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Murray · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1952

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Hospital Board Vacancy Three Candidates

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 7

Three applicants submitted their names to the Hospital Board of Directors at its recent meeting as aspirants for the…

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Government Forces Airlines Bills Through Parliament

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tues.: In the face of almost continuous noisy Opposition protests, the Government tonight guillotined three supplementary Airlines Bills through the House of…

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Parliament’s move on bush fires

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 18

SYDNEY, Tues.: The Legislative Assembly today carried a motion urging the State Government to expedite steps to modernise the…

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Benambra Labor candidate withdraws : leaving district

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 8

Mr. C. Edmondson informed a well-attended A.L.P. meeting at Wodonga that he had re-considered his former decision to contest the Benambra seat at the Victorian elections in December…

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Parliament rises for Christmas recess

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 November 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs.: Both Houses of Federal Parliament rose early this morning for the Christmas recess…

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Bradfield by-election on December 20

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 November 1952 · page 20

CANBERRA, Wed.: Bradfield by-election to fill the vacancy in the House of Representatives caused by the…

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Senate election next April or May

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 November 1952 · page 13

CANBERRA, Wed.: The Commonwealth Government as planning to hold the Senate elections next April or May, but the exact…

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Question in Parliament Cattle Compensation Act

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 4

Mr. Lawson will the Minister It is true that a number of cattle in the Denlliquin district…

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C.w.a.--corowa Branch Annual Election

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 1

At the annual meeting of the Corowa branch of the C.W.A held on Wednesday last, the following office-bearers were…

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Labour Candidate for Murray

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 3

Mr. F. V. Holden, of Dentillquin, announces by advertisement in this issue that he is the selected Labour candidates…

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Benambra Labor Candidate Chosen

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 2

Mr Geoff Holland, of Beechworth, has been endorsed as Labor candidate for the Benambra electorate at Victorian State…

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Minister’s nephew as Labor candidate

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A nephew of Sir Albert Lind, CP, Minister Lands, is to contest Mildura at the general elections on…

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Labor’s eight-point plan for Senate election

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 11

CANBERRA, Mon. : The Leader of Opposition (Dr. Evatt) today outlined on eight-point which the Labor Party proposed for the Australian people…

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Rovers’ feeder Labor candidate

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 19

Mr Bill Findlay, organiser of Wangaratta Rovers Football Club, will stand as Labor candidate for the Murray Valley seat at the…

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Seven Electoral Reform Candidates

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 November 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wed.: The new Electoral Reform League has so far endorsed seven candidates for the State elections on December 6…

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Queen Elizabeth opens British Parliament

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 3

With all the traditional pageantry, Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, opened the first…

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Benambra Labor candidate is Coral Sea battle veteran

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 7

Mr. Geoff Holland, who will contest the Benambra seat for Labor at next month’s Victorian elections, is a veteran of the Coral Sea battle and a former light-housekeeper. At 28, he is possibly the…

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150 candidates at Victorian elections

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 November 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.: The Legislative Assembly elections on December 6 will be contested by 150 candidates—six fewer than in 1950. A Box Hill solicitor, Mr…

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Lobar candidate for M.V. opens his campaign

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 5

Speaking at Ruthergien last night, the Labor candidate for Murray Volley (Mr. W. J. Findlay) outlined his party’s policy as follows :— DECENTRALISATION: Vigorous public servants, who have been…

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N.s.w. Elections on March 24 ?

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: State Parliament adjourned tonight and is not likely to sit until after the State general…

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