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Illawarra · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1950

262 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 14

"Labor Does Not Want Election of Bills"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sunday. — The Labor Party did not wish to precipitate an election by its stand on the Government's Communist…

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Parliament to Review Korea Position

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday. — An emergency meeting of Federal Parliament is to be held next Thursday to consider the action taken by the Commonwealth Government in the Korean War…

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Parliament Has a Right to Say

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 2

THE PRIME MINISTER has done well to call Parliament together to discuss the Korean situation and Australia's part in it. Both Parliament and the public are entitled…

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State Parliament May Meet July 12

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 3

SIDNEY, Monday.—The first meeting of the new Parliament is stated to have been tentatively fixed by the Premier (Mr…

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Election Results "Too Slow"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — The Leader of the State Country Party (Mr. Bruxner) today criticised the delay in the…

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A.L.P. Reviews State Election Result

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1950 · page 3

The Illawarra State Electorate Council of the A.L.P., at a meeting on Sunday, reviewed the results of the recent State…

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Parliament Endorses Intervention

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.—With the wholehearted support of the Labor Party, the House of Representatives, at a special sitting today, endorsed the action of the Menzies Government in authorising Australian support for United Nations intervention in Korea. Mr. Chifley said "I emphatically agree that…

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Hospital Board Puzzled Over Procedure For Election

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1950 · page 2

Amendments to the Hospitals Acts, both State and Federal, have set boards of district hospitals the problem of deciding the method of holding the triennial election of directors…

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Hospital B'd. Elections

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 17 July 1950 · page 1

The difficulties in arranging an election of rectors to the Board of Management of hospital and particularly just who are eligible to vote [?] mentioned at last Friday's meeting of Wollongong…

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Ironworkers Able To Hold Election

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. —Judge Dunphy ruled today that there was no valid reason why the Federated Ironworkers'…

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Five Main Points in A.l.p. Municipal Election Policy

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 2

The A.L.P. Municipal Assembly meeting Sunday, approved five items of major policy which will be enunciated by the Labor Party candidates, during the municipal…

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Postal Vote For Bulli Hospital Board Election

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 2

Bulli Hospital Board of Directors has decided to hold the election of directors by postal ballot. The secretary was instructed…

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Hospitals Have Election Problems

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 4

Both Wollongong and Bulli District Hospital Boards are experiencing difficulty in preparing rolls of subscribers for the annual election of board members…

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Parliament Opens September 12

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The State Cabinet will meet tomorrow to consider legislation for the first, session of the State Parliament…

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The Hospitals Election Tangle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 4

THE HOSPITALS Commission seems to be getting itself into something of a tangle over the approaching elections of Hospital Boards throughout the State…

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M.H.R's Election Disputed

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 10

SYDNEY, Mon. — Mr. Justice Fullagar in the High Court sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, today reserved judgment on a petition disputing the validity of the election…

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New Rolls For—council Election

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 12

New rolls of electors have been prepared for the City of Greater Wollongong Council elections in December. The total electors enrolled number over 47,000…

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A.L.P. City Election Candidate

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1950 · page 8

At the last meeting of the Scarborough-Wombarra branch of the A.L.P., members nominated Mr. Bob Foster as their…

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Insufficient Time for Hospital Election

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1950 · page 2

A special meeting of the Bulli Hospital Board decided against the holding of a ballot to elect the new board…

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Council Getting Ready For Elections

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 7

Greater Wollongong Council fa getting ready for the December elections which, this year for the first time will be conducted o[?]…

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