To-day’s Leader The L.G. Elections Arabs and Jews Snipping From Rooftops Terrorists Break Silence
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 1
JERUSALEM, December 4.—Arabs and Jews began sniping at each other from roof tops in Jerusalem’s old city last night. British troops occupied the border zones between Jaffa…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 6
THE Local Government elections on Saturday next are of more than ordinary consequence, since on this…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 8
M. CLYDE: Holds the office of vice-chairman of works and is in close touch with Council’s works loan programme. He has served on…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 6
CANBERRA, Friday.—The House of Representatives adjourned last night for the Christmas recess. The Session had [?]…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 1
Tomorrow (Saturday) is the day of the ratepayer and residents eligible to vote for Local Government [?] In both the Scone Municipal Council and the Upper Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bruxner Demands Name Of "Informer" Question in State Parliament Over Report on Citizens' Rights Committee
Singleton Argus · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 1
The Country Party Leader (Mr. Bruxner), in the Legis-blative Assembly last night, demanded the name of the person who had told the Police Commissioner (Mr. MacKay) that the Citizens' Rights Committee was an organisation similar…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Independent Ex-Services Candidates. (Contributed)
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 2
Mr. C. T. (Barney) Grout-Smith says: In giving you a brief outline of the policy the two ex-service candidates will follow if elected to the Municipal…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 2
I feel quite satisfied with the prospects of the labour team. Our team is a good cross section of the community as it comprises five mine workers, two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. A. S. slack's Qualifications For Shire Councillor Progressive Candidate (Contributed)
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 4
Sponsored by Millfield Progress Association, Mr. Astley Slack, as a candidate for C. Riding in Kearsley Shire elections, fulfils all the requirements of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-Morrow's Municipal and Shire Elections Voting Compulsory for Electors on Local Government Rolls. Big Teams Foe Moswellbrook Poll
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 1
Residents should note that if their names are on the Municipal or Shire rolls they will be required to vote at to-morrow's elections. This provisionvof the Act applies also to those who may be residing outside either area, provided that their names appear on…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 4
Shire and municipal elections throughout the State will be held to-morrow (Saturday). Little interest has been manifested in the…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 1
SIR,—The letter from Mr. H. E. E. Garside in your last issue suggests that Mr. P. G. Burgess is offering himself as a candidate…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 1
SIR,—In answer to Mr. H. E. E. Garside's letter, why he will not vote for Mr. P. Burgess: I believe I can speak for most…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 1
SIR,—Elsewhere in these columns there appears an advertisement dealing with a policy to be carried out by a number of…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 7
As many inquiries have been made in regard to the voting at the Maitland municipal elections three years ago particulars of that poll are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Apology for Bank Policy Mr. McGirr’s By-Election Speech At Lithgow
Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 7
SYDNEY, Friday—Speaking last night at Lithgow in support of the new Labour candidate, Mr. J. Chalmers, for the Hartley by-election on December 13, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) said Labour had no apology to offer for its policy…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 7
SINGLETON, Friday.—Twelve candidates, including the present nine retiring- aldermen, are contesting the municipal elections…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Those on the Municipal Roll are Compelled to Vote To-morrow's Triennial Election of Aldermen
Singleton Argus · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 4
In order to avoid confusion at to-morrow's triennial election of aldermen of Singleton Municipal Council, residents are advised that compulsory voting, applies only to those persons whose names arc on the Municipal roll…
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Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1947 · page 3
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Political parties contesting the Hartley Stale by election next Saturday are preparing for the most lively…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Elections Big Win For Municipal Group In Maitland Labour Victories In Cessnock, Kearsley and Lake Macquarie
Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 December 1947 · page 2
The solid victory of the Municipal group, which scored roughly a two-to-one vote against Labour, was the chief feature of the elections for the Maitland City Council on Saturday…
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