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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1949

430 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 22

30-Hour Week Labor Party Election Policy

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 2

Reduction of working hours to 30 a week is included in the election policy of the Labor Party. The "Federal…

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Elections To Egg Board

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, has announced that the election of five producers’…

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30-Hour Week Labor Party Election Policy

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 5

Reduction of working hours to 30 a week is included in the election policy of the Labor Party. The "Federal…

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News in Brief Egg Board Election

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, has announced that the election of five producers' representatives to the Egg…

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Local Quest Candidate Stands Down Miss Colleen Heuston As Substitute

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 5

As Miss Norma Lyons has received her call up for nursing training at Newcastle General Hospital, she has…

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Broadcasting of Parliament an "Insult"

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1949 · page 2

Broadcasting of parliamentary debates was a national insult, the Minister for Education (Mr. R. Tovell) declared in opening the Victorian…

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Miss Australia Candidate

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1949 · page 2

SINGLETON. Sat.—Miss Coleen Heuston, daughter of ?MR. and Mrs. W. L. Heuston, of Glenrdding Singleton, is another candidate in…

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Fights at Election Meeting Newcastle Disturbance

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 September 1949 · page 2

Police separated a number of men who began to fight at a Newcastle Communist street meeting yesterday…

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Socialists Policy for Elections

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Sept. 6. — Britain’s Socialists will fight the general election on e policy of full employment…

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Federal Election On December 10

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday. — The Federal Cabinet has fixed December 10 as the date for Federal elections…

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More Information Needed On Hunter Valley Trust Far Reaching Measure That Parliament Must Examine Closely

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 1

Because of the novel—in some circles it is being alluded to as revolutionary—nature of the proposal to set up a Government-dominated Trust to control all matters relating to conservation in the Hunter…

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Maybe Snap Election in England

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 4

Delegates at the Trades Union Congress at Bridlington, Yorkshire, discussed the possibility of a snap general election if the…

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Election Day December 10 Fixed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 1

The Federal Cabinet has fixed December 10 as the date for Federal elections. Ministers had before them…

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New Parliament in West Germany Speaker Says People Long For Peace

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 September 1949 · page 1

BONN, Sept. 8.—A Sermon Republic was born anew beneath the black, red and gold flag of the old Weimar regime as the new West German Parliament sat for the first time to inaugurate Germany’s first Government since…

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Shot Dead in Parliament Gun Duel in Colombia

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 4

Police and army forces were rushed to surround the Capitol building at Bogota, capital of the South…

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By-Election For Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Cessnock by-election made necessary by the resignation of the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, will be…

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Crook, Candidate For Cessnock

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 September 1949 · page 2

Cessnock branch of the A.L.P. decided yesterday to demand a pre-selection ballot to determine the candidate to contest…

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Polling Place at High School

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1949 · page 2

Electoral Commissioner E. Bennetts, has informed Mr. A. Howarth, MLA, advice has been received that the Commonwealth…

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Claim That Only Six of Eight A.L.P. Men Eligible for Selection Cessnock By-Election On October 8

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 September 1949 · page 3

Although eight names have been mentioned in connection, with the A.L.P. selection to contest the bye-election made necessary by the resignation of Mr. J. M. Baddeley, at least two of them cannot be considered it has been claimed, because they…

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Mr. Horne Will Not Contest Election

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 September 1949 · page 3

Local auctioneer, Mr. Sam Horne, who had earlier announced his intention of contesting the by-election for the Cessnock seat made vacant by…

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