Council Candidates: Progress Assn's. Nominations
The District Council of Progress Associations will decide tomorrow night whether to nominate three candidates for each ward at the…
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Politics & elections, 1944
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Governor Tells Parliament State Plans to Dam Hunter Extend Newcastle Port
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Storage dams on the Hunter River and extension of Newcastle port facilities and sewerage are included in the State Government's £50 million postwar works programme…
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LONDON. Thursday.—A by-election for the Bilston seat in the House of Commons caused by the death of Mr. L. C. Hannan (Con.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Curtin Fell in Parliament
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) slipped and fell in Parliament House today and sprained his ankle badly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parliament Rose After 32 HOURS Some Slept in Chamber
CANBERRA, Friday.—After 32 hours' continuous sitting, the House of Representatives adjourned to-night until Tuesday…
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CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Government proposes to finish the business of the session next Thursday, after which both Houses of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ex-servicemen's Body Says Election Valid
SYDNEY, Monday.—A special meeting of the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and women decided that the ballot in which Mr. B. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Not Election Stunt" Boolaroo Health Centre Plan
Exception was taken by Cr. J. T. Johnston at the meeting of Lake Macquarie Shire Council to a remark by Cr. M. Browne that a motion [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speculation And Facts About City Council Election
Round about the same number of candidates as contested the triennial elections three years ago — 59 — is expected at this stage to nominate for the twenty-one Greater Newcastle Council seats in December. Even the most exaggerated observation cannot envisage a "field" approaching the record…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ambulance Ballot Trades Hall Could Not Withdraw Candidates
Representatives of Newcastle Trades Hall Council moved the suspension of standing orders at the annual meeting of…
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The A.L.P. (J. T. Lang leadership) is the latest organised party to enter the field in search of municipal…
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Georgetown branch of the A.L.P. (J. T. Lang leadership) decided to call for nomination's from members desirous of selection as candidates…
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Stating that the Director-General of Education (Mr. McKenzie) had said that Maths, l and 2 were compulsory subjects for candidates for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Municipal Elections May Be Postponed"
Mr. Hawkins, M.L.A., told Newcastle State A.L.P. Assembly that a bill for compulsory voting at municipal elections would probably…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament and Its Job
It is an encouraging sign that there is restlessness among private members of the Federal Parliament on the growing tendency…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.s.l. Candidates and Councils
"We cannot as a league or sub-branch come out in the open and support R.S.L. candidates at municipal elections," said Mr. D. Bigelow…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suburban and District Kotara Candidate for West Ward
Kotara Progress Association decided to establish a joint compaign committee with New Lambton Progress Association to support the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spring Candidates Work Solidly On Sydney Tracks
SYDNEY: Solid, rather than brilliant, work marked final gallops today for the opening of the A.J.C. Spring meeting on Saturday. Features were: Flight who looks…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Assembly in South Ward Aid Labour Men at Council Elections
A South Ward Assembly to help the candidature of Labour nominees in the Greater Newcastle Council elections was formed at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Before Elections British Labour to Continue Truce
LONDON, Oct. 6. A.A.P.—The Labour Party National Executive Committee, in a statement on the party's attitude towards a general…
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