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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1922

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The Elections Mr Oakes Tips Coalition Majority. (By Telegraph.) Sydney-Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 3

Mr Oakes, M.L.A., says that Mr. Dooley had managed the finances of the country with the same inaccuracy as his calculation as to Labor's anticipated…

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The Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 2

Mr. Dunn,. Minister for Agriculture, writes:—As a result of visits to the Namol Wammerawa, Murrumbidgee,…

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State Elections. Batavian Pipe Contract. Sir George Fuller's Authority

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 2

Referring recently to the amount involved in the Batavian contract for iron pipes, which ended disatrously at Walsh Island, Mr. Lazzarini (Minister…

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Election Addresses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 4

Mr. David Watkins M.H.R., will address the electors from the balcony of the Angel Inn Hotel, to-night (Friday), at 8 o'clock, in support of the…

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The Election. Mr. Cann's Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 2

Mr. Geo. Cann, Minister for Mines, as mentioned in last issue, addressed a rather sparsely-attended open-air meeting outside the…

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Election Items

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 2

An up-country contemporary mentions that the election campaign has so far progressed quietly and with an absence of the bitterness that…

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Polling Place

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 6

Mr W. Bennett, M.L.A., has been advised by the State Electoral Office that the Minister has approved of the appointment of Glen Robbie, as a polling…

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Ulster Parliament Opened Wider Powers Promised

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 8

London, Wednesday.—The Ulster Parliament was opened yesterday. The King's Speech promised measures conferring upon the Government such…

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Election Forecasts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 4

Forecats of elections confidently assorting success for his side is part of the stock-in-trade of the average politician, and in the case of many the…

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Independent Labour Candidate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 6

Mr. P. Ferry, the Independent Labour candidate, at Morpeth on Thursday night addressed one of the largest meetings he hats had…

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State Elections. Sir George Fuller's Appeal. Every Vote Is Needed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 6

"Nothing In more important for the Coalition," said Sir George Fuller, "than that all those who believe in sane and representative…

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State Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 5

Mr. G. McGirr, M.L.A., Minister for Methe[?], will speak in the sempill-street, reserve to-morrow (Sunday) at 2.30 p.m. in advocacy…

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Uncontested By-election. London, March 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 2

Mr Leslie Scott (C.U.), the new Solicitor-General, was unexpectedly returned unopposed for the Exchange division of Liverpool. The…

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Labour Retains Seat. Queensland By-election

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 13

The voting at the by-elcetion on Saturday for Mr. Fihelly's seat in Paddington was as follows:— Mr. Jones (Minister or Mines) 3231…

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Road Reform. Circular to Political Candidates. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 16

The council of the Good Roads Association has sent a circular to each candidate whether Labour, Progressive, or Nationalist, urging upon him…

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State Elections. Premier's Prediction. Majority for Labour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 6

Mr. Dooley, State Premier, returned to Sydney on Sunday, after a visit to Singleton. Tamworth, and Quirindi, and left within an hour…

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Election Addresses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 4

The Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., will address the electors of Greta at 7:30 on Wednesday night next, and will speak at Branxton at 8.15. On…

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The State Elections. Mr. Bennett's Meetings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 4

Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., reports having held some of the most successful meetings of his campaign in the upper end of the electorate during…

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Polling Hours

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 6

The polling in the State elections will take place on Saturday, between the hours of eight o'clock in the morning and eight o'clock in the evening…

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Questions in Parliament. London, March [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 5

In the House of Commons, asked whether the North of Ireland Government had been consulted by the Lord Lieut before the release of the Derry…

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