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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1944

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Candidates For North Ward

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 October 1944 · page 3

Mr. A. P. Travers, who was an alderman of the first Greater Newcastle Council, will be a candidate for North Ward at the election in…

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Exam. Candidates From Tech. High

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 October 1944 · page 6

Newcastle Technical High School this year will have 48 candidates for the leaving certificate examination and 138 for the intermediate…

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Voting to Be Compulsory December Council Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Legislation making voting compulsory at the local government elections in December would be brought down at an…

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A.c.p. Candidates for Kearsley Shire Elections

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 October 1944 · page 7

Australian Communist Party members will be candidates for B Riding and D Riding in the forthcoming Roarsley Shire elections…

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Enough Rolls for Council Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Steps had been taken by the Government Printing Office to see that sufficient electoral rolls were available…

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Port Stephens Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1944 · page 8

Port Stephens Shire Council has fixed November 10 as nomination day for the triennial election of councillors. This will be held on…

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A.L.P. Policy For Council Election

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 October 1944 · page 6

The A.L.P.'s district policy for the Greater Newcastle election may be anounced following a meeting of the Municipal Assembly tomorrow…

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Bills For Federal Parliament

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 October 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA. — Indications are that the new session of Federal Parliament, which begins on November 15. will last approximately…

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Lang Candidates for City Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 October 1944 · page 2

A meeting of the Lang A.L.P. decided to select candidates to contest the various wards at Greater Newcastle elections in December…

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L.g. Elections and Boundaries

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 4

"The State Government's present bill for compulsory voting at local government elections brings up once more the question of altering the…

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Progress Candidate for West Ward

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 6

Kotara Progress Association will hold a bridge party in the Progress Hall on Thursday night in aid of funds to assist the candidature of…

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Lang Labor Candidate For Council Elections

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 10

At a meeting of the Georgetown branch of the Lang Labor Party, Mr G McNamara. Victoria Street, Adamstown, was selected and…

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Ald. Stevenson to Be Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 2

Ald. Stevenson announced last night that he would be a candidate for North Ward at the Greater Newcastle Council election in…

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Cumberland Municipal Elections Postponed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Local government elections in the County of Cumberland are to be postponed at least six months, but elections in…

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Three Weeks to U.s. Election Day "Slick and Shady Campaign"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tuesday.—With only three weeks to Election Day the Republican Presidential candidate (Mr. Dewey) returned…

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Progress Candidates for West Ward

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 5

Mr. D. Bigelow, Wallsend, has been endorsed by New Lambton Progress Association as the third Progress candidate for West Ward at Greater…

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Candidate for Council Waratah Diggers to Nominate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 2

Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has nominated Mr. W. Murdoch as a candidate for North Ward in the…

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R.s.l. Will Have Local Govt Candidate

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 4

Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night endorsed the contention that the league's voice should be heard in local government by deciding to support the candidature of one of its members, Mr. W. H. Murdoch, for North…

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Parliament "On the Air"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1944 · page 4

Sir,—Listening to the speeches of members of the New Zealand Parliament, which are broadcast, it seems to me that men have overcome…

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Woman Candidate for Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1944 · page 2

Mrs. Mildred Hayes, of Merewether, has announced that she will be an independent candidate for South Ward at Greater Newcastle…

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