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Murray · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1920

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Treaty As Election Issue

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 20

The "New York Times" correspondent at Washington says that Senator Born) and a small group of irreconcilable Republican senators have started an organised…

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Albury Municipal Elections

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 28

The first elections under the now Local Government Act take place on January 31. The Act imposes considerable new powers upon councils, and it is to be…

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Hume Shire Election

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 41

A public meeting of ratepayers of A riding, Hume shire, was held at Balldale, on December 30, 1919. Mr. A. A. Howard, president Balldale branch F.S.A.,…

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The Hume Election. Declaration of Poll

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 46

The poll of the Division, of Hume was declared on Tuesday afternoon by the Divisional ^Returning Officer, Mr, N. E. Litchfield in the presence of a fairly…

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Hume Shire Elections

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 23

Nominations for the triennial elections to the Hume Shire Council close on January 16, and the elections take place bn January 31. The candidates so far known…

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The Federal Elections. the Victorian Senate

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

The result of the Senate voting in South Australia, is that the three Nationalist candidate have all been elected. In West Australia, Senator…

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The District Shires Nominations for the Triennial Elections. Many Councillors Returned Unopposed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

The nominations for the election of Shire councillors for the various Shires in the district closed yesterday, when the following were lodged:…

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The Senate Election and Its Lessons

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

THE election for the Senators to represent this State has turned out more satisfactorily than was to be expected from the complicated and…

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American Presidential Election. W. G. M'adoo a Nominee. Washington, Jan. 8

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 2

The Democratic National Committee has fixed on June 28 for the next democratic convention at San Francisco. The selection of the place of meeting showed…

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Hume Shire Election. Discussed at Brocklesby. B, Riding Candidates Selected

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 4

As the remit of a suggestion from the Brocklesby Farmers and Settlers Association some weeks ago, a public meeting was held on the 20th ult…

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Hume Shire Council. Three Sitting Candidates Nominated for Riding C.

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 3

So far only three candidates have been nominated for Riding C of the Hume Shire Council. They are Crs B. P. Bell, E. O .Heppner, "Willow Bank,"…

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The Federal Elections

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 2

The Senate count in West Australia has been completed, and has resulted in the return of the three Nationalists—Senators Lynch and Pearce, and Mr…

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New South Wales Elections. the Farmers Organising

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 1

A conference of delegates of the Murray electorate committee of the Farmers and Settlers' Association held at The Rock recently, decided to ask…

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Federal Elections. the State of Parties. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 3

Up to the present, the exact state of parties, as they will appear in the new House of Representatives, cannot be de­finitely stated, owing to uncertainty as…

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Culcairn Shire Elections Protest Against Two German Candidates

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 4

A Culcairn report states that meetings of Returned Soldiers' Leagues are being held throughout the Culcairn Shire, protesting against the nominations of Mr. H…

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German Candidates for Shire Election Indignation Meeting at Culcairn Strong Protest by Returned Soldiers Petition to the Premier [?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 2

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Albury Municipal Elections. All Aldermen Retire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 2

At the triennial election for the Municipality of Albury, the whole nine aldermen will retire. The election will be held on January 31. Nomination day is…

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Socialist Labor Party. Active in State Elections. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 3

The Socialist Labor Party and the Industrial Socialist Labor Party, the later of which was formed by the break away section of the A.L.P after the last…

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Shire Elections. Keen Competition in the a Riding

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 2

Candidates desiring to contest the [?] in the three riding of the Berrigan shire [?] today to lodge their nomination papers…

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Mathoura Notes. Shire Candidates Address the Electors

The Independent · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

Fully 150 ratepayers of Murray Shire attended the public meeting held in the shire hall on Tuesday evening to hear the views of the five candidates for C Riding. It was…

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