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

Politics & elections, 1954

133 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 7

Liberal Party Polling Day Transport

Boorowa News · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 2

By courtesy of L. G. Roth, Boorowa supporters requiring transport in the town to the Polling Booth will be assisted…

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C.P. Candidate Pleased Lt.-Col. Anderson Expects To Win Hume

Boorowa News · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

Mr. Charles Anderson, endorsed Country Party Candidate, has just completed his campaign tour of the northern portion of the Hume Electorate, and is very pleased with results…

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Labour Candidate’s Forecast Described As “Insult” (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 1

Sir,— Mr. A. N. Fuller is Labour’s hopeful candidate. He is hoping to retain the Federal Seat,…

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Labour Candidate's Itinerary

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 3

Mr. Allan Fraser, M.H.R. for Eden-Monaro, will spend the last week of his election campaign in the Snowy Mountains…

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Election Pledges

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 3

Labour's election promises, including abolition of the means test and increases in social service payments, could be carried…

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People Will Be Masters on Saturday Federal Election

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 8

FOR 12 HOURS ON SATURDAY THE PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA WILL HOLD THEIR POLITICAL DESTINY IN THE FEDERAL SPHERE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, IN THEIR OWN HANDS. Voting which is compulsory will be held in the Memorial Hall from 8 a.m…

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Keen Interest in Elections Eden-Monaro Survey

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 1

The last few weeks of concentrated campaigning on the part of the two candidates for the Federal Parliamentary seat of Eden-Monaro will be climaxed to-morrow when nearly 42,000 voters will go to the polls…

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Election Day: Hotels Closed

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: More than 1,861,000 voters will go to the polls in N.S.W. tomorrow In the bitterest…

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Final Messages From Candidates To Hume Electors

Boorowa News · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 8

For 12 hours on Saturday the people of Australia will hold their political destiny in the Federal sphere for the next three years, in their own hands. Voting which is compulsory will be held in the Court…

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Rejuvernation of Small Towns and Villages Advocated By Lib. Candidate

Boorowa News · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 5

Mr. L. G. Roth, the Endorsed Liberal Candidate for Hume, today, stressed the importance of rebuilding the…

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Labour's Candidate Safe in Eden-monaro Detailed Voting Figures

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 1

Labour Party candidate and sitting member, Mr. Allan Fraser, was the morning leading Liberal Party opponents, Mr. Royce Beavis, by 1405 votes, and there seems little doubt now that Labour will retain the Eden-Manaro seat for…

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No Further Counting for Federal Election

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: No further returns for Saturday's general election were issued by the Electoral Office this morning. Returning officers are engaged in checking the primary counts and sorting out postal and absentee votes. There are still three doubtful…

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Candidate Goes to Pictures

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 1

While most Parliamentary candidates sit anxiously over radios for latest progress results on election night, there…

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Liberal-c.p. Govt. Return to Power Federal Election

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 2

The Menzies-Fadden Government was returned to power in Saturday’s election. It has a 62-55 seat lead with four seats still in doubt including Hume. The Government now has a…

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Melee in Jap. Parliament Political "Scrum"

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 3

TOKYO, Friday: The Japanese Lower House broke up last night in a pitched battle between police and politicians inside the Diet building. The battle followed a savage riot among Socialist and Liberal Politicians…

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Sequel to Election Day Incident Local Driver on Three Counts

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 3

A local man was fined on three counts at Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, as the outcome of an accident near the Liedertafel Hall on May 29—election day…

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Arthur Fuller In Incident At Adelong Polling Booth Accused Of Offensive Remarks About Charles Anderson

Boorowa News · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 4

On election days, Mr. Arthur Fuller has often figured in incidents, and Saturday week last was no exception. At Adelong he was one of the central figures in a warm argument which could possibly have a sequel…

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Election Cost £250,000

Boorowa News · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 8

The Federal election is estimated to have cost £250,000 —£35,000 more than in 1951. N.S.W. electoral costs are…

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Arthur Fuller Deplores Type of Propaganda Used During Election Campaign Labor Member Retains Hume Seat With A Majority of 307 Votes

Boorowa News · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 2

At the declaration of the Hume Poll at Cootamundra, last Tuesday, the re-elected member, Mr. Arthur Fuller, said he deplored the type of propaganda used during the campaign which aimed at branding him as an associate of Communists…

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Delegates to the County Council Election At Special Shire Council Meeting

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 1

At a special meeting of Gobdradigbee Shire Council yesterday morning, the president (Cr. G. Johnson), and Crs. J. P. Julian and E.C. Archer were elected as delegates to the newly formed Burrinjuck County Council…

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