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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1953

327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 17

Wants Free Elections

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK: Mayor Ernst Reuter, of West Berlin, said yesterday he would press for free elections for all Berlin…

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Senate Election

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 3

The electoral rolls will close for the purposes of the forthcoming Senate elections on Thursday…

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Municipal Election Mr. W. Duncan's Easy Victory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 1

At a by-election in Dungog last Saturday, Mr. William Mackay Duncan, of the Co-op. Butter Factory staff, scored…

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Livberal-c.p Senate Candidate

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 6

Mr. Ken Anderson, who is a member of the Liberal Country Patty Senate team for the Senate election or…

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Queen to open N.Z. Parliament

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—Queen Elizabeth will open a session of the New Zealand Parliament next year, reading the Speech from the Throne herself. The Governor-General (Sir…

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Senate Elections Postal Voting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

Electors entitled to vote by post at the forthcoming Senate elections are those who on polling day will be outside the…

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Liberal Party Senate Candidate

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 3

Mr. Ken Anderson, who is a member- of the Liberal/Country Party Senate team for the coming Senate election on 9th May,…

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Senate Candidate Visits Scone

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

Mr. Ken Anderson, who is a member of the Liberal Country Party Senate team for the coming Senate election on the…

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Senate candidate in Singleton for Lib-C.P. ticket

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 4

Mr. Ken Anderson, who is a member of the Liberal Country Party Senate team for the coming election on 9th May, is at present campaigning in the Singleton district…

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South African Election Swings On Colour issue People Voting To-day

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 4

JOHANNESBURG: How a white minority can continue peacefully to rule a black majority in peace is the problem which dominates all other issues in the current general election campaign here. Voting is…

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Tax Cuts Promised by Prime Minister Senate Election May Decide Our Future

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE: Important and valuable reductions in taxation were made by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) lost night when he opened the Government campaign for the Senate election…

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Voting for Senate Election

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 4

Referring to the Senate elections on May 9 Mr Allen Fairhall Mp.for Paterson said the voting was compulsory…

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Senate Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 4

Referring to the forthcoming Senate election, on 9th May, Mr. Allen Fairhall, M.P. for Paterson, said that voting was…

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Dungog Rotary Club Election of Officers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1953 · page 1

At last meeting of the Board of Directors of Dungog Rotary Club, the following office-bearers were elected…

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Communists Fail In Japanese Elections

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 1

TOKYO : Premier Shigeru Yoshida’s Liberal Party, fighting to keep control of the Japanese Government, to-day took a commanding lead in results from nation-wide elections…

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Labor man stresses importance of coming Senate elections

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 2

The real issues of the coming Semite election were of vital importance to every Australian, the…

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Senate Elections

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1953 · page 1

Referring to the forthcoming Senate election on May 9th, Allen Fairhall, M. P. for Paterson, said that…

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Shire election in "C" Riding soon

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 4

Ratepayers of C Riding in the Patrick Plains Shire will have to elect another councillor to fill the vacancy…

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Postal voting at Senate elections

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 2

Electors entitled to vote by post at the forthcoming Senate elections are those who on polling day will be…

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Postal Voting for Senate Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 3

Electors entitled to vote by post at the forthcoming Senate elections are those who, on polling day, will be outside the State…

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