Election Tempo Rises in Britain Party Leaders Facing Final Phase of Campaign
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1
LONDON, Feb. 1.—Political camps yesterday reflected the unnatural calm before the storm, an atmosphere which all quarters expect to be dispelled when the King officially ends the life of this parliament on Friday…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 7
LONDON, Feb. 2.—Labour, leads by a hair’s breadth in the second pre-election Gallup Poll. The Conservative share of the poll…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2
SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Liberal Party will not contest the seats of Newcastle, Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Waratah, Lake Macquarie,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: The State Elections H-bomb Ready Within a Year Could Wipe Out a City “In a Flash”
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2., — America’s first hyrogen “super” bomb will be produced at relatively low cost and may be ready for testing within a year, according to informed quarters…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 5
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—A sweeping change in the method of electing the United States President was approved by the Senate yesterday…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 4
IN the course of the next few months, the New South Wales Parliament will expire, and the people will be asked to elect a new set of representatives. With a view to making itself as safe as possible…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1
LONDON. Feb. 3 (AAP. Special).— The general election campaign begins in earnest to-day when the King proclaims the dissolution of…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 2
The Liberal Party will not contest the seats of Newcastle, Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Waratah, Lake Macquarie, Kahibah and Upper Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →King Dissolves Parliament; British Election Battle Intensifies Six Thousand Week -End Party Rallies
Singleton Argus · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 1
Within a few hours of His Majesty's dissolution of Parliament, Britain yesterday found itself…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2
WHILST it would be very difficult to forecast the result of the coming elections in Britain, the issue is one of such magnitude that the democratic world will be watching events with the greatest possible interest…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 1
LONDON, Feb. 6—The Kremlin’s most intensive propaganda drive since the war went into gear yesterday when the names…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—Possibility of extraditing the arrested British scientist, Klaus Fuchs, to the United States, is being explored by the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 1
LONDON, Feb. 6. — Rival forces in this month’s general election consider the main anxiety of the average voter is to return a government which he thinks will be best able to speed national recovery…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2
A raid by Maitland police on the Queen’s Arms Hotel, High-street, on election day, December 10, resulted in a several men…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 5
LONDON, Feb. 7 (A.A.P.). — More than 1800 candidates will nominate for the 625 seats in the new Parliament…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3
By eight votes to seven, Mr. W. Parkinson was yesterday re-elected and defeated Mr. G. Nelity for the position of Vice-president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gloucester State Electorate Labour Candidate
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2
Mr. E. J. Robb, storekeeper, of Salamander Bay, Port Stephens, has submitted his name for selection as a Labour candidate for Gloucester…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hush Before Elections
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2
SYDNEY, Wed.—Because of the operation of the new electoral law in New South Wales, newspapers and radio stations will be prohibited…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2
THE by-elections in three State electorates on Saturday (Concord, Wollongong-Kembla, and Armidale) ere a matter of some importance. Because of recent amendments of the Electoral Act no further mention…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The House of Representatives yesterday approved a bill to permit Victor A. Kravchenko, former…
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