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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1927

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Forgot to Nominate Three Labour Candidates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 3

It was stated at the A.L.P. head office that the reason why no endorsed Labourite was contesting three seats—enterfield South Coast…

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Election Meetings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 4

Mr. Arthur Howarth, Nationalist candidate for Maitland, will address a meeting at Keinbah, at 4 p.m., to-morrow, in the hall, opposite the…

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State Elections Nationalist Meeting at Vacy. Address by Mr. W. BENNETT. M.L.A.

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 4

There was a large attendance of electors to hear Mr. Walter Bennett M.L.A. at Vacy, on Saturday night Mr. J. McCloy occupied the chair…

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Polling Place at Mirannie

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 1

Mr. W. Cameron, M.L.A., has been advised that the Minister has approved of the appointment of Mriannie as a polling place for and…

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wSUMMER Time Bill. New Zealand Parliament

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 6

The House of Representatives (N.Z.), spent all night discussing the Summer Time Bill, which was stone-walled vigorously, but unsuccessfully…

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Municipal Election

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 6

All election to all the extraordinary vacancy in the Municipal Council, caused by the resignation of Alderman J. M. Whyburn, will take…

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The Elections. Maitland Nationalists. Opening of Campaign

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 16

Major M. L. Jarvie, M.L.A., who is the selected Nationalist candidate for Ashfield, and Mr. Arthur Howarth, the Nationalist candidate…

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State Elections. Must Be Fought on Real Issues. Mr. Bavin's Statement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 14

"We must fight the election on real issues, and not on election stunts." said Mr. Bavin, the leader of the Opposition, in the course of a…

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Eccleston. Election Meetings

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 1

A change in the prevailing dry conditions is anxiously awaited. The rainfall since April has been: May 75 points, June 103, July 28, August…

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Irish Elections. Government Prospects. De Valera's Manifests. London, Sept. 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 2

Interest in the election of the Dail Elreann is increasing, but is by no means intense. "Our prospects of success could not…

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Gloucester. Shire Council By-election. Personal Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 6

Mr. H. Chaplin, on behalf of the Shire and P. P. Board staffs, presented Miss R. Boyes with a cut glass breakfast cruet arid half a dozen tea…

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One Seat Uncontested. Candidtes for State Elections. Five Women Nominated

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 5

For the ninety seats in the Legislative Assembly, for which nominations closed on Wednesday, 226 candidates are seeking the suffrages of the electors. There are five women nominees, and only one…

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Dail Elections. a Heavy Poll. London, Sept. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 5

[?] is the general opinion of party organisers in the Free State that there was a heavier poll yesterday than at last general elections. It is…

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State Elections Mr Cameron Opens Campaign

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 10

The Nationalist supporters of the district made Wednesday a busy day. In the afternoon a meeting, principally of ladies, was held in the Masonic Hall,…

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Election Funds. Mr. Minahan's Charge. Premier's Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 September 1927 · page 3

"I don't know of any particular reason why Mr. Minahan, who is now a renegrade and an anti-Laborite, should be supplied with any…

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Irish Elections How Parties Stand Neck-and-Neck Race. LONDON, Sept. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 September 1927 · page 5

Information about election results in the Free State is coming to hand very slowly, but it seems that a neck-and-neck race is in progress between…

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Dail Elections. John Jinks "Outed." London, Sept. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 September 1927 · page 5

Mr. John Jinks, the member of the National League who failed to vote against the Cosgrave ministry last month, was defeated in the Irish…

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Aldermanic Election. a Peachey Succeeds

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 1

There was a heavy poll on Saturday when five candidates essayed to win the favor of the ratepayers for the vacant seat in the council. The…

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A Quiet Election

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 5

So far as Muswellbrook is concerned matters in connection with the State election campaign are very quiet…

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Mr. Minahan's Charges Election Funds Premier's Statement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 4

"I don't, know of any particular reason why Mr. Minahan, wh[?] is now a renegade and an ant[?] Laborite, should be supplied wit[?]…

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