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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1944

352 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 18

Protest on Lake Shire Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 December 1944 · page 3

Wangi-Rathmines A.L.P. decided to protest against the poll at the Avondale polling booth for Lake Macquarie Shire Council on the ground…

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Summer Racing Candidate Impressed At Canterbury

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 December 1944 · page 12

SYDNEY: Some Summer candidates raced into prominence at Canterbury on Saturday. One or two might prove up to Randwick standard. VICTORY LAD'S run into fifth…

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Robes Of Office Will Be Worn At Mayoral Election Tonight

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 December 1944 · page 4

Robes of office will be worn at the new Greater Newcastle Council meeting tonight for the first time in 12 months, when the Mayor for 1945 is elected. In wartime the Mayor and Town…

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Re-election Of City Mayor

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 December 1944 · page 7

At Newcastle Police Reservists Reunion last night—Commander Rowlands. Commissioner of Police (Mr. MacKay), Secretary of Police Reservists (Mr. R. Bates), and Newcastle Police Superintendent (Mr. S. McCarthy). Elected Mayor for the second consecutive time. Alderman R. Norr[?]…

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Kearsley Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 December 1944 · page 4

Sir, —Mr. Anthony, by his ignorant and undemocratic outburst at the result of Kearsley Shire elections, and his unfounded remarks about…

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25 Years in Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister of Munitions and the Navy (Mr. Makin) and Sir Earle Page (C.P., N.S.W.) to-day completed 25…

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Change in Ambulance Board Election Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1944 · page 5

Mr. H. Lesseis, Lake Macquarie Ambulance delegate to the State Ambulance Transport Board, told his committee that Cessnoek Ambulance committee had…

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Sectarianism at Elections

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 December 1944 · page 4

Sectarianism was not introduced into the Greater. Newcastle election campaign by the United Churches Association,…

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Soviet Election Postponed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 15. A.A.P.—Moscow Radio announced that the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet had decreed that because of the war…

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Letters to Editor Council Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 December 1944 · page 3

Sir,—Permit me, as President of the Georgetown-Waratah A.L.P. League, to reply to Mr. S. Deacon. The resolution carried, in response…

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Letters to the Editor Municipal Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1944 · page 5

Sir,—Mr. Roy Higgins, in defending Mr. T. Breen's statement attacking the Communist Party and blaming it for the defeat of the A.L.P…

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Panama Parliament Dissolved

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 December 1944 · page 1

PANAMA CITY, Friday: President Ricardo De La Guardia has suspended the Panamanian Constitution, dissolved the National Assembly and…

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