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Murray · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1948

247 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 13

Henty Farmers' Protest Before Parliament

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 4

"It was hard to foresee what the result of the failure of Russia and Argentina to join the international Wheat Agreement would be." the Minister…

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Politics and Larger Parliament Country Representation Problem

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 6

Intense interest shown by the members of the all political at the prospect of a Parliament enlarged after the next election to a total of…

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Labor Party Expulsion Echo of Italian Elections

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.: Mr J. F. Platts-Mills, Labor member of the House of Commons for Finsbury, has been expelled from the Labor…

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Ministers' 20 Years in Parliament

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday: Two Ministers in the State Labor Government to-day completed 20 years -service M'sLA. They are the Health…

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Right Way to Enlarge Federal Parliament Bruxner Urges Plan To Ensure Decentralisation

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 3

The decision of the Chifley-Evatt-Ward-Garden Federal Government to enlarge the size of the Commonwealth Parliament must…

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Victorian Premier for Coogee By-election Campaign

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: The Premier (Mr Hollway) will leave by plane for Sydney on Wednesday to lake part in the…

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To the Editor Elections in Italy

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 2

Sir —In free and democratic elections in Italy Senor de Gasperi had some 300,000 soldiers and police parading the country…

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£65,000 for Alterations to Parliament House

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 9

CANBERRA, Wed. — Cost of alterations to Parliament House to accommodate the larger membership was about £65,000, the…

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Parliament Adjourns to Fight Referendum

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thurs.: Referendum campaign will go into full swing following; the adjournment of federal Parliament today…

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National Candidates On Review John Masefied-garofil

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 12

Likely Grand National horses will be seen in action at Moonee Valley on Saturday, when the Williamstown Racing Club will…

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Premier Bitter at Defeat of Labor Candidate in Coogee SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 May 1948 · page 3

State liberal leaded to-night strongly repudiated the claims by the Premier (Mr. McGirr) that the Liberal Party had won Coogee by-election by the “power of money and a whispering campaign.” Latest polling figures released to-night show the liberal candidate (Mr…

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Liberal Candidate Wins Coogie

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 3

The by-election on Saturday to the vacancy caused by the death the former Labor Member Mr. L. Winningham, at Coogee, resulted in…

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Many Violent Deaths in Sth. Korea’s First Election SEOUL

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 1

South Korea’s 7 million electors began voting this morning in the country’s first general election. The atmosphere is tense, but preliminary…

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North Progress Association Will Sponsor Miss Deniliquin Candidate

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 1

After hearing a proposal submitted by the mayor (Ald. Campbell) and the Back-to-Deniliquin secretary (Mr. S. W. Heilbronn), North Progress…

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Miss Deniliquin Competition Candidates Wanted

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 3

The mayoress (Mrs. H. G. Campbell) was appointed chairwoman of the Miss Deniliquin competition committee at Monday night’s meeting, which was…

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City Council by Election Albury R.s.l. Will Contest

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 5

Two candidates were nominated at last evening’s meeting of Albury sub-branch of the RSL when it was decided to consider…

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City Council By-election Nominations Close Tomorrow

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 5

Only organisation which has yet come out into the open con-cerning the approaching City Council by election is the…

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Miss Deniliquin Candidates

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 1

Candidates have been selected to represent five organisations in the Miss Deniliquin competition, Mrs, H. G. Campbell, mayoress, states. The…

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Alleged Theft From Parliament House

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 8

CANBERRA. Wed.: Raiding a house in the Canberra suburb of Kingston today, police recovered three amplifiers, and five…

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Council By-election Labor Man to Stand Mr. R. Garland Announces Candidature

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 2

Yesterday Mr R. E. Garland announced that lie would stand as a Labor candidate in the Albury City Council by-election,…

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