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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1925

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The Elections. Campaign Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 2

The vote will be taken locally at the Oddfellows, Hall, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday next. We have heard is…

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Old-Time Upper Hunter Election. Fifty Years Ago

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 2

Extract from "Maitland Mercury's" memoirs:— On 31st May, 1875, at the Scone hustings, the following candidates…

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Shire Elections

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 4

Many people are anxious to know when the election of a council for the Shire of Cessnock is to take place, so that local government…

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State Elections. Taxation Question. Sir George Fullers Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 6

Sir George Fuller, Premier, made a statement, in which he made reference to the increased taxation which the Labour party intended to impose and a…

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Polling Day. Hints to Electors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 3

Polling tiny is on Saturday, next, 30th instant The poll will open at. 8 a.m." and close at 8 p.m…

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Polling Day

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

The polling booth on Saturday will be conducted at the Shire Chambers, Dungog. The booth will be open from 8 a.m. until 8…

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Polling Day on

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 3

Polling day is on Saturday next, 30th. The poll will be open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Hotels will be compulsorily closed between polling hours. Voters…

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Polling Day. Hints to Electors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

To-morrow is polling day. The poll will open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Hotels will be compulsorily closed…

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Postponement of Polling. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 5

Referring to reports that polling may have to be postponed in the flooded areas. Mr. Oakes, Chief Secretary, stated to-day, that it is a…

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Election Results As Many of the Election Results As Abe Available Will Be Announced at the "Chronicle" Office on Saturday Between 9 P.M. AND 12 Midnight. Additional Results Will Be Posted Between 10 AND 11 A.M. on Sunday. the Town Joining the Navy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 1

Master C. Baker, son of Mr and Mrs Baker, of Ford Street, left for Sydney yesterday to submit to a medical test preparatory to joining the Royal…

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Old-time Upper Hunter Election. Fifty Years Ago

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 1

Extract from "Maitland Mercury's" memoirs:— On 31th May, 1875, at the Scone hustings, the following candidates…

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The Eve of the Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 4

Almost all the groat volume of platform oratory on State politics in connection with the general election has been expended, and by the time that…

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Elections of the Past. (All Rights Reserved.) NO. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 6

Probably no part of the State has had more interesting or exciting political contests than, the Upper-Hunter, and from an early period of settlement, or…

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State Elections

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 4

Speaking at Coff's Harbour, Mr. Robinson, selected Nationalist said:— The Puller Government has placed our finances in a satisfactory condition and…

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State Elections

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 4

Mr. J. H. Cumeron, Nationalist candidate for Oxley one of the endorsed trio speaking at Wingham said: In offering myself as a candidate for the forth…

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State Election. Paterson Rally. a Labor Charge Refuted

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 4

A largely attended meeting greeted Messra. Gordon Bennett and Fred Sykes at Paterson, on Saturday night last, when those speakers…

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The Elections. To-morrow's Sacred and Important Duty. Hints to Electors

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

The poll will open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Hotels will, be compulsorily closed between polling hours…

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The Elections. To-day's Polling

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 6

The poll will open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Hotels will be compulsorily closed between polling hours…

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Polling at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 4

Polling was steady at East Maitland during the morning and, judging by the early voting, a record poll is anticipated. A feature was the number of…

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Polling in Flooded Areas. Question of Postponement (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 6

Referring to reports that polling may have to be postponed in the flooded southern areas, Mr Oakes, Chief Secretary, stated to-day that it is a mattor…

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