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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1948

142 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 8

Referendum Polling Places

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 2

There will be four polling places at Grafton and two at South Grafton in the Federal referendum on prices control…

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Another Czech "Election''

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.).-- Czecho-Slovak electors will go to the polls to-day in an election for a hand-picked list of…

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Election Victory Foregone Conclusion

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).--Victory for the Communist dominated National Front Government was a foregone conclusion when counting began after yesterday's 'Czecho-Slovakian elections…

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Severe Test for Forestry Candidate

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 7

In a test conducted by the Forestry Department in Wauchope recently for an appointment as Timber Inspector, the…

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S. African Parliament

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 2

JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--It is officially announced that the new South African Parliament will meet on…

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Gars For Candidates At Elections

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.).--By 269 votes to 144, the House of Commons has restricted the number of cars that can be used at…

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Victorian By-Election Won By Liberal

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.--With nearly 4000 votes majority over his Labour opponent, the Liberal candidate, Mr. E. R. Reynolds, K.C.,…

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Convention Will Name Republican Candidates

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.).--Horn blasts, hoarse shrills, outcries and a general, increasing din heralded in Philadelphia to-day the opening of the Republican National Convention. The convention will nominate the Republican Party's candidates…

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Republicans Select Dewey As Candidate

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 1

PHILADELPHIA, Friday (A.A.P.).—Governor Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, will carry the Republican banner in the United States Presidential elections. He was unanimously chosen as the party's Presidential…

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veloped." Finnish Elections

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 1

HELSINKI, Sun. (A.A.P.).--Finland's main party, the Popular Democrats--a merger of Left Wing Socialists--has lost five of…

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Latest Form Of Candidates For Grafton Double

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 3

Several candidates for the Grafton racing double next week were engaged at Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane on…

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Finnish Elections

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1948 · page 1

HELSINKI, Mon. (A.A.P.).—The Communist dominated Popular Democrats suffered the surprisingly big loss of 10 seats in…

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Move For Election In Tasmania

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Wed.--An amendment that supply should be granted for only six weeks and that the Government should…

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Stole Equipment From Parliament

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Mon.-- Denis James Beamer (16), former assistant in the Parliamentary Library, pleaded guilty in the…

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Postal Voting At Shire Elections

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 5

The Minister for Local Government has acknowledged the request from the Raleigh District Council of the PPU…

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Presidential Candidate Of Democratic Party

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 1

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--Last-minute refusal by Supreme Court Justice William O'Douglas, to stand as either Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate at the November elections, has left the Democratic Party's National Convention…

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Candidates For U.S. Vice-President

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 1

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—The nomination of 70-year-old Senator Albert Barkley, of Kentucky, as a…

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Music Examinations All Mt. St. John Candidates Successful

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 1

At the recent examination held in connection with the State Conservatorium of Music conducted by Messrs Hoogstoel and Lobb, all candidates…

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Labour Defeated In By-Election

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--The Liberals won the Kogarah seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from the Labour Party at .yesterday's by-election. In losing the seat Labour suffered its worst reverse since 1944…

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"Elections a Fraud"

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 2

SEOUL (Korea), Tues. (A.A.P.)--The elections in the Soviet-occupied zone of Korea on August 25 will be "a fraud and a fake,"…

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