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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1943

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Parliament to Be Dissolved on

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 July 1943 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced to-day that the Federal Parliament will be dissolved on Wednesday next…

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Election Fixed for August 21

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 July 1943 · page 1

CANBERRA Monday.—After an interview with the Governor-General this morning the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, announced that…

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Address by Mr Tom Williams Official Labour Candidate Fob Robertson

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 July 1943 · page 3

Mr Tom Williams, the selected and endorsed official Labor candidate, addressed a public meeting in the Masonic Hall, Hornsby. The…

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Parliament to Be Dissolved on

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 July 1943 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced yesterday that the Federal Parliament will be dissolved on Wednesday next. The general elections will…

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Federal Elections New Candidate for Hunter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1943 · page 2

The Hunter and District Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association has decided to nominate Mr. C. F. K. Benton, district fruit inspector, as a…

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The Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 July 1943 · page 4

The Federal elections will be held on Saturday, August 21. A meeting of members and supporters of the Muswellbrook branch of the…

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Petrol for Candidates

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1943 · page 1

Candidates for city electorates in the coming Federal elections will receive a special allowance of 100 gallons of petrol. Country…

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Federal Election on August 21

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1943 · page 1

Federal Parliament will be formally dissolved to-morrow. The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) yesterday interviewed the…

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Woman Candidate

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday—Miss Graco Scobie was yesterday nominated by the Australian Women’s Part of which Mrs. Pauline Budge is…

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Smuts’s Election Appeal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1943 · page 4

JOHANNESBURG July 4.—The South African Prime Minister (Field-Marshal Smuts), in an election message to the country, said:…

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Many Candidates For Riverina

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Wed.—Mr. George R. Simons has been selected by the Liberal Democratic Party as a candidate for Riverina to oppose…

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Under Privilege of Parliament

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 4

As was expected, the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the statements made by Mr. Ward. M.H.R., in the Federal Parliament, came to an…

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New England Election. Labor Campaign. Candidate's Attitude to Communists

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 1

At a largely attended meeting of the New England Federal Electorate Council of the Australian Labor Party, when over 40 delegates met in…

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Federal Elections Rolls Close 16th JULY

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 1

The Writs for the forthcoming Federal Elections will be issued on 16th July, 1943, and consequently the re[?]ls to be used at the elections will close at…

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Election Posters Banned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 1

Posters for the Commonwealth elections will be confined to a size 10ins. long and 6ins. wide. This means the virtual prohibition,…

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Woman Candidate Wants National Government

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 6

At the suggestion of the Women for Canberra Movement, Mrs. J. W. C. Beveridge, of Billabong, Gundagai, will contest the Senate elections as an…

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Federal Elections to the Electors of Cowper

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 3

Sir.—I wish to thank my fellow electors for the confidence and trust they have reposed in me during the last 24 years. Their unswerving…

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Tests for Bursary Candidates

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Friday — All candidates for State bursaries from both public and non-departmental schools, will take a special…

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Senate Candidates

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Friday.—The Country Party Central Executive has selected Mr. H. K. Nock, former MHR, as the party’s Senate…

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U.a.p. Senate Candidates Method of Selection

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 3

Although the U.A.P. executive will discuss the nominations at a meeting on Monday next there is little likelihood that the selection of…

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