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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1941

43 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 3

"Dirty Little Conspiracy" Serious Charges Hospital Board Election Director's Outburst at Meeting Deprecated by Colleagues

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 September 1941 · page 1

ALLEGATIONS that the recent election of the hospital board was decided by "about a hundred hand-picked individuals," that the rolls had been…

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Shire Election Discussion Nomination Day Friday, November 14 Polling Places Decided Postal Voting Amendment

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 October 1941 · page 1

THE added expense devolving on the shire by reason of the recent amendment of the Local Government Act to abolish postal voting-except where…

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Shire Election (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 October 1941 · page 2

Sir,-I shall be much obliged if you will publish this Letter, to let the people of A Riding, Colo Shire, know that I shall not be offering myself as a candidate for the…

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Council Reports to Last Windsor Meeting Polling Places Appointed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 October 1941 · page 7

THE polling places for the council election on December 6. were decided upon in the course of consideration of reports presented to the…

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Hospital Board Business at Monthly Meeting Election Charges Investigated

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 October 1941 · page 6

A REPORT to the effect that an officer of the Hospitals Commission had investigated allegations made in connection with the recent election of the board,…

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Mayor and Shire Councillor Not Election Candidates See Page 3. Mayor Not Candidate (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 1

Sir,-As I will not be a candidate at the forthcoming Municipal Elections, I would like to take this opportunity of thanking the "Windsor and Richmond Gazette" for the…

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"Bogus Show" Mr. Chifley, M.p., on Secret Funds Speech in Parliament

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 1

"THIS bogus show" was the phrase used in Parliament by the Member for Macquarie (Mr. J. B. Chifley) to describe the circumstances…

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Shire Election Mr. J. C. Timms to Stand Consents to Requisition

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 10

FOLLOWING our comment on the matter in our last issue, we have been advised that Mr. J. C. Timms has been presented at Kurrajong with the following requisition:…

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Apple and Pear Scheme Investigating Commitee Report Tabled in Parliament

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 November 1941 · page 5

THE Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully, tabled in Parliament on Wednesday of last week the final report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee which…

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Nominations Announced for Local Government Elections See Pages 3 AND 9. Council Elections New Candidates Standing in Towns and Shires

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 1

WITH new candidates offering for each, of the four district councils, some close and interesting contests appear likely, from an early survey, at the…

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Officer Exonerated Hospital Election Allegations Commission Official Holds Inquiry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 1

THAT there had been no irregularities connected with the compilation of the roll, the procedure regarding postal votes was quite in order, and he had…

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Local Government Association Makes Appeal To Electors See Page 8. Council Elections L.G. Association Appeal No Party Politics

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 1

Over half a million citizens in this State will go to the polling booths on Saturday, December 6th, to choose the persons who will represent them on the Municipal and…

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Richmond Entry Sixteen Council Candidates Retiring Aldermen Nominate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 11

NO less than sixteen aspirants for aldermanic honors have nominated for the Richmond Council election on December 6, which, considering the experience…

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Colo Shire Elections to the Electors of "A" Riding

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 9

Ladies and Gentlemen,- It is now only a few days until the election of Councillors for Colo Shire. As a candidate for "A" Riding, I solicit your…

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Windsor Elections (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 7

Sir,-Having read the listed names of the candidates nominated for aldermen in the Windsor Council, I beg space for comment on some of the matters relevant to the…

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Unjustified Expenditure in Colo Shire Council Administration Claimed by Candidate in Election Address

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 9

IN an address to which particular interest was attached, in view of the speaker's lifetime experience as a Council Clerk, including 14½ years' service in that capacity with the Colo Shire Council, Mr. J. C. Timms, "A" Riding candidate for that council at Saturday's elections, at Kurrajong on Friday evening…

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Financial Reform and Council Elections Shire Candidate's Address

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 10

THE necessity for election of "financial reform" candidates to councils, to induce the latter to support the present "financial reform" Federal and State…

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Cast Your Vote at the Council Elections This Saturday Decision In Abeyance Brick or Fibro for Nurses' Quarters Alternative Tenders Decided at Hospital Board Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 1

AT a special meeting of the board of directors of the Hawkesbury Benevolent Society and Hospital on Monday, called to consider further the vexed…

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Council Elections (Continued from Front Page) Candidates Express Thanks

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 December 1941 · page 2

In expressing his thanks to the electors for having returned him to the council, Cr. Ziems said this had given him a further incentive to continue working to the best of…

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Details of Saturday's District Local Government Polls Council Elections No Old Representatives Defeated Vacancies Filled in Windsor and Colo Full Retiring Richmond Council Returned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 December 1941 · page 1

APPARENTLY regarding their retiring representatives as the most suitable men offering, electors in the three district council areas returned those gentlemen at the local government polls on Saturday, the old Richmond Council having the satisfaction of being returned en bloc, while former members of the Windsor and…

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