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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1931

766 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 39

Lano Plan Candidate Roughly Handled

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 November 1931 · page 2

Disturbances occurred at street meetings at which Lang Plan candidates at the municipal elections were giving addresses. The speakers made statements…

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Senate Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1931 · page 2

It was announced that at a meeting of the Victorian section of the United Australia Council. Senators Brennan, Guthrie, and Plain had…

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Wore Red Star Wagga Election Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1931 · page 3

George Flan (40), an announced Lang Plan candidate for Wagga municipal honors, and his father, Thomas Franels Flan (68), were charged…

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WESTON Polling Booths WESTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 November 1931 · page 5

Councillors Varty of the Kearsley Shire stated last night that local unemployed would be selected to fulfill the duties in booths at…

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Tarro Shire Tenambit Candidate Views Expressed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 November 1931 · page 6

A meeting of the Tenambit unemployed was hed yesterday afternoon at which Mr. Arthur Nethercott, one of the candidates for the Tarro Shire…

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The Elections (To the Editor)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1931 · page 4

sir,—There are considerably over 2000 aldermen and shire councillors who will most probably be Seeking the support of the electors for…

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State Parliament Cabinet's Programme

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 2

State Ministers have held a series of Cabinet meetings this week preparing the programme of bills to be submitted or proceeded with in…

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Municipal Elections. "Not Lang Plan Candidates." Labor Secretary's Statement. s

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 2

Mr. H. Hall, secretary of the Muswellbrook branch of the A.L.P., and one of the four members nominated by that body to contest the municipal…

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Municipal Council Elections Ald. Pryor a Candidate

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 5

Stung by the insinuations that he was afraid to stand at the Municipal Council elections in consequence of the farnery rumpus, Aid, Pryor…

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Shire Council Election Will Old Council be Returned? the President Hopes So

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 8

'I would like to express the hope that the present, members of the council will be returned at the forthcoming election," said the president (Cr…

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Triennial Elections Shire and Municipal Nominations Declared

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 4

Nominations for the triennial elections for members of municipal councils were declared to-day. The elections are to be held on Saturday, December 5. To-day was also nomination day for Bolwarr[?] Shire Council…

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Kearsley Shire Elections Mr. A. Bailey's Position

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 2

Although three independent candidates intended contesting the Kurri Kurri end of the Kearsley Shire elections, only one, Mr. T. D. Johns, will…

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Fireworks Foreshadowed Municipal Election Campaign. Old Rivals to Clash

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 5

The forthcoming Municipal elections promise to pan out a battle royal. Nominations, which closed…

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SINGLETON Municipal Elections the Nominations Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1931 · page 2

The following nominations have been received for the triennial election of nine aldermen to Singleton Municipal Council, to be held on…

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The Groups Municipal Elections Maitland Lists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 November 1931 · page 4

The 31 candidates for the West Maitland Municipal Council will be divided into two groups of 12 each and seven…

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MUSWELLBROOK Municipal Elections NOMINATIONS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 November 1931 · page 8

Seventeen candidates have nominated for the forthcoming municipal elections, including eight of the retiring aldermen. As previously…

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PETITION. To the Governor. Dissolve Parliament Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 November 1931 · page 5

A petition urging the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly to allow the question of dealing with disloyalists to be submitted to the electors was…

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Municipal Elections. No Grouping of Candidates

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 November 1931 · page 2

No requests have been made by any candidates or section for their names to the grouped on the ballot paper for the forthcoming…

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Municipal Elections. Eleven Candidates

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1931 · page 2

When nominations were declared on Friday by Mr. F. W. Aldis, the following were left as starters in the Municipal Stakes, Messrs. C. T…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuessday, November 24, 1931. Municipal Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 November 1931 · page 2

The time is at hand when the ratepayers are to be given an opportunity to determine what nine of the 17 candidates offering are to be…

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