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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1925

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State Parliament. Adjournment for Three Weeks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 2

On the legislative Assembly resuming on Wednesday afternoon, the Speaker announced that he had been presented to the Governor…

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Opening of Parliament Members Sworn In. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 2

Members of both Houses of the New South Wales Assembly gathered in the Legislative Council at mid-day. Mr A. C. Willis was sworn in as a member…

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Chamber of Commerce Election of Officers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 6

A special meeting of the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce was held at the Town Hall last evening, for the purpose of electing the…

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Shire Elections. Keen Interest Evinced. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 3

The number of candidates offering themselves for election has made the shire election which takes place, on Saturday an interesting one…

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Election Meetings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 4

Mr. Donald Grant, selected Labor candidate, with Messrs J. Cousens and W. Brunner, the selected Labor candidates for A [?]riding, Cessnock…

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Cessnock Shire Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 4

Cessnock Shire Council elections will be held on Saturday, 27th inst. A list of the polling places appears in an advertisement elsewhere. The…

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Parliament Opened

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 2

The formal opening of Parliament took place on Wednesday. There was an absence of pomp and ceremony. Miss Preston Stanley…

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Polling Booths Administrator's Explanation (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 7

Sir,—In reply to certain criticisms in your paper as to polling booths being taken away from the various places I desire to say, that…

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Letters to the Editor. Chessnock Shire Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 6

Sir,—It has been publicly stated by their opponents that Messrs. Wright of Weston, and Jas. Butler, of Pelaw Main, candidates for B Riding, and…

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Shire Elections. Messes. Ward and Barrett. Past Administration Criticised

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 8

A most attentive and cordial hearing was accorded Messrs. G. A. Ward and W. J. Barrett, two new candidates for civic honors who are out to…

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Shire Election (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 12

Dear Sir,—I would like to ventilate a grievance against the powers that be in connection with the approaching extraordinary election for shire…

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Humour in Parliament

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 8

Ladies who assembled in force in their gallery at Parliament House on Wednesday to welcome Miss Preston Stanley, M.L.A., could not restrain…

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Parliament by Day Labor

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 4

The business of the State is to be done by day labor in future. Cabinet adopted on Tuesday the Premier's proposal that Parliament should…

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Federal Capital. Work on Parliament House

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 7

Mr. Butters, chairman of the Federal Capital Commission in the course of an address to members of the Rotary Club at the Hotel Canberra, said…

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State Parliament New Session Opened. Absence of Pomp and Ceremony. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 5

The first session of the 27th Parliament of New South Wales opened at noon to-day. There was none of the usual pomp and ceremony…

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Liberals Defeated. Nova Scotia Elections Vancouver, June 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 5

A message from Halifax states that the Liberal Government and the Premier (Mr. E. H. Armstrong) were defeated at the polls in the general…

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Chamber of Commerce Election of Officers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 5

A special meeting of the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce was held at the Town Hall Wednesday for the purpose of electing the…

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Election of Speaker

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 5

At the conclusion of the swearing in Mr. Frank Burke, moved that Mr. James Dooley be Speaker of the House. "It gives me great…

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Labour Returned. South Australian by Election

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 7

Only 5000 out of nearly 15,000 voters went to the polls at Port Adelaide on the occasion of a by-election to fill the vacancy caused…

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Cessnock Shire Election. Keen and Exciting Contest Four New Men Returned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Monday 29 June 1925 · page 5

Very keen interest was displayed in the election of a council for Cessnock shire to take the place of the one that as dissolved in the beginning…

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