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Politics & elections, 1922

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Merriwa Shire Elections Big Contest in Two Ridings

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 November 1922 · page 6

There will be more than passing interest in the Merriw Shire Council elections to be held on December 2. There are new candidates in the field,…

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Tarro, Shire Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 November 1922 · page 4

Nominations for councillors for the Tarro Shire were declared to-day at the office at East Maitland. For A riding there were only two…

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The Shire Elections. Contest in Each Riding

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 November 1922 · page 11

Notwithstanding the short notice given in calling for nominations the response has proved to be sufficient to cause an election in each of the three…

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Liquor Referendum. Parliament to Decide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 10

The question of the liquor referendum was discussed by the Nationalist Party. There was a desire that the…

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State Parliament. Business to Be Dealt With

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 9

The hope of the State Government that the present session of the State Parliament will end this week is scarcely likely to be realised. The Legislative…

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Morpeth Municipal Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 4

The triennial election for the return of six aldermen will be held in Morpeth on Saturday, December 2. Nominations must reach the Town…

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Triennial Election. Rail and Tram Appeals Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 3

The counting of the votes in connection with the triennial election of representatives and deputy-representatives of the railway and…

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British Elections. Strain on Leaders London, Nov. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 5

Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Asquith are suffering from the strain of electioneering. His doctors had ordered Mr. Bonar Law…

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Federal Elections. the Writs Issued

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 7

The Governors of the various States issued writs upon their respective Commonwealth electoral officers, ordering the Senate elections…

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New South Wales Candidates Nearly Seventy Announced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 7

The total number of candidates so far definitely announced for 28 New South Wales seats in the House of Representatives is 68, of whom…

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Coming Elections. Party Manoeuvring. London, Nov. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 12

Apparently for the moment there is an armed truce between the staff officers of the National Liberals and the Conservatives on the vexed…

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British Politics. Labour Losses. Local Government Elections. LONDON, Nov. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 12

Labor has been heavily beaten in the borough, county, and rural council elections in England and Wales. The party has…

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British Elections Party Prospects. London, Nov. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 2

Nomination day for the British ejections has passed without any surprising alteration in the anticipated candidate strength of the…

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Parliamentary Candidates. London, Nov. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 12

The parliamentary candidates definitely nominated on Saturday exclusive of those for the combined English and Scottish Universities,…

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British Elections. Pugilistic Peacemakers. London, Nov. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 November 1922 · page 5

Gangs of young Communists, mostly, have been breaking uo meetings of the Conservative Party at the Bothnall Green by drowning…

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The Elections Primary Production. What National Government Did Some Gigantic Figures

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 November 1922 · page 1

"This problem of finance was child's play, until, the war period," said Senator H. C. M. Garling at the opening of the National Senate…

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Municipal Elections Local Interest Growing. Add Fleming to Retire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 November 1922 · page 1

The trienmial elections for nine aldermen to guide the destinos of the municiplaity for the next three years take place next month…

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Shire Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1922 · page 4

Councillors Hector and Butler, of Tarro Shire Council report having held meetings at Hebburn and Stanford-Merthyr, at which votes of confidence…

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British Elections Unusual Apathy. London, Nov. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1922 · page 5

Prime Minister, Mr. Bonar Law, promised the country a quiet time, and the country seems to be taking it already. If it had not been…

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The Three Nationalist Senate Candidates

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1922 · page 2

SENATOR H. C. M. GARLING. SENATOR E. D. MILLEN. SENATOR J. THOMAS…

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