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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1931

20 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Agricultural Parliament Conference Speaks Highly of the Hawkesbury "Most Productive Area in the State."

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 14

"THERE is no part of the State which stands as pre-eminent for productivity as my native district of the Hawkesbury."…

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District Hospital Election of Committee

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 5

THE result of the ballot taken for the new Committee of Management in connection with the Hawkesbury Benevolent Society and Hospital was announced at the…

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East Sydney By-election

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 2

Voting at the East Sydney By-Election Will be compulsory; penalty for failure, without good and sufficient excuse, not exceeding two pounds…

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Finance May Be Issue for Election Mr, Chipley's Views

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

Addressing the Macquarie district assembly of the A.L.P. at Lithgow on Saturday, Mr. J. B. Chifley, M.P., said that if the Senate rejected the fiduciary…

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Nearly £400 Raised by Ambulance Queen Competition Magnificent Response Ambulance Queen Competition Springwood Candidate Wins Dissention at Final Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 1

MAGNIFICENT response to the pleas of the various candidates in the Queen Competition, organised to swell the depleted funds of the…

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Civic Elections Apply for Enrolment Now

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 2

Local Government authorities are dependent upon the co-operation of the persons desiring enrolment to ensure the compilation of an accurate and complete roll of…

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Dairymen's Difficulties Bad Times Affect Hawkesbury Coy. Involved Position Arises Over Election of Auditor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 September 1931 · page 1

PROMINENT reference was made in the Directors report of the Hawkesbury Dairy and Ice Society, Ltd., presented to the annual meeting on Monday night, to the difficulty that dairy farmers in general are experiencing in carrying on during the present bad times…

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Protest Lodged in Connection with Macquarie Selection Ballot. Lawson for Macquarie Nyngan Grazier Wins Selection Ballot Nationalist Candidate to Oppose Sitting Member Preference Votes Cause Remarkable Recovery

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 1

MR. JOHN N. LAWSON, grazier, of Nyngan, has been selected by the Nationalist Party to contest the Macquarie (Federal) seat at the next general election, against the sitting member, Mr. J. B. Chifley, who is Minister for Defence in the Scullin Government…

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Colo Shire Election Fight for "A" Riding Keen Interest Being Displayed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 3

ALTHOUGH only one Riding-A-is being contested at the forthcoming triennial election in Colo Shire, the interest being displayed, especially in that area, is none the…

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Big List of Candidates for Windsor Municipal Elcetion See Page 3 25 Starters Windsor Municipal Stakes Nominations Close This

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 1

ACCORDING to reports, electors in the Windsor Municipality will have a big field to choose from at the forthcoming triennial election…

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Colo Shire Election (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 12

Sir,— I should like to call the attention oft all: ratepayers of Colo Shire, who are not living on their property, to the great necessity of voting. They have only got to apply…

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Should Resign Windsor Council Indignant Protest Against Postponement of Civic Elections Alderman Gillespie Suggests Definite Action

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 1

WINDSOR COUNCIL, at its meeting on Tuesday night, suspended the standing orders for the purpose of discussing the unprecedented position which has arisen as a result of the Government's threat to postpone at the eleventh hour the civic elections in the County of Cumberland, for the purpose of the…

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Civic Elections Off Government Carries Out Threat Proclamation Issued

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 3

FOLLOWING the defeat in the Upper House of the bill to postpone the civic elections set down for this Saturday, the Government on Wednesday…

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Civic Elections (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 9

Sir,—Re my letter published in your last, issue, think it needs a little explanation, in view of the alterations you made, in printing it. I was not referring to Colo Shire…

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Federal Elections Postal Voting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 5

Electors qualified to vote by post at commonwealth Elections are those—(a) Who, on Polling day, will within the State for which they are enrolled…

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Retiring Councillors Re-elected for Colo Shire Council Truth No Told! Colo Shire Election Mr. C. A. Jeffery's Dramatic Outburst Fiery Speeches at Declaration of the Poll

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 1

ALTHOUGH four of the retiring councillors in Colo Shire were returned unopposed at the triennial election, a keen fight was waged in A Riding where two of the old representatives met with opposition. Both were reelected with handsome majorities, however, so that the personnel of the Council has not…

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Election of Officers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 7

Mr. H. H. Creer was unanimously reelected President, and in thanking the delegates for the honor conferred upon him he said he was merely a figurehead. The…

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Colo Shire Council First Meeting Since Election "Old Team" Starts Work Again

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 6

THE first meeting of Colo Shire Council since the recent triennial election was held at Wilberforce on Monday when the following were present:—The President…

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Mr. John N. Lawson the Man for Macquarie Selected U.a.p. Candidate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 1

HIS life the story of the dogged uphill fight of the man on the land, Mr. John. N. Lawson, the U.A.P. and U.C.P. selected candidate to contest the Macquarie…

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Preference Votes to Decide Final Macquarie Result Labor Landslide Result of Federal Elections Lawson Expected to Win Macquarie Magnificent U.A.P. Vote in Hawkesbury Subdivisions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 December 1931 · page 1

AN analysis of the latest figures indicates that Labor suffered a crushing defeat in the Federal elections on Saturday. Lang Plan and Federal Labor candidates alike were rejected in favor of U.A.P. and U.C.P. candidates. In New South Wales the Federal Labor Party was almost eliminated…

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