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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1949

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G.p. Candidate for Paterson

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 2

The President of the Paterson Federal Electorate Council of the Country Party (Mr. J. D. Richardson) emphasised that…

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Claim For Half Share of Fence Election

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 2

Patrick Wand, of Albert-street, Rutherford, In the Small Debts Court at Maitland yesterday afternoon, claimed £21/8/…

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[?]s Are Losing [?] Mr. Menzies Election Issue Is Socialism

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 2

"In my tour of South Wales I did not find anywhere that if the Communist got to work and started to put his case by interjections or questions he was getting any real support from the obvious trade-uniouists sitting around him,"…

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No French General Elections

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

By 358 votes to 46, the French National Assembly has rejected a De Gaullist resolution for the dissolution of the Assembly and…

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Denman P.p. Board Election

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 8

SINGLETON, Friday.—Two new directors, Mr. James Wright, of Maison Dieu, and Mr. Jack Sheppard, of Jerry’s Plains, have been…

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Shire By-election Voting No Prosecutions to Be Launched

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 4

After the report on the voting at the by-election held on Saturday, 4th September, 1948, for the election of one Councillor to fill the vacancy…

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Labor Still Losing In Council Elections

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 2

Latest County Council results show that Labour has gained 83 seats and lost 336, giving net loss of 253 as the Conservatives…

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Liberal Candidate For Dalley

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. C. W. Shields, of Leichhardt, was selected by the Liberal Party last night to contest Dailey at the…

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British Labour Plans to Extend Nationalisation If It Wins Next General Elections

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 2

LONDON, April 13 (A.A,P.)—If it wins the next elections the British Labour Party will nationalise many more industries under o programme which has been outlined in a manifesto entitled “Labour Believes in Britain.”…

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Building Union Election

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Defeated in the last Building Workers’ Industrial Union elections, ALP group candidate claim they…

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Labor's Bio for Lawson Candidate Says He Is Not a Communist

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 6

Speaking at a meeting of the Labor electoral council for Lawson at Gilgandra, the Labor candidate, Mr. Alan Manning, a former Country Party…

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Anzac Day In Election Year THOUSANDS of Diggers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 3

of World Wars 1 and 2, the Anzac Day period offered opportunities for memorial services, for reunions, and for…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 26th APRIL, 1949. Anzac Day in Election Year. Ex-servicemen Assess Rehabilitation Progress. (From a Political Correspondent in Canberra)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 3

For thousands of "Diggers of World Wars I and II, the Anzac Day period offers opportunities for memorial services, for re-unions,, and for…

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Liberal Party Candidate

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 1

SINGLETON, Thurs—The new Paterson Electorate Council will select the Liberal Party candidate at a special meeting at…

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Four Candidates for Big Competition

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

Names of the four candidates in connection with the queen competition were made known at a well-attended and euthusiastic…

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Mr. Young Not a Candidate

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 3

Mr. H. Young, of Paterson, states he is not a candidate for Liberal selection tor the new Paterson Federal electorate…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 3rd MAY, 1949. Liberal Party Candidate Endorsed. Pre-selection Ball[?]

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 3

For the forthcoming Federal Elections a meeting of the Liberal Party's Federal Selection Committee at Singleton on Saturday last, endorsed Mr…

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Liberal Party Endorses Candidate. Singleton

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 2

For the forthcoming Federal elections, a meeting of the Liberal Party's Federal Selection Committee at Singleton on Saturday last endorsed Mr. Allen Fairhall…

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Election Issue

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 2

The main point of the speeches made by Mr. Menzies in his tour of New South Wales and at his vital speech in the Sydney…

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74 Communist Candidates

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—The central executive of the Communist Party has chosen 74 candidates to contest the next Federal…

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