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Politics & elections, 1948

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 16th NOVEMBER, 1948. Canberra Parliament. End of Session in Sight. (From a Political Correspondent in Canberra)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 3

Opinion in Parliament House lobbies last week was that the current session of the 18th Federal Parliament will end on Friday, November…

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Mr. R. Clendinning. C.p. Candidate for Paterson

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 2

Cr. Robert Clendinning, of Muscle Creek, has been nominated as a Country Party candidate for the new Paterson electorate in the…

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U.s. Election Voting

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Nov 17.—The latest count of the popular vote in the elections gives President Truman 23,669,387 votes to…

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Five Country Party Candidates for Paterson

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1948 · page 3

When nominations closed yesterday, there were five candidates seeking Australian Country Party endorsement for the new…

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Five C.p. Candidates for Paterson

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1948 · page 3

When nominations closed on Tuesday, there were five candidates seeking Australian Country Party endorsement for the new Federal seat…

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Country Party Candidate

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1948 · page 5

MUSWELLBROOK.—Mr. Robert Clendinning, of Muscle Creek, who has been nomina[?] as a Country Party candidate for the…

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Penmore a Likely Winner. Is a Well Fancied Villiers Stakes Candidate

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 8

As usual the Flyig Handicap looks like being the Most poplar race on the programme at the Canterbury meeting to-morrow:…

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European Parliament

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 7

LONDON, Dec. 2.—Britain has agreed to support the French plan for a European Parliament, says Reuter’s Paris…

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Safeguards Against Red Interference Elections in West Berlin

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Dec. 4.—As a safeguard against Communist attempts to interfere with the polling, an estimated 10,000 German police will patrol the western sectors of Berlin tomorrow when the municipal elections will be held…

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Rebuff to Communists in Berlin Ninety Per Cent Vote in Western Elections

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Dec. 6.—Nearly 90 per cent of Berliners in the Western sectors yesterday voted in the municipal elections, which is regarded as a severe rebuff to the Communists…

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Labour Wins City Council Elections

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. — For the first time In 21 years, Labour aldermen on Saturday won control of the Sydney City Council…

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Rebuff for Communists in Berlin Elections Socialist Democrats Well in Front

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 2

Communists were severely rebuffed yesterday in their bid to disrupt the Municipal Elections in the Western Sectors of Berlin. A final vote of nearly 90 per cent, is forecast…

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DECEMBER 1949 Election Tip Parliament Was in Benevolent' Mood

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 4

Canberra's political prophets believe that the Government will hold the flections about the…

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December 1949 Election Tip. Parliament Was in Benevolent Mood

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 5

Canberra's political prophets, believe that the Government will hold the elections about the middle of next December…

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Kearsley's Presidential Election

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 3

Kearsley Shire Council will elect its president for the coming term at a special meeting at the council chambers to-night…

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Russians Not Satisfied With Berlin Elections BERLIN

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 1

Denouncing Sunday's Western sector elections as "anti-constitutional, undemocratic and legally invalid," the…

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Labor Wins City Council Elections

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 2

For the first time in 21 years, Labor aldermen on Saturday won control of the Sydney City Council…

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Soviet Ignores Results of the German Elections Denounced As Undemocratic and Legally Invalid

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Dec. 4.—In swift confirmation of forecast in German political circles that the Soviet authorities will ignore the results of Sunday’s elections in Western Berlin, and that the elections will have no effect on Russian policy in the city, the Eastern…

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Widening of Political Breach in Victoria Hints At Early Election

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday—With the widening of the breach between the Liberal and Country Parties, an early election in Victoria seems inevitable. First appearance in the House yesterday of the…

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Early Election in Victoria Seems Inevitable Widening of Breach Between Liberal-country Parties

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 2

With the widening of the breach between Liberal and Country Parties, an early election in Victoria seems inevitable. First appearance, in the House yesterday of the all-Liberal Government was marked by the most bitter and abusive…

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