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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1949

227 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 12

Preparation Reported For British Elections

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.).—All political parties are preparing for general elections this year, says the "Sunday Dispatch." Urgent…

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Greengrocers To March To Parliament House

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—A mass meeting of greengrocers at the city markets this morning decided to march to Parliament House…

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Unions Return Left-Wing Candidates

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.—Left-wing candidates won all positions as office-bearers in the annual elections of two Victorian unions…

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Warning On Federal Election By Fadden

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed. — This year's Federal elections might easily be the last constitutional democratic election at which…

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Grafton Interest In Randwick Candidates

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 5

Two prominent Grafton racing men will have more than passing interest in to-morrow's Randwick races…

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Japanese Elections

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

TOKIO, Sun. (A.A.P.).—Few Japanese made an early attendance at the polls to-day—general election day. It is believed that…

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Labour Certain In Vic. By-Election

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.—With fewer than 1000 postal votes to count and with a lead of 822, the Labour candidate is certain to…

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Hold-up In Ballot For ALP Candidate

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

Coff's Harbour, Sun.—There has been a hold-up in the Labour, pre-selection ballot in Cowper to select a candidate…

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Conservative Party Gains In Japanese Elections

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

TOKIO, Mon. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Former Premier Shigeru Yoshida's ultra Conservative Party has apparently won the Japanese general election, and will form the next Government under Gen. MacArthur, says the Tokio correspondent of New York "Times."…

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Japanese Election Communist Vote Dominates Poll

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

TOKIO, Tuesday (A.A.P.).—Political observers unanimously agreed to-day that the Communist successes in last Sunday's general election's' overshadowed the victory by the Conservatives. With 35 seats in the House of Representatives the Communists…

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Election in Israeli

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

TEL AVIV, Wed. (A.A.P.).—The first results in the Israeli election give the Labour Party, headed by the Prime Minister…

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Re-Election Of Labour

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.—The Minister for Immigration and Information (Mr. Calwell) told the annual conference of the…

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Israeli Election

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 3

TEL AVIV, Mon. (A.A.P.)— David Ben Gurion's Mapai Labour Party polled over twice as many votes in the Israeli general…

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Council By-Election

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN.—Two candidates have been nominated for the by-election at Maclean to fill the vacancy on the municipal council…

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A.L.P. Candidates For Cowper

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 4

Cowper is one of the electorates which was held, over by the ALP for further consideration regarding the pre-selection…

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Parties Agree on Election

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Fri.—Ari agreement, was reached to-day by representatives of the Country Party and the Queensland…

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Claims Tax Cuts Election Bait

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—-By singling out the great army of wage and salary earners for tax cuts, the Government could be suspected…

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High Feeling In Ulster Elections

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 3

BELFAST, Thurs (A.A.P.).—Feeling in the Ulster elections, which are taking place to-day, reached a high pitch…

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Polling Incident In Northern Ireland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 1

BELFAST, Friday (A.A.P.).—Police were rushed to the Sion mills in County Tyrone yesterday, when fighting broke out between Nationalists (anti-partionists) and unionist workers, in which men arid women took part…

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Aboriginal Endorsed For Federal Elections

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun,-W. Onus, an aboriginal half-caste, was yesterday endorsed by the State Committee of the Australian…

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