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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1949

227 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 12

Belgian Parliament Dissolved

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 1

BRUSSELS, Fri. (AAP).--A decree dissolving the Belgian parliament was read in both Chambers yesterday, following a…

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Ulster Municipal Elections

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 1

BELFAST, Fri. (AAP)--Making its debut in Northern Ireland municipal elections the Eire Labour Party returned all its…

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Prominent Candidates Unlikely For Race

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri.--Clubman and Coronation Gift, prominent candidates for the Two Y. O. Handicap, at Randwick to-day. are unlikely to race…

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To Halt Election References

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--The State Government proposes to bring down a Bill which will impose a blanket ban on the publications by…

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State Parliament To Be Larger

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The size of the Legislative Assembly will be increased from 90 to 94 seats. This was decided to-day by the State Parliaments Labour…

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Bigger Parliament

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 2

THE decision of the State Parliamentary Labour Party to enlarge the size of the Legislative Assembly is as…

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Censure Debate In Parliament

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.--The Government was improperly and unreasonably restricting the rights of private members and electors they represented by the use of its…

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British Elections Next Year

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (AAP).--Three times during his presidential address at the opening of the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool…

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Election Pact Claim

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.--The Leader of The Labour Party (Mr. Cain) to-night released correspondence which he claimed…

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Scene in State Parliament

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues--There was a scene in the Legislative Assembly to-day when members of the Opposition asked that the…

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Pre-election Broadcast

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues.--The Australian Broadcasting Control Board was considering the question of political broadcasts prior…

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Questions On Coal In Parliament

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--The Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Harrison) in the House of Representatives to-day called on the Commonwealth Government to protect the Australian people in the coalminers' threatened stopwork meetings…

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Election Bill in State House

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A maximum penalty of £100 of six months imprisonment is the penalty for publishing or broadcasting any electoral matter 70 hours before the close of the poll at the State elections…

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Protest On Pre-Election Press Ban

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 2

An emphatic protest will be made by Northern, Rivers and Tablelands Federated Chambers of Commerce against the…

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Stop Irregularities In Union Elections

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs-- A Bill to prevent irregularities in elections of officers in unions or employers organisations was introduced in…

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Aiming To Destroy Parliament

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Government was attempting to destroy Parliament as a Parliamentary Institution, the Deputy Leader…

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Grafton Double Candidates Will Race At Randwick

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 June 1949 · page 5

A number of horses nominated for the Grafton race double at the C.R.J.C. carnival next month are engaged at Randwick to-day…

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Latest Form Of Cup Candidates

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 5

After the Grafton Cup Candidate, Comedy Chief, won the Encourage Handicap, about 1½ miles, at Randwick on Saturday his…

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Canadian Elections

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 3

OTTAWA, Mon. (AAP).--A record "total of six million out of nearly eight million registered voters are expected to elect the…

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Belgian Elections

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 5

BRUSSELS, Tuesday. (AAP).-- Christian Social s s (Catholics) have emerged as the s[?]rengest group in the Belgian elections…

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