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Illawarra · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1953

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Election Of Hospital Board Today

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 1

A poll for the election of directors for the Wollongong Hospital will take place today…

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Boilermakers' Election Papers Delivered Two Months Late

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—Postal officials today delivered to the Sydney branch of the Boilermakers' Union 600 ballot papers lodged in the Union's ballot in June. The officials said that…

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Queen Candidate To Help Blind

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 27 August 1953 · page 27

A NUMBER of people attended a public meeting convened by the Deputy-Mayor, Alderman Ward, in the Town Hall last…

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Corangamite By-election

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 September 1953 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Mon. — The counting of 1042 votes in the Corangamiate by-election today resulted in…

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By-election in Lang

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 September 1953 · page 10

SYDNEY, Mon. — Mr. F. E. Stewart, 30, who was wining candidate in Lang by-election on…

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Parliament To Be Prorogued In October

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Fri.—Federal Parliament will be prorogued at the end of October to permit the Governor-General (Sir William Slim) to open a new session early in November. Cabinet is believed to…

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Milk Board Election

Kiama Independent · Saturday 19 September 1953 · page 4

It was announced this week that the Returning Officer (Mr. Murphy) had said that ,ballot papers to all suppliers entitled…

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No National Scheme for Superannuation Before 1954 Elections

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Fri.—There is no possibility of a national superannuation scheme being introduced in Australia before tHe neXt Federal elections in June…

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Aldermen cautions on elections Local Aldermen Are Being Cautious on Whether They Are Going to Seek Re-election to Their Respective Councils in December

Kiama Independent · Saturday 3 October 1953 · page 1

Several Aldermen questioned by the "Independent" said they did not feel at this stage—only a little more than a month before nominations…

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Poor Record of Voting in Elections

Kiama Independent · Saturday 3 October 1953 · page 1

Expectations of the coming local elections are that about only one person in three will vote. The average, Kiama Aldermen…

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District's D.D.B.C. Queen Candidate Is Not Yet Highly "Priced"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 October 1953 · page 8

A total of £63/7/- has been raised to support blind Lorraine Hunter, in the district's Deaf, Dumb and Blind Queen Competition…

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Dark Secret of Elections Has Gone

Kiama Independent · Saturday 10 October 1953 · page 5

The secrecy that used to surround the nominations entered for local elections until the closure had been done away with, Aldermen at…

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21 Candidates Pass Wollongong Dancing Exam

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 12 October 1953 · page 2

All twenty-one candidates passed the recent ballroom dancing examination, conducted by the Chinnock School of…

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Voting Changes In Local Govt. Elections

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 October 1953 · page 1

Proposed alterations to the method of election of municipal and shire councils announced this week will make little…

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Election Bombshell May Lead to Many Surprises Group System Could Now Become Obsolete

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 1

Local electors in Kiama, Shellharbour, Gerringong and Jamberoo who go to the polls when the municipal elections are held on December 5th will have to record their vote under the new…

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Independent Diary Election Move

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 1

Election Move— The announcement of the new voting system to be brought in for the December Council Stakes race…

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A.e.u. Minority Wants to Defy Arbitration Court on Elections

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 1

About 300 of the 1500 South Coast A.E.U. members at a stop work meeting yesterday called on their Commonwealth Council to carry out its elections, in…

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Woman Among 8 A.l.p. Members Endorsed for Council Election

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 October 1953 · page 1

One of the eight A.L.P. members who have been endorsed for the Council elections in December is a woman, Mrs. G. M. Croft, of Keiraville. Mrs. Croft will…

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Voting Move- Protest To Minister Concern at the Introduction at a Late Hour Before the Coming Local Elections of the New Method of Voting Was Expressed by Kiama Council on

Kiama Independent · Saturday 24 October 1953 · page 1

CONCERN AT THE INTRODUCTION AT A LATE HOUR BEFORE THE COMING LOCAL ELECTIONS OF THE NEW METHOD OF…

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New Candidate for Miners' Fed. Secretary

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 26 October 1953 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sun.— The Northern Miners' President (Mr. G. Noilly) will contest the ballot for…

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