Fifty-three Candidates for Council Elections Five Groups on Ballot Paper
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 1
The fifty-three candidates who nominated last Wednesday for the Greater Wollongong Council election remained in the ballot when it was finally declared on Friday at noon…
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Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 1
When the nominations for the Council Elections were announced by the Returning Officer (Mr. W. H. Mitchell) at the Town Hall, Wollongong, at noon on Friday, fifty three candidates had indicated their intention of…
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Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 7
The nominations have closed for the first election of the newly-formed Greater City Council. There is no dearth of…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 19
Brief details of candidates nominated by the individual Progress Associations are:— BERESFORD, Chas. E.—Active…
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Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 3
Sir,âWith the increasing tempo of the election campaign, we read in our local papers, all sorts of wild and unfounded…
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Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 7
Sir, — The continued attacks made on me through the press by Mr. Rex Connor, some under his own name, some under…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 1
When the electors of the district on Saturday choose the first 15 elected aldermen to represent them on the Council of the City of Greater Wollongong, they will bring to a close the briefest…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 17
Sir—During the past fortnight candidates have repeatedly appealed to the electors of the City of Greater Wollongong for their…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 17
Sir.—I read with interest a letter published in the local press last week, over the signature of T. A. Comerford. It referred to the forth…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 18
Sir,—My attention lias been drawn to a possible misinterpretation of certain voting instructions on the official A.L.P…
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Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 1
The elections for the Greater Wollongong Council, held last Saturday, resuhed in the return of eleven members of the Civic Progressive Group and four from the A.L.P. Group. The Mayor, Ald. H. A…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 9
Mr. R. F. X. Connor, A.L.P. campaign director in the Greater Wollongong City Council election, who was narrowly defeated for 15th place as an alderman on the new council, stated at the Wollongong Council Chambers (yesterday), at the declaration of the…
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Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 1
Mr. R. F. X. Connor has lodged £149 with the City Council and made application for a recount of the votes polled at the elections held on October 9. Mr. Connor was eleven votes…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 1
The cost of re-counting votes in the recent council election— which has been formally requested by Mir. R. F. X. Connor—will be in…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 3
[?] it is good to see such [?] election win scored by popu[?] Harry Graham, esper[?] such a big field on 53…
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Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 November 1948 · page 11
Mr. H. Fowles, M.L.A. caused an uproar in the House last Thursday after he had questioned the acting Premier, Mr…
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Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 November 1948 · page 1
Mr. C. T. McLean has been appointed Returning Officer for the recount of the votes cast in the recent Council Elections. His salary, will be £5 a weeK in addition to his ordinary salary. The appointment was made…
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South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 November 1948 · page 1
Mr C. T. McLean has been appointed Returning Officer for the re-count of votes in the recent Greater Wollongong City…
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Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 November 1948 · page 10
Opinion in Parliament House lobbies last week was that the current session of the 18th Federal Parliament will end on…
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Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1948 · page 4
Canberra's political prophet believe that the Government will hold the elections about the middle of next December…
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