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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1928

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Threw Eggs. Offensive Behaviour at Election Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 9

Herbert Talt and Andrew Haley, whom the police alleged threw eggs at Mr. A. G. Manning, the defeated Nationalist candidate, while…

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Shiral Elections

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 13

The triennial elections have come and gone. For C Riding of the Manning. Shire Council Forster had nominated one of its residents as a…

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Election Sensation. Communist Returned. London. Dec. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 2

A sensation has been caused in the Belgian Parliamentary elections by the return of the imprisoned Communist. Dr. Auguste Dorms, by a…

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Municipal Elections

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 7

The sweeping change in the constitution of the Muswellbrook Municipal Council that some people expected, as a result of the recent…

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New Mayor Alderman Pender Chosen. Popular Election

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 6

Alderman R. L. Pender, at a special meeting of the newly-elected council of the municipality of West Maitland was unanimously chosen to fill the…

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Colliery Mechanics Election of Assessors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 December 1928 · page 3

The election of two assessors to represent the Colliery Mechanics' Association on the Mechanics' Coal Industry Tribunal was completed on…

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Senate Election

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 December 1928 · page 7

LABOUR APPEAL IN VICTORIA Whether Messrs. Lawson and E[?] who are to be declared [?] to the Senate for Victoria, will sit in…

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Muswellbrook Miners' Lodge. Election of Officers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 December 1928 · page 1

The election of office-bearers of the Muswellbrook Miners' Lodge for the ensuing term resulted:—Chairman, Mr. A. Bennett; secretary, Mr. W. E…

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Port Stephens Shire Council Election of President

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1928 · page 2

The election of President was made in the presence of the full Council. The fee for the President was…

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Recent Municipal Election. (To the Editor)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1928 · page 2

Sir,—Re your correspondent "Citizen," in issue dated 11/12/'28. It is a pity that persons who are ashamed of their name are allowed by you, Mr…

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Cessnock Co-op. Ballot. Election of Officers. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 December 1928 · page 6

Following is the result of the ballot for the election of officers of Cessnock Co-operative Society:—President: Eugene O'Nell £416,…

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Electorate Bill Mr. Baddeley's Remarks in Parliament

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 December 1928 · page 9

Speaking with reference to the Electorate Bill in the Legislative Assembly recently, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, Member for Cessnock, said:…

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Late Mr. Flowers. Tributes in Parliament

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 6

Directly the Legislative Assembly met on Tuesday afternoon the Premier (Mr. Bavin) moved that the House should record its sense of the…

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Universal Suffrage. Tokio Municipal Assembly Elections. Tokio, Dec. 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 7

The Municipal Assembly was dissolved to-day by order of the Home Minister. The law requires that the election…

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Colliery Mechanics Election of Assessors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 13

The election of two assessors to represent the Colliery Mechanics' Association on the Mechanics' Coal Industry Tribunal was completed on…

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Senate Election Labour Appeal in Victoria

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 13

Whether Messrs. Lawson and Elliott, who are to be declared elected to the Senate for Victoria, will sit in the House will be decided by the High…

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Water Board Newcastle District Elections

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 9

The election of members for the first, second, and third constituencies of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board was decided on…

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PRESENTATIONS 'Miss Maitland' Candidates Concert at Town Hall

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 9

The final ceremony in connection with the "Miss Maitland" competition, organised in aid of the funds of the Maitland District Eisteddfod…

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Muswellbrook Letter Mayoral Election

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 7

At the special meeting held in the Council Chambers for the election of Mayor, there were present: Aldermen Humphries (presiding), W. Dobbin…

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Crimes Bill Not Passed Parliament Adjourned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 December 1928 · page 2

Any recrudescence of the crime wave, which caused such a sensation some time ago, will find the judiciary still in the same powerless, position it was then…

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