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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1949

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Election Signs in England

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: Britain's Conservative Party has reaffirmed its stand against nationalisation and…

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Federal Elections Closing of Rolls

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 1

The Electoral authorities advise that the rolls to be used at the forthcoming Federal Elections will close on Monday, 31st…

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CAMPAIGNING Candidates Busy

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 4

Part of the equipment being carried by the Labour candidate for Macarthur, Mr. W. McDonnell, who sets out on Monday on…

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Mayor of Yass State Liberal Candidate

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 3

Aid, R. Haddon, Mayor of Yass, is the endorsed Liberal party candidate to contest the next State…

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12 Inches by Five Is Limit of Election Poster

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA: Opposition speakers in the House or Representatives last night described as '"Fascist" the ban on electoral posters of more than 60 square inches. Government members said the…

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Federal General Elections

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 5

As the rolls for the forthcoming Federal elections will close [?] 6 p.m. on Monday, October [?], the electoral authorities urge…

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By-Election Mittagong Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 4

A by-election for the election of two councillors for C riding of the Mittagong Shire Council took place on Saturday last…

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Liberal Candidate’s Prayer and Fasting In Jap Prison Camp

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 2

When Mr. Jeff Bate, M.L.A., congratulated AId. R. Haddon, Mayor of Yass, on his selection as Liberal candidate for Yass, in the…

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Federal Elections : Closing of Rolls

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 3

The Electoral authorities advise that the rolls to be used at the forthcoming Federal elections will close on Monday, 31st…

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Elections in Colombia 700 Killed To Date

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 October 1949 · page 4

COLOMBIA, Sunday: Three villages were destroyed and 104 killed yesterday in spreading political…

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A Crucial Election Looms Ahead Result Will Shape Society For Years To Come

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 November 1949 · page 5

Emphasis was laid on the influence upon the lives of the people of Australia that would result from the forthcoming Federal elections, at a meeting addressed by Mr. H. Jeff Bate, candidate for…

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Unemployment Not An Issue At Elections

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 November 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Full employment was not the election issue, the Federal Opposition Leader (Mr. Menzies) said to-day. Not one member of Parliament wanted any degree of unemployment…

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State Elections Talk Of Pre-Easter Contest

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 November 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY: The A.L.P. executive instead of the branches may choose the candidates for the 1950 State…

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Federal Elections Doubtful Seats

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 2

DAVID McNICOLL, Daily Telegraph columnist, in a survey of the Federal elections to be held on December 10 writes in part:…

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"Time To Choose Between Freedom and Democracy Or Socialism and Servitude" Country Party Candidate Opens Campaign Charles Anderson Addresses Elctors at Boorowa

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 3

Mr. Charles Anderson, Country Party candidate for Hume, has been two days in Boorowa on the commencement of his campaign. In the course of a short address over loud speakers from…

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Election Staff of 450 for Division

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 1

A staff of about 450 will supervise voting at 168 polling places throughout Eden-Monaro on December 10—the date of the Federal election. Revealing this to-day, Mr. C…

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Blood Flows in Election

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 2

MANILA, Wednesday: Twenty-four persons are reported to have been killed, mostly in outlying areas, during yesterday's…

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Anti Labor Candidate Busy in Crookwell and District

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 3

Lieut.-Col. Charles Anderson, the selected Country Party Liberal Party candidate to oppose Mr. Arthur Fuller (Labor) for the electorate of Hume, completed a busy round of…

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No Burrinjuck Fish Served at Parliament House

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 1

Fresh water fish had never been served in the Parliamentary refreshment rooms in his five years as manager, said Mr. H…

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Elections

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 5

The Federal Opposition Leader (Mr. Menzies) to-night will open officially the Liberal Party's Federal election…

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