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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1925

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Address by Labor Candidate

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 2

Mr Gordon E. Cross, the Labor can didate for Robertson, addressed a gathering of electors from the balcony of the Criterion Hotel on Friday night,…

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State Parliament Pensions for Widows. (By Telegraph.) Sydnoy

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, The Premier gave notice that he would to-morrow move for Jeave to bring in a bill to provide for pensions…

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State House. No Sittings Next Week. Federal Election Campaign. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 5

The Premier (Mr. Lang) announced in the Legislative Assembly would not sit next week in order that members could…

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Not Pledged. Postal Employees and the Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 3

Mr. W.H. Leck hon. Secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Postmasters Association has issued the following statement…

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Shire Election. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 2

Nomination day for the general election of councilors for the Cessnock shire has been fixed for Friday 13th last. The same date has been fixed for…

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Election Results. Latest From New Zealand. Wellington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 5

The latest election returns give the Government 56 seats Labour 13, Liberals one Nationalist nine Independents…

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Federal Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 4

It is announced by advertisement elsewhere that the Hon. John Estell M.L.C., and Mr. Geo., Booth M.L.A, will address the elections of Maitland…

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Great Victory. for the Government. New Zealand Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 7

The elections in New Zealand resulted in a great Government victory. At midnight last night progress…

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Polling Places

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 3

Glen William (Public School); Seaham (School of Arts) were accidentally omitted from the list of Polling Places published in last issue…

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Shire Election Another Polling Place

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 7

The shire clerk reported to the yesterday that it will be necessary to formally appoint the returning officer to conduct the shire…

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A Candidate for the Senate

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 1

Colonel Abbott was born at Holbart, Tasmania, and came to N.S.W. in 1888. He matriculated at the Sydney University in 1889 and was admitted…

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The Election. Mr. Thompson's Return Visit. the Red Menace

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 8

The New England Country Party candidate for the Federal [?], Mr. V. C. Thompson, M.H.R., spoke to a somewhat meagre assembly of…

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The Elections. Immigration Law and Deportations

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 2

During the present campaign, the Federal Government has been charged time and again with having deliberately hurried on the…

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Shire Elections

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 7

A notification concerning the Shire elections, and also one respecting the Aberdare Urban area, appear in this issue. Next Friday…

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State Parliament Adjourned Election Move

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 5

The Premier, Mr Lang, announced on Thursday that the Government had decided to adjourn Parliament until November 17, in order to enable members…

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Colonel P. P. Abbott. a Candidate for the Senate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 6

Colonel P. P. Abbott, a candidate in the forthcoming Senate election, at the last general election polled heavily us a Country party candidate…

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Gained Sixteen Seats. New Zealand Government. Election Results

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 11

A remarkable feature of the New Zealand elections is that the Government did not lose a seat, while it gained 16—10 from the Nationalist…

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Position in Melbourne. Waiting for the Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 7

At an enthusiastic meeting of striking British seamen, it was decided not to return to work until after the elections…

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Not Pledged. Postal Employees and the Elections

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 1

Mr. W. H. Leek, hon, secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Postmasters' Association, has issued the following statement:…

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Foreign Politics German Security Pact General Election Likely. LONDON, Oct. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 12

A communique issued by the German Socialist party state that the party representatives will not vote for the Locarno Bill in the Reichstag. This…

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