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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1953

327 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 17

Senate Election Counting

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 4

The Final council of the Senate election would portably not be known until early next month the…

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Dulwich Hill By-election

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY: The General secretary of the Liberal Party (Mr J. Carrick) announced last night that Mr. W. N[?]…

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Members Walk Out of Parliament

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 May 1953 · page 1

TEHERAN: Some Members of the Persian Parliament walked out yesterday during the second, reading of a bill…

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Result of Election for Shire "C" Riding

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 May 1953 · page 2

With aproximately 50 per cent, of the electors recording a vote. Harold Douglas Hobden, a farmer,…

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668 failed to vote in Shire bye-election

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 8

Patrick Plains Shire Councillors were told yesterday that 668 electors failed to vote in the extraordinary…

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Doyle Had “Office at Parliament House Willmore’s Commission Evidence

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: George Malcolm Willmore, of Willmore and Randall, real estate paints, told the Royal Commission today that bankrupt investor and convicted forger, Reginal Aubrey Doyle, has given him two telephone numbers at Parliament House, telling him they were in “his office.”…

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Election Riot In Naples

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 7

In a violent clash between Neo-Fascists, and police in the centre of Napier on Wednesday night [?] people…

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Fighting in Persian Parliament

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 1

TEHERAN: Fighting broke out in the Persian Parliament yesterday when discussions resumed on the Government bill…

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Storms Threat To Elections

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 1

ROME: Rainstorms sweeping Northern and Central Italy last night endangered the small margin by which…

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Glad Women Seek Election (To the Editor.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 1

Sir.—It was good to see the names of two housewives among those seeking election as Directors of the Cessnock…

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Ambulance Election Date

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 1

It is understood that the date for the election of a committee will be fixed at a meeting of the Upper…

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Peace Campaigns’ Beating On Elections

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 6

FRANKFURT; The “peace” campaigns of the Soviet and U.S. Government in the next few months many influence the outcome of the general elections due in West Germany this summer political observers…

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September Snap Election?

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY: Political observers believe there may be a snap Federal election early in September…

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Election Day Sale of Liquor

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 June 1953 · page 2

The licenses of the [?] Hotel Maitland was fined £4 with 12/ [?] in Maitland [?] to-day for…

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Ambulance Election: 15th AUGUST

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 1

After a lapse of about nine months, August 15 has been set for the election of a committee of 12 for the…

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LOCAL & General News Junior O'K's ELECTIONS

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 2

The Methodist Junior Order of Knights held its mid-year election of officers at its meeting last night. The following…

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M.Z.D.C. Critical of Election System Clarification System

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 2

Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairyman’s Council protested last night against the system of election of representatives to the Milk Zone Production Advisory Committee…

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Protest against advisory c'mttee election system

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 4

Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council has protested against the system of…

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Welter Candidate Speedy

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Henry the Seventh, to be ridden by apprentice E. Sheather in the Guildford Welter at Warwick…

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New South Wales Parliament Closed for Ten Monthsc

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 5

Mr. Geoff. Crawford, M.L.A. (C. P. Barwon), said yesterday that the people of New South Wales might be surprised to…

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