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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1953

327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 17

Senate Elections Postal Voting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 6

Electors entitle [?]to vote by post at the forthcoming Senate Elections are those who on polling day will be outside…

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Shire Election

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

SINGLETON: The shire clerk Mr. R. Truman announced to-day that an extra ordinary election would…

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Postal Voting for Senate Election

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

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

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The Senate Election

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 6

Addressing the Soldiers' Point branch of the Australian Labour Party recently, Senater J. J. Arnold said:…

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Senate Elections Polling Day (May 9th)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 4

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

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Senator McMullin on Senate Election

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 2

"Before you cast your vote on May 9 remember that Australia to-day is one of the most prosperous countries in the…

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Upper Hunter referees' elections

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 3

At Group 4 Rugby League Referees' Association meeting at Muswellbrook, Singleton referee, Mr. Bernie Bushi was…

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Upper Hunter Referees' Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2

At Group 4 Rugby League Referees' Association meeting at Muswellbrook, Singleton referee, Mr. Bernie Bush, was elected…

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Election of officers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 1

Milk Zone Dairymen's Council officers for the coming year will be:— General President:…

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Inflation a Senate Election Issue

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 1

The Postmaster-General (Mr. H. L. Anthony) said that as the Senate election campaign proceeded it…

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Polling Places For To-morrow’s Election

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2

The returning officer (Mr. W, J. Price) informs voters that there will not be a polling booth at the Maitland courthouse for the Senate election to-morrow…

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Candidates for Shire Council election

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 4

An extraordinary by-election to fill the vacancy on the Patrick Plains Shire Council for "C" Riding,…

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5,000,000 to Vote To-morrow's Senate Election Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2

More than 5,000,000 people are expected to vote in to-morrow's vital Senate election. It is the first Senate poll in the 58 years…

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Tomorrow's Senate Election Spooner warns on ballot papers

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 1

It is important that Liberal-Country Party supporters vote for their candidates to-morrow in the exact order—Cl, C2, C3—as set out on the ballot paper, the Minister for National Development (Sen. W. Spooner) told a meeting of electors at the C.W.A. rooms on Wednesday night…

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Persian Parliament in Uproar

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 1

TEHERAN: The Persian Ma[?] (Parliament) broke up in [?]andmoni[?] yesterday five minutes after it met for…

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Dulwich Hill By-election

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY: The N.S.W. Cabinet is expected to fix June 20 or June 27 for the Dulwich Hill by election, a senior…

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Women in Parliament

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 8

The Netherlands Ph[?]ment has a higher Pere[?]tage of women members than any other Parliament is the world…

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Uproar In Persian Parliament

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 5

TEHERAN: Yesterday’s session of the Persian Parliament broke up in upro[?] after list fig[?]ts in the…

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Voting in Senate Elections

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 6

Speaking at a meeting of the A.L.P Peterson Senate campaign committee, Mr. C. L. Robinson, vice-president,…

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Saw Doyle’s Car in Parliament Park M.L.A. Gives Evidence At Royal Commission

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A witness told the Doyle Royal Commission to-day he had seen Doyle’s car in the Parliamentary parking area on three occasions at the beginning of the year. The witness, Bernard Sydney Llewellyn Deans, in Liberal M.L.A. for…

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