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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1947

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Parliament to Have Air Conditioning

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 1

When the present session of Parliament ends next month engineers will move in and begin air conditioning the library and…

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Candidates for City Council Election

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 3

It seems certain that there will be 32 or 33 candidates for the election of aldermen for Maitland land City Council. Nominations…

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Shire Council Election. Voting Time Extended

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 2

Electors of the Muswellbrook Shire are referred to an advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue, notifying the extension of time of voting…

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Municipal Elections Nominations Close

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 2

Nominations for Dungog Municipal Council close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday next. Everything is quiet on the…

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Ald. Clyde To Contest Municipal Election

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 2

Alderman M. J. Clyde has again submitted his nomination for the City Council election on December 6…

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Concert For “Miss Australia” Candidate

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 4

SINGLETON, Tues.—Singleton Social Club Younger Set’s Legacy Appeal in support of Miss Gwen Millard, the local “Miss Australia”…

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Parliament’s Message to the King On Eve of Royal Wedding

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 November 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday.—A loyal address was passed through the Federal Parliament last night for presentation to the King on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Elizabeth…

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34 Nominate for City Council Election

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 November 1947 · page 4

Thirty-four candidate will contest the election for 14 aldermen of Maitland City Council on December 6. These include 12 retiring…

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Municipal Election a Strong Field

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1947 · page 7

The coming contest for the nine vacancies on the Municipal Council should be interesting. Both the…

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Shire Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 November 1947 · page 1

In last Friday's issue we stated that Mr. Allan Wolfgang, of Jones's Reserve, would contest the shire election. We now learn thai the candidate's…

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Candidate Protests Against Returning Officer Council Expresses Confidence

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1947 · page 2

Stroud Shire Council held its monthly meeting on Friday, 14th November, all Councillors being present. The President (Cr. C. T. Abbott)…

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Compulsory Voting At Municipal Elections Second Reading Passed

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 November 1947 · page 7

The Local Government Electoral Provisions Bill which provides for compulsory voting at municipal elections,…

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The Tip Was Right It's The Old Team And Three More For Municipal Elections

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 November 1947 · page 5

The forecast on Wednesday that when the official announcement came at noon today that the team to do battle…

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Klaxons Herald China’s Free Elections

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1947 · page 1

HONGKONG November 22 (AAP Reuter)— Klaxons and horns blared from the Nanking’s drum tower the time signal tower of the Tsing dynasty at 7 ’o clock this morning heralding China’s first nation wide free…

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Port Stephens , Shire Elections

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1947 · page 3

RAYMOND TERRACE: There will be an election in all riding of Port Stephen Shire Council on December 6 Sixteen…

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Labour Opens Big Campaign in U.S Country—Wide Election (From William Horncastle, Reuter’s Correspondent)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON —The two largest organisations of American Labour—Congress of industrial Organisation C.I.O.).and the Americas Federation of Labour (A.FL ) [?] the basis of recent convention resolutions, are to-day…

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Sixteen Candidates Offering. Six Retiring Aldermen Seek Re-Election. Ten New Aspirants for Office

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 November 1947 · page 1

Ten new aspirants for the office are included in the list of 16 candidates to contest the municipal elections on Saturday, 6th…

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Municipal Elections

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1947 · page 2

THE fact that there will be thirty-four candidates from which to select a Council of fourteen aldermen at the…

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To-day’s Leader Municipal Elections Ten Hollywood Witnesses to Be Cited for Contempt

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, November 25 The House of Representatives yesterday voted that ten Hollywood witnesses, who declined last month to tell the un-American activities committee whether they were members of the Communist…

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Municipal Elections

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 November 1947 · page 6

Sir,—When I saw the aldermanic team in the local press I was surprised to note the inclusion of two comparative strangers to Maitland…

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