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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1943

313 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 16

Nazis Help Nationalists in African Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1943 · page 1

CAPE TOWN, July 6.—"Neither the Prime Minister (General Smuts) nor anvone else is permitted to make a political speech over the Union…

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Traditional Posters Will Be Missing at Federal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Posters for the Commonwealth elections will be confined to a size 10 inches long and 6 inches wide. This means…

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Mr. Curtin on Election Posters

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—It was ridiculous that in the fourth year of year men should be taken from essential industries such as food,…

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Soldiers' Votes May Delay S.a. Election

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 3

CAFE TOWN Wednesdny—collection of soldiers' votes from the Middle East and further afield may delay the results of the…

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Many Independents At Election

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—A feature of the pre-election talk is the increasing number of Independents who announce that they will be…

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Smuts Confident at Elections

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 1

CAPE TOWN. Thursday. — After yesterday's general elections — the result will not be known for 14 days — the Premier (General…

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Labour Election Endorsements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Official A.L.P. Executive to-night endorsed Senators Amour and Armstrong and Ald. Donald Grant, of Sydney City…

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Ucp Vict. Senate Candidate

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 July 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—Mr. W. L. Moss, of Numurkah, will be the Country Party representative in the combined UAP-CP Senate team…

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Menzies Gives His Idea of Real Election Issue

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 July 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE. — The Federal election would not be fought on such absurd red herrings as the Brisbane Line. Mr. Menzies told…

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The Privilege of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1943 · page 2

In deciding that Mr. Ward could not be examined on his statements on the Brisbane Line," Mr. Justice Lowe said that no…

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The Supreme Election Issue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1943 · page 2

The verdict of history on the sixteenth Parliament of Australia will be that it was on the whole unworthy of the critical…

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Raceless Saturday and Beer Election Issues From Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1943 · page 2

Good answers would have to be found to arguments against raceless Saturdays and to complaints about the unsatisfactory end of the beer…

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Win Elections First Ironworkers' Policy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1943 · page 2

The most important immediate task of the union was to work for the return of a strengthened Labour Government at the Federal elections,…

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Dame Enid Lyons a Candidate

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 July 1943 · page 3

HOBART.—Dame Enid Lyons, widow of the former Prime Minister. Mr. J. A. Lyons, has been endorsed as UAP candidate for…

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Five Candidates for Robertson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1943 · page 2

GOSFORID, Wednesday. — Mr. Lance Gilbert Frank Newman, 62, retired grazier, of Grenfell, now of Point Clare (Gosford), announced his…

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"War Films Used in Electioneering"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1943 · page 1

CANBERRA. Wednesday.—The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Fadden) accused the Minister for Information (Senator Ashley) of…

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Mr. Lang Wants By-election Deferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 July 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The State Speaker (Mr. Clyne) to-day received Mr. Lang's resignation from Auburn to enable him to contest the Reid…

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No Election Activity Yet In Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 July 1943 · page 2

With the Federal elections only five weeks away to-morrow there has been little sign of campaign activities on behalf of…

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Writs Issued for Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA; Friday.—Writs for the election of the 17th Parliament were issued to-day, and at 6 p.m. enrolments for electoral rolls…

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Strike Issue at Elections Mr. James's Warning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 July 1943 · page 2

Mr. R. James M.H.R., at a meeting of Hunter Federal A.L.P. Council yesterday, urged delegates from industrial areas to use their…

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