Waratah-Mayfield MR. S. F. Webb Wins Rsl Election
Mr. S. F. Webb was last night returned by a comfortable margin to the position of president of the Waratah-Mayfield…
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Politics & elections, 1944
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11 Candidates for Queen Contest
Eleven trade-unions have decided to nominate candidates for the May queen competition, the Organiser of Newcastle May Day Committee (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labour to Make Early Start Prepare for City Elections
A strong bid to gain a majority in Greater Newcastle Council at the elections in December will be made by the A.L.P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AlP to Organise for Election
Preliminary organisation by the Labor Party in Newcastle for the municipal elections due at the end of this year will be begun…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colorful Scenes At Derbyshire Polling Day
LONDON, Thursday.—West Derbyshire polling day yesterday was invested with all the color and romanticism of traditional rural…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Oddities Revealed in Parliament
Canberra:—Odd effects the war has had on communal life were revealed in answers to queries in the Federal Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incendiaries On Home Of Parliament
LONDON, Friday.—Incendiary bombs fell on the Houses of Parliament in a recent raid on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Derbyshire By-election Reverse for Govt
LONDON, Friday. — Despite personal appeals by the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) for the Conservative candidate, West Derbyshire seat in the House of Commons was easily won by the Independent Labor candidate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Election Of Soccer Officials
SYDNEY.—The former president of the NSW Soccer Control (Mr. Harold Read) will oppose Mr. Tom Hastie as secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Watched Fire From Parliament House
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Starting only a few miles from Federal Parliament House a grass and scrub fire to-day swept 4000 acres of grass and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.C.F. Auxiliary Queen Candidate
Mrs. W. E. Young presided at yesterday's meeting of Newcastle branch of the Australian Comforts Fund Women's Auxiliary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Election Posters Limited
SYDNEY, Friday.—Restrictions on the size of electoral posters, which were imposed during the last Federal elections, will apply to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Questions On Candidate Alleged
BRISBANE, Sunday.—A man, who said he was a detective from the C.I.B., on Friday morning questioned Mrs. J. D. Gillies about her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →21 Candidates For May Queen
To date, 21 candidates had been entered for the May Day queen competition. The names of 12 had already been submitted, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Parliament Baddeley on S. Coast Dispute
SYDNEY. — Replying to a question by Mr. W. Davies (Labor member for Wollongong) in the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament May Debate University Quotas
CANBERRA, Thursday.—An attempt by Mr. Spender (Ind., N.S.W.) to have debate immediately a statement by the Minister for War…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Labor Is to Encourage Younger Candidates
LONDON, Thursday. — "The Labor Party has decided to run younger candidates at the next general election and has already…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Younger Labour Men For British Elections
LONDON, March 3. A.A.P.—The British Labour Party has decided to run younger candidates at the next general elections and has already…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners to Enter May Queen Candidate
Miners' lodges on the Newcastle field will nominate a candidate in the queen competition of the May Day Committee. This was decided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Review Unlikely Before Election Sunday Sport Ban
Greater Newcastle Council is unlikely to reconsider its Sunday sport ban before a referendum is taken at the municipal election in…
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