Duties on Petrol and Oils Ratified by Parliament CANBERRA
The first wartime excise duties on petrol and lubricating, oils, which has been operating since September 8, were ratified by the House of Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections
Politics & elections, 1939
556 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 28
Cessnock Election of Mayor
Cessnock Council will hold a special meeting on Tuesday night to elect the Mayor for next year. It is expected that the present Mayor (Ald. J. Brown) will…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Test Will Be Next Week Government and Army Pay Strong Sections Wish to Avoid Election Canberra
The test of the issue of soldiers pay, which is threatening the stability of the Menzies Government, has been postponed until…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tom Dewey As Candidate Republican Nomination For U.S. Presidency New York, December 3
Mr. Thomas Edmund Dewey, New York County's District Attorney, has announced that he will be a candidate for Republican nomination for the Presidency…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Result in Doubt Mayoral Election Next Thursday Preferences Important
With the election due to take place next Thursday night, the question who will be the next Mayor of Greater Newcastle remains unanswerable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Try to Avoid Election Strong Feeling in Canberra Mr. Menzies May Force Showdown Canberra
The outcome of political developments next week on the Army pay impasse is impossible to predict. The feeling is strong that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early Federal Election Messrs. Watkins and James Optimistic
Messrs. D. O. Watkins, M.H.R., Newcastle, and Mr. R. James. M.H.R., Hunter, are optimistic that the Federal Labour party will be in power before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federal Crisis Over Soldiers' Pay Two C.P. Men Baulk at Election Idea Don't Want Labor in Power Canberra
Two prominent members of the Country Party to-day declared it inadvisable to force an early election on the issue of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Maitland Election To-night Ald. Morton May Be Mayor Again
Ald. H. C. Morton will probably be elected Mayor of East Maitland for his fifth successive term at a special meeting of the council to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Election Fears Overcome Soldiers' Pay Is To Be Higher Government Amends Its Policy Canberra
Pears of a Federal election have passed with the decision of Cabinet to adjust soldiers' pay. Cabinet's proposals were put before a meeting of the U.A.P. this morning. The Country Party is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broadmeadow Gallops Candidates Prepare for Maitland
Bobby and Prairie Chief were the smartest half milers at Broadmeadow this morning running the distance in 51½…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Another Mayoral Term for Alderman Brown? Cessnock Election To-night
Cessnock Council will to-night elect its Mayor for 1940, but it is not anticipated that there will be a keen contest for the position…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dropped Election Campaign Candidate Sues U.A.P. Official for £2000 Opposed Mr. Stevens at Croydon Sydney
The nomination of Garry Bray Raymond Kidd Gordon for the Croydon electorate against the then Premier (Mr. Bertram Sydney Barnsdale Stevens), and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Claim by Political Candidate £2000 Damages Sought Sydney
Gary Bray Raymond Kidd Gordon to-day detailed in the Supreme Court arrangements which, he said, had been made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Friendly Aldermen on Election Eve
The happiest, friendliest, nicest place in all Newcastle last night was the City Hall. Twenty good fellows, lighthearted, gay, patient, tolerant, met in the council chamber and chatted in the most seemly way for nearly four hours about the affairs of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Surprises and Excitement Still Mayoral Election Concomitants Last Night Was No Exception
Bitter disappointments; unpredictable surprises; tense excitement. So went the mayoral election. Hardly more than a handful of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →35-Hour Sitting Parliament Up Till April 3 CANBERRA
After a 35-hour sitting the House of Representatives adjourned for the summer recess to-night. On the adjournment, the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →British By-election Big Poll for Conservative Candidate LONDON, December 10
The Conservative candidate won the by-election for the Stretford Division of Lancashire by an overwhelming majority. The by-election was held as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Novice Candidates Prairie Chief's Prospects
A NUMBER of those engaged in the Novice Handicap have good recent form to their credit. Prairie Chief, a smart galloper, who is topweight with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →ALD. S. Crick a Candidate for Lord Mayor Sydney
Civic Reform aldermen who hold 11 of the 20 votes in the City Council agreed in Caucus to-day to nominate Aid. B. Crick as the Party's candidate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →