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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1952

218 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 11

Ambulance Election Declared Invalid Our Letter Box (To the Editor)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 1

Dear Sir—Permit me space to comment on Cr. L. B. Carter's remarks re Paterson Curse on two Stewarts Brook holdings…

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Upper Hunter Ambulance Elections Declared Invalid

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 1

The New South Wales Ambulance Transport Service Board has declared the Upper Hunter…

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Miners' Central Executive Election (To the Editor.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 10

Sir,—According to press reports, Labor politician's intend to address members of the Miners' Federation at Cessnock…

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Three States May Decide America’s Election Issue Parties Expect Close Voting At To-morrow’s Poll

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK: An expected 55 to 60 million Americans will go to the polls to-morrow to decide who is to be the next President to the United States. The Vice-President, 34 Senators (one Senator was elected in Maine in September), 435 members of the House of Representatives, 29 State Governors,…

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Neck and Neck Contest in Presidential Election Voting Starts To-Day Close of Angry Campaign New York, Fridays

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 2

The angry U.S. Presidential election campaign ended bitter, ly last night in an almost continuous barrage of radio and…

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Miners' Elections To-morrow A.L.P. ACTIVE

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 5

Circulars and voting papers have been issued by the A.L.P., urging miners at the annual elections for the Miners'…

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Election Campaign on Television Eisenhower Says Why He Would Go To Korea

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK: The angry 1952 United States presidential campaign reached its hitter end lost night and threw the verdict to an expected record turnout of about 55 million voters in to-day's election…

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Election Voting

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK: Voting for 432 seats In the House of Representatives and 29 contests for State Governorships will go…

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To-day’s Leader Plenty Of Work For State Soldiers’ Interest in Elections

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 1

SEOUL: American soldiers huddled around radios in bunkers and command posts to-day for the latest new…

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Record Vote Expected in American Election Campaign Was Bitter And Most Expensive In History

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK: Americans voted earlier end in greater numbers than ever before yesterday to elect either a Republican—General Dwight Eisenhower—or o Democrat—Adlai Stevenson—as President of the United States. They also voted to decide which party shall control the next Congress,…

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Election Sidelights

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK: General Douglas MacArthur, once tipped as a likely President of the United States, did not…

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Election Flash

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK: At 2 p.m. Sydney time. Republican national chairman (Arthur Summerfield) claimed a victory for General…

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Parliament in Recess

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 November 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA: Federal Parliament went into Christmas recess early to-day. The Senate went into recess…

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Landslide In U.S. Election Eisenhower's Triumph

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1952 · page 1

The new President of United States is General Dwight Eisenhower. He is the first Republican to hold the office for 20 years. The popular vote figures showed that Eisenhower had…

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Eisenhower Will Keep Eye in Australia External Affairs Minister Speaks On Elections

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK: Australia has no need to fear that General Dwight Eisenhower, next President of the United states, will not take on active interest in what happens in its part of the world, Mr. Richard Casey, the Australian External Affairs Minister, said yesterday…

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Reds Beaten In German Elections

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 1

BONN: An overall swing to The right and the almost complete defeat of Communists were the feature of municipal elections in three States of North and Western Germany. The So[?] Demooratta, a…

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Board Election Cost £300

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: The chairman of directors of the Cessnock District Co-Operating Society (Mr. R. Fisher) said the recent…

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Local & General News METHODIST O. K. ELECTION

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 2

At a recent methodist Court of tne. Order of Knight's. Singleton Knight Commander Harry Dorsman…

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Shire of Stroud Extraordinary Election of Councillors to be held on the 29th Day of November, 1952

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1952 · page 5

NOTICE is hereby given that I have this day nominated the following persons as Candidates for the Office of…

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Stroud Shire Council Mr. V. R. Phillips a Candidate

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1952 · page 4

Mr. V. R. Phillips has consented to nominate for the vacancy in E Riding of Stroud Shire caused by the death of…

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