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 1

Ald. Amour (Bankstown), one of the four Labor candidates for the Senate, was in Dorrigo recently, and addressed electors from the…

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Federal Elections Mr. Vincent at Coffs

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 1

Hon. R. S. Vincent, Minister for Mines and Forests, addressed a good meeting in the open air at Coffs Harbour on Wednesday night, at which…

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Quarterly Meeting South Grafton Methodists Candidate for the Ministry

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 7

The South Grafton Methodist quarterly meeting, which was fully representative of the circuti, decided unanimously to recommend to the North…

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A Contrast in Candidates

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 4

The most interesting thing about the Senate election in New South Wales, where four seats have to be filled on this occasion, is the personnel of the candidates. The Labor party has staked all its chances of winning the Senate seats on an extraordinary belief that the majority of electors, outside…

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Federal Elections Mr. Curtin At Orange "Raise the Land Tax." Orange

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 5

Nearly a thousand people heard Mr. Curtin's final appeal in New South Wales to-night, when he spoke at Orange, in the Calare electorate…

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Federal Elections Some of the Candidates

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 8

Sir Frederick Harold Stewart, M.H.R., the sitting United Australia party member for Parramatta, who during the present election campaign has three…

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Party Not Popular Candidate Is Frank Labor Prospects in Cowper

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 4

In an address to electors at Macksville, on Tuesday night, Mr. A. G. Brindley, Labor candidate for Cowper, said that he was alive to the fact that…

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Election Talks A.b.c. Broadcasts

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 4

The Australian Broadcasting Commission has the following talks programmed for broadcast in connection with the Federal elections, during the…

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Federal Elections Mr. Curtin Leaves For Vic. Letter From Mrs. Fisher. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 5

The most interesting development today in the Labor party's Federal election campaign was a letter which the Labor Leader, Mr. Curtin, received…

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Federal Elections Some of the Candidates

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 7

Mr. Sydney Lane Gardner M.H.R., who is again contesting the Robertson seat in the interests of the United Australia party. His opponents are Mr. G. E…

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Federal Elections Some of the Candidates

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 8

Mr. Jas. Valentine Fairbairn, M.H.R. the sitting United Australia party member for Flinders (Victoria). Mr. S. M. Bruce sat for Flinders in the days when…

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The Elections Official Advice to Voters

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 1

The following advice to voters in connection with the Federal Elections has been issued by the electoral authorities:—…

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