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Murray · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1931

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Darling Electorate. Rival Candidates

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 4

The Hon. Arthur Blakeley, M.H.R., Minister for Home Affairs, and Australian Labour Party endorsed candidate for Darling, was born at…

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The Postponed Elections In County Cumberland. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 1

Mr. Bluett, secretary of the Local Government Association, says that Ministers' powers in the postpone-: ment of the municipal elections in…

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Hay Municipal Council Election Felicitations

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 4

For the usual fortnightly meeting of the Council, on Monday night, all the new aldermen took their seats, and the four members of the old Council…

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Federal Elections Postal Voting

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 2

Electors qualified to vote by post at Commonwealth elections are those— (a) who on polling day, will not be within the State for which they are…

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Election Campaign

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 4

The N.S.W. State Executive of the A.L.P. are making strenuous efforts in support of their candidates in the Federal election campaign. Besides…

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Saturday's Election

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 2

THE election which will take place throughout Australia on Saturday is of the most profound importance to every inhabitant of Australia, and…

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Federal Elections Mr. Heiss Speaks at Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 1

At a well-attended open-air meeting held in Sanger street on Saturday night, Mr. Jack Heles, the selected and endorsed Labour…

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Election Night and 200

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 1

Election night, December 19, will be of momentous importance, and the Australian Broadcasting Company has made…

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Federal Elections Postal Voting

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 4

Electors qualified to vote by post at the Commonwealth elections are those: -- (a) Who, on polling day, will not be…

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The Elections Mr. Hankinson's Speech Energy, Ability, Integrity

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 2

The Mayor (Aid. J. A. Lawson) presided at a meeting at the Town Hall on Thursday night when Mr. R. H. Hankinson, are of the endorsed United…

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Election of Shire President

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 3

A special meeting of the Jerilderie Shire Council was held on Saturday morning last for the election of a president for the…

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Federal Elections To the Editor

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 2

Sir,—This campaign has been short and strenuous and has tested the effciency of all the organisations responsible for its conduct…

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Federal Elections

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 3

The Federal elections will be held on Saturday next, 19th inst., for the House of Representatives and the Senate. In this electorate four…

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Federal Election Great Meeting at Albury Mr. Hardy for the Senate Arrives by Aeroplane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 2

Mr. Chas. Hardy, Leader of the Riverina Movement, addressed a great gathering in Dean Square on Tuesday evening when he spoke in support of…

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Election Points

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 5

The tariff is a live issue everywhere, throughout the Commonwealth at this election. It is well-known that heavy duties and embargoes and prohibitions…

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Election Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 8

Mr. Lyons believes that the Scullin-Theodore-Moloney Party will be defeated in this election. So much the better for Australia if they are…

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Electionisms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 11

"To create credit for £20,000,000. for loan, works is unsound."—Scullin in cable to Lyons, 10th November, 1930, condemning Theodore's inflation…

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Federal Election. Mr. Parker Moloney's Book of Statistics Who Computed It?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 11

For the second time I find myself compelled to crave a little space to correct extravagant mis-statements made by one of the Labor candidates…

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The Senae Election

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 5

One of the three endorsed Country Party and U.A.P. candidates for the Senate. The other two are Senators Cox and Greene…

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The Elections Official Advice to Voters

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 2

Polling day is Saturday (to-morrow) from 8 a.m. to S p.m. Voting is compulsory. Electors are urged to vote during…

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