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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1947

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Sandbeds Area to Courtauld’s Act of Parliament Required

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 2

An Act of Parliament would have to be passed before the Hunter District Water Board could be forced to relinquish an…

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“Parliament Will Make Tariff Decisions” Dedman’s Reply To Attack By Lang

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Parliament would have the final, say in any revision of tariffs or trade agreements with other nations, declared the Minister, for Post-War Reconstruction (Mr. Dedmah), defending the…

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Sydney Candidates For Newmarket

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—Sydney candidates, Victory Lad Native Son, Puffham, Oriental and Cragsman, had impressive final…

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Burma Elections

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 3

RANGOON, March 3.—The All Burma Committee of the Myochit Party, under the chairmanship of [?] Saw, to-day decided not to…

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No By-Election For Redfern

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The election for the Redfern seat vacated by the Governor-General Designate (Mr. McKell) is not likely…

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Communist Candidates Defeated

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.—A.L.P. supporters defeated Communist candidates by more than a 2 to 1 majority in the annual ballot of the…

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Liberal Gains In SA Elections

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 1

ADELAIDE Monday.—The Liberal Country league Government, by T Playfored was returned to office yesterday with a gain of…

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Annual Meeting of "Diggers," Council Election of Officers and Review of Year

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 2

Annual meeting of the Hunter Valley District Council of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. was held at West Maitland yesterday, when a…

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Candidate for Holy Orders

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 2

GRAFTON: Mr. Charles Murray, of South Grafton, has proceeded to Morpeth, where he has entered St. John’s College as a…

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Parliament Discusses Trade Preferences No Concessions Without Compensation, Says Minister

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Government was nor prepared to give away trade preference without adequate compensation, declared the Minister for Postwar Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman), specking on the adjournment motion…

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W.a. Elections Tomorrow Little Interest Being Taken

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 6

Little interest is being shown in to-morrow's State elections Perth (W.A.). The election is on ordinary party issues, with no…

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Labour Losses In W. A. Elections

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 4

PERTH. Monday.—Labour appears to have lost some seats in the Western Australian State elections…

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Lost State Elections for Labor

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 1

The outcome of the Western Australian State elections is still in doubt, but Labour appears to have lost some seats…

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State Elections Soon

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 3

Labour Ministers are making every effort to have the State elections held on April 26. The State Cabinet met yesterday…

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Elections and the People

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 2

THE voting in the State elections in South Australia end West Australia is the clearest possible indication that the…

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To-day’s Leader : Elections And The People. Air Power Dominant Factor In War British Minister’s Views

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, March 18.—“Although there will be unknown changes in wartime technique owing to atomic power, I believe air power will remain the dominant war factor,” said the Air Minister (Mr. Noel Baker) presenting the air…

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The Stockyard Parliament About Mosquitoes

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 4

I take so little interest in professional racing that i don’t know the name of the jockey who (By [?] illustration in a recent “SM…

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N.s.w. Elections

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. — It was stated to-day that the NSW State elections will be held on April 26 [?] the rolls can prepared by then…

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Ambulance Popular Girl Candidates

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 2

Eighteen candidates have entered for the Maitland Ambulance popular girl competition. Nominations were declared by the…

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W.a. Elections Significant

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs—The result of the West Australian election was mole significant than the result in South Australia, the Leader of the…

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