Sharp Brush in Parliament
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Bitter exchanges occurred in the House of Representatives to-night when Mr. McEwen (C.P., Vic.) declared that a member of the Federated…
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Politics & elections, 1941
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Candidates for City Elections
Indications to-day were that there would be between 50 and 60 candidates for election to the Greater Newcastle Council…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The United Australia Party Council to-night defeated further attempts to restrict the local branches of the right to select…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Legislative Assembly adjourned to-day until February 25 next year. The Premier (Mr. McKell) gave the House an assurance that if an…
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Sir,—Candidates for the forthcoming council elections have been chosen at a secret meeting of business men. The A.L.P. has long been criticised by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Final Trials for Eclipse Stakes Candidates
MELBOURNE: In a final trial for the Eclipse Stakes to-day Lucrative ran the last four of seven furlongs in 48½sec. Lucrative was ridden by his…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Aid-to-russia Queen Candidates
Candidates for the Aid-to-Russia queen competition. Left to right—Back: Miss H. Wiggins (Hamilton) Mrs. L. Chinnock (Swansea), Miss T. McLaughlin (Speers Point). Front: Misses G. Sheerin (Mayfield), J. Brownlee (Lambton-Wallsend), B. Norris (Merewether), S. Elms (Belmont)…
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SlXTY candidates will face the people at the Greater Newcastle Council election on December 5. Below is the first of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Elections Grouping of the Candidates
Interest in the Greater Newcastle elections to-day centred in the grouping of candidates in the respective wards. They had until…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One Nomination Refused Greater Newcastle Elections
At the declaration of nominations for Greater Newcastle Council yesterday, the Returning Officer (Mr. G. Wells) announced that except for the nomination…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clergy Send Out Pamphlets Sunday Sport Issue at Election
Under the caption "Hands off Sunday," 20,000 pamphlets are being distributed among electors in Greater Newcastle area. The leaflet has been prepared by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Campaign Begins West Ward Progress Candidates
Messrs. R. G. Cram, P. A. Berrigan, and S. Campbell, the Progress candidates for West Ward, opened their council election campaign at Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stanford Main No. 2 Miners' Election
The secretary of Stanford Main No. 2 Miners' Lodge (Mr. D. Davies) defeated a former official in the half-yearly ballot for the position…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Council Election Citizens' Committee Candidates Not Tied to Policy
Applications for grouping of names on the ballot papers for the Greater Newcastle elections on December 6 closed on Saturday, and the 59 accepted candidates are now bracketed in accordance with the organisations they represent, as individuals or as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rally of Council Labour Candidates
It was imperative that Labour should get a majority in the Greater Newcastle Council so that the council could cooperate with the Federal and State Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rally of A.l.p. Candidates
Labor aldermen elected to the Greater Newcastle Council would ill future meet in Caucus to decide the altitude they would adopt as a body…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"How to Vote" Sermons on Council Elections
Newcastle clergymen are preparing "how to vote" sermons for their congregations on the eve of the City Council election, to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Council Election Greater Newcastle Must Succeed Say Progress Candidates
"Candidates running under the banner of the District Council of Progress Associations are free men in every respect, and they support a municipal policy framed by representative of every association in the Newcastle district and will do everything possible to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Still Hopes to Be a Candidate Mr. Hurn to Interview Returning Officer
Mr. J. S. Hurn, whose nomination for the Greater Newcastle Council was rejected by the Returning Officer, said last night that he had arranged to interview…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Ward Candidate Opens Campaign
The need for improved transport facilities to outlying areas was emphasised by Mr. A. E. Shaw, an independent candidate in North Ward, in opening his…
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