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

Politics & elections, 1954

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Federal Elections Three Candidates Contesting Hume

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 2

The N.S.W. Country Party has abandoned attempts to obtain a full election agreement with the Liberal Party…

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A Third Candidate For Eden-Monaro

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

Octogenarian F. J. Cusack, of Canberra and Yass, who has unsuccessfully contested Eden-Monaro and the State electorate…

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Visitors Overseas May Vote At Elections

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 5

The Commonwealth Returning Officer has informed Mr. H. J. Bate, M.P., that the following arrangements have been made…

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Country Party Has Formed Election Campaign Committee

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 3

A committee has been formed to further the interests of Mr. Charles Anderson, the Country Party candidate for the Federal…

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Parliament Meets

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday: To-day's meeting of Federal Parliament is expected to consider the authorisation of a 54 million…

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No 1954 Election: U.k. Budget Hint

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Richard Butler, surprised Britain last night by presenting a "stand still" budget—interpreted by politicians of all parties as meaning that the Churchill Government is…

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Labor Candidate Addresses Regional Conference

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 5

The Labor candidate for Hume electorate at the forthcoming Federal elections, Mr. Arthur Fuller, M.H.R., was the principal speaker at the Regional Conference of the…

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Candidate for Hume Electorate Lt.-Gol. Anderson

Boorowa News · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 4

Born in Cape Town in 1897. In 1900 settled in Kenya Colony (better known before as British East Africa). His…

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Closing Of Rolls For Fed. Election

Boorowa News · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

The electoral rolls to be used at the forthcoming general election of Members of the House of Representatives will…

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Our Member In Parliament

Boorowa News · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 4

MR. FULLER:—re Wool—Can the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture state the amount of undistributed wool…

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Federal Election Closing Of Rolls

Boorowa News · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 3
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The electoral rolls to be used at the forthcoming general election of members of the House of…

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Past Elections In Eden-Monaro

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 7

How close is the struggle between the parties in Eden-Monaro is shown by the figures of previous elections…

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Editorial Back to the Election

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 2

The Petrov stir has taken, precedence over all. topics of discussion, political and otherwise,; and will help to shorten the campaign period for next month's Federal election…

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Petrov Incident "Election Stunt"

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 3

DJAKARTA (Indonesia) Wednesday: One of the three Russians, thwarted in their attempt to take Mrs. Evdokiva Petrov back to Moscow after her Soviet Embassy husband had sought sanctuary…

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Parliament Dissolved

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 3

By proclamation in a special Commonwealth Gazette, the Governor-General, Field-Marshal Sir William Slim yesterday…

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Bishop Criticised in Parliament

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 8

A statement dealing with the situation in indo-china, of which Dr. E. H. Burgmann, Anglican Bishop of Canberra…

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Hume Candidates’ Views On Road Construction

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 8

The increase in the number of vehicles registered, the expansion of the country’s economy and the increased cost of road building and maintenance have combined to make it essential that a revised policy of…

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Hume Candidates' Views On Road Construction

Boorowa News · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 3

The increase in the number of vehicles registered, the expansion of the country's economy and the increased cost of road building and maintenance have combined to make it essential that a revised policy of road construction must…

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P.M.'s Election Programme

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 6

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, will spend five days in New South Wales in his 25-days election tour of Australia…

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