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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1950

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City Council Elections

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 2

The South Maitland Flood Mitigation Committee, at a meeting last night discussed the forthcoming municipal elections and…

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Allen Fairhall, M.H.R., SAYS:— Prospects of Immediate Election Vanish

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 1

The prospects of an immediate election have disappeared. The next effort of the Labour Senate Majority to…

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Shire Elections

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.—All members of the Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday intimated that they would again stand, if…

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Election of Officers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1950 · page 4

The election or officers resulted as follows:—Mrs. N. J. Robson, re-elected President unanimously. Mrs. Skilten, wished to retire from the…

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Retreat Again Or Election

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 2

ELECTORS are naturally feeling that there is a decidedly hollow ring to Mr. Chifley’s. latest declaration of solid opposition to the Government's Commonwealth Bank legislation. The leader of the Federal…

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To-day’s Leader: Retreat Again Or Election ? Australians Near Manchurian Border Heavy Bombing Preceded Brigade’s Attack

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, October 30 (A.A.P.-Reuter). — Australian troops fought their way into Chonju, 50 road miles from the Manchurian border, last night after American planes had paved the way with an aerial blitz as big as anything yet…

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Cabaret For Queen Candidate

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Monday. A successful cabinet was held in the show Ground [?] in aid of the Hensland Queen candidate…

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Election of Office-bearers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 2

The election of officers for the coming year then took place: President, Mrs. G. H. Marshall. Vice-Presidents, Mesdames…

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City Council Elections

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 5

To date few nominations have been received for the annual elections of Maitland City Council. It is expected, however, that…

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To-day’s Leader: Just Plain Folks ! Congress Elections on

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 —A new United States Congress will be elected on Tuesday by the first-past-the-post system…

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Election Fight Becomes Bitter Democrats Expected To Hold Power

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (A.A.P.).—Republicans and Democrats are fighting a bitter “battle the air waves” the United States congressional campaign nears its climax…

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Effect of Korean Reverses on Congress Elections

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, November 6.—Three eleventh-hour factors in the congressional election campaign could have a “momentous bearing on the political future of the United States and the world.”…

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Port Stephens Shire Election

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 4

A meeting, of the Parents and Citizens’ Association and Progress Association was addressed by Mr. Laurie Shearman, a candidate…

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Elections Coming

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 2

Nominations for the election of nine aldermen and six councillors for the Singleton Municipal Council and the Patrick…

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Endorsement of Shire Candidates

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 3

Because there had been no time for Cr. A, Johnson and Mr. T. Gleghorn, the two Labour candidates for C. Riding in Kearsley Shire, to…

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Murrurundi Shire Candidates

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 6

When, nominations closed for the five Ridings of Murrurundi Shire, it was revealed that three of" the five Ridings…

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No Federal Elections This Year

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1950 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wed. — Federal ministers said today that there would be no Federal elections this year…

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Setback to Mr. Truman Democrats Lose Control In Election Landslide

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, November 9.—The Democrats will have a slim nominal control in the new Congress, but the door will be open to a new coalition of Republicans and anti-Truman Democrats, mainly from the Southern States,…

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Republicans’ Elections Victories

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 6

NEW YORK, Nov. 9. — The Democratic Party suffered serious reverses in yesterday’s congressional elections…

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Municipal Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 1

Saturday, 2nd December, has been fixed for the holding of the Municipal Council elections for the election of nine aldermen…

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