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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1922

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Aftermath of Elections. (To the Editor)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 2

The results of the elections that took place on 25th March are interesting in many ways. The polling was heavy, showing that electors…

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The Elections. Delayed Returns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 3

The chief electoral officer of the State (Mr. E. B. Harkness) has been advised by the returning officer at Broken Hill that the ballot papers…

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Letters to the Editor Aftermath of Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 6

Sir,—The result of the elections that took place on 25th March are interesting in many ways. The polling was heavy, showing that electors…

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The State Elections. Sturt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1922 · page 5

The delayed returns from Wheatban and Sidonia have come to hand. The returning officer expected to make the final result known at a late hour last…

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Election of Mayor. Maitland Municipality. Alderman R. L. Pender Elected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1922 · page 5

A special meeting, of the council of the Municipality of West Maitland was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, last evening. There were…

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Federal Politics. Early Election Favoured. Prime Minister Consulted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 3

All important conference was held at the Commonwealth Offices late on Tuesday afternoon between the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) and a party of…

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Disappointed Bishop. Criticism of Elections. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 5

Bishop Carroll, Roman Catholic Bishop of Lismore, in opening a bazaar, declared that the recent election results were disgraceful and…

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Correspondence. Aftermath of Elections. (To the Editor)

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 6

Sir,—The result of the elections that took place on 25th March are interesting in many ways. The polling was heavy, showing that…

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Cessnock J.c. Committee an Election

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 5

The nominations for the committee of the Cessnock Jockey Club having exceeded the number required there will be an election. All the retiring…

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The Elections. Labour Candidates Return Thanks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 14

Mr. W. O'Hearn, M.L.A., and Mr. W. Brennan, who, with Mr. j . Culbert, contested the Maitland seat at the State elections in the Labour…

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The State Elections. Sturt

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 8

The delayed returns from Whealbah and Sidonia have come to hand. The returning officer expected to make the final result known at a late hour last…

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The Elections. Delayed Returns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 6

The chief electoral officer of the State (Mr. E. B. Harkness) has been advised by the returning officer at Broken Hill that the ballot papers…

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Election of Mayor. Maitland Municipality. Alderman R. L. Pender Elected

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 5

A special meeting of the council of the Municipality of West Maitland was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, on Tuesday. There were…

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Labour Conference. Victoria's Annual Gathering. Selecting Parliamentary Candidates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 3

The annual conference of the Victorian Labour Party was occupied on Saturday in considering the reports of the sub-committee appointed to…

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Our Telegrams. Federal Elections. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 5

Many Labour leaders fear that the Federal elections will be held very shortly. They say that when the House of Representatives meets in…

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State Politics. Meeting of Parliament. Super Tax

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 2

The State Parliament will be opened on Wednesday next by commission. It is understood that the Government's intention is to adjourn arter…

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Election Reflections. (No. 3)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 10

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, is the articulate expression of an ideal that civilised nations have given assent to at various…

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State Parliament. Will Assemble on Wednesday Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 5

Parliament, which assembles on Wednesday, will probably adjourn for a month immediately after the passage of a measure giving authority for the…

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Protestant Candidate Honoured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 4

In the Methodist Mission Hall at Kurri Kurri, a complimentary banquet was tendered to Mr. W. P. Skelton, M.L.A., by the Kurri Kurri Campaign…

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Disappointed Bishop. Criticism of Elections. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 9

Bishop Carroll, Roman Catholic Bishop of Lismore in opening a bazar, declared that the recent election results were disgraceful and…

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