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Politics & elections, 1920

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Great Future. What a New State Could Do. Another Victoria. Big Work for Northern Parliament. (Continued.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 4

Of the task of setting up a new State more will be said later. For the present it is sufficient to know that the…

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Democratic Party. Its Aims Explained. Why Catholics Are Contesting Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

All exposition of the aims and principles of the Democratic party was given by Mr. Lawler at a meeting of the Lithgow branch of the Catholic Federation…

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Municipal Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 4

MR. Charles Henry Compton, who is a candidate for election as an alderman of the Municipality of West Maitland, will address the ratepayers opposite the "Mercury"…

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Soldier Municipal Candidates

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

A meeting of Returned Soldiers is convened for to-night (Tuesday). Comrades R. W. Dobbinson and F. H. Robinson, who are candidates for…

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The Elections

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

The coming elections will be unique in a very vital and crucial point. It is this, that no elector need feel himself, or herself, under any…

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Shire and Municipal Elections. the Bights of Returned Soldiers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 1

Under a special Act every returned soldier has a right to vote at the coming elections, although his name is not upon the Municipal…

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Municipal Election. Saturday Next

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

Those citizens who are entitled to vote should not need reminding that the triennial election of aldermen for the Scone Municipality takes…

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The Coming Municipal Elections. To the Editor

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 2

Sir,—Some residents of the town appear to be trying to have certain of the retiring aldermen, who are seeking re-election on Saturday…

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Date of State Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 4

When questioned after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, at which several important matters were discussed, but nothing finalised, the Premier (Mr. Holman) said that nothing had…

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Cessnock Shire Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 4

Polling booths for Cessnock Shire election have been arranged for A riding at Allandale Post Office. Branxton School. B. McDermotts at Dalwood, Keinbah School, B. McDermotts at Dalwood, Keinbah School, P. Russell's…

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Local Government. Polling Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

On Saturday next, from 8 o'clock in the morning until 7 at night, booths will be open all over the State for shire and municipal voting. There is a polling-place for each…

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East Maitland Municipal Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

Returned soldiers and sailors resident three months in the East Maitland Municipality, are reminded by advertisement in this issue that they are entitled to vote,…

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Tarro Shire Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

Councillor W. H. Foster, of Mount Vincent, intimates that he is again a candidate for [?], Tarro Shire, and asks for a renewal of the confidence of the electors,…

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Local Government Elections. Saturday's Task. Choosing Our Councils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

In local government circles throughout the State there will be more than usual interest in the municipal and shire council elections. The new Local Government Act, though severely criticised because of its limitations of local initiative, undoubtedly gives scope to greater activities, and may prove a useful instrument of…

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The National Candidates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

A conference of delegates from National Associations throughput the new Maitland State electorate was held in Miss Chamberlain's rooms, West Maitland, last…

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Ex-internees As Shire Candidates Returned Soldiers' Emphatic Protest

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 2

A deputation from the New South Wales Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League waited upon Mr J.- D. Fitzgerald, Minister for Local…

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Shire and Municipal Elections. Polling Day, To-morrow

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

To-morrow (Saturday), the Shire and Municipal elections take place throughout the State, and for the Municipalities the booths will be…

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The State Election. Nationalist Candidates for Maitland

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

A conference of the delegates from National Associations throughout the new Maitland State electorate was held in Miss Chamberlain's…

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Municipal and Shire Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

The polling for the municipal and shire elections will take place to-morrow throughout the State. Booths will be open at 8 a.m., and voting will be carried on…

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Tarro Shire Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

In this issue Councillor F. Jacobs appeals to the ratepayers of C riding, Tarro Shire, for a continuance of their support at the poll to-morrow. He has represented…

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