Miners' President Election
Sir,—One can only view with grave concern the position that has arisen within the Miners' Federation over the election of general president…
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Politics & elections, 1946
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Britain's Free Election Views To Poland
LONDON, Nov. 24. A.A.P.—Britain has sent a Note to the Warsaw Government demanding that Poland's undertakings at Potsdam should be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women Vote For First Time In Belgian Election
BRUSSELS, Nov. 25. A.A.P.—Women voted for the first time since the country's liberation, in the Belgian municipal elections yesterday,…
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The general election in New Zealand to-day will raise a number of issues which Australians recently resolved in favour of the Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Grant Certain of Re-election
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. G. Grant is certain of being re-elected general secretary of the Miners' Federation. Although counting of votes is not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mayoral Election:— Surprise Nomination Likely
A surprise nomination for the Mayoral election on December 9 may be Alderman E. Lewis, who has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wants "Labour" Registered for Election Use
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Federal A.L.P. Executive decided to confer with the Prime Minister|(Mr. Chifley) on a request to amend the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labor Government's Win In N.Z. Elections
AUCKLAND: The Labor Government will remain in office as a result of the New Zealand general elections. The Government already has been in office 11 years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Candidates for Position of Mayor
Present indications are that there will be only two candidates for the position of Mayor of Greater Newcastle for 1947, and three for that of…
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LITHGOW, Monday.—Because the only two candidates for the Steel Works-Vale of Clwydd area on the Western Miners' Management Board…
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GOSFORD, Monday.—Ald. John Cunningham Speers, Mayor of Gosford, has been chosen as the Labour candidate for the Upper Hunter to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Socialisation Vote In Reich Elections
FRANKFURT, Dec. 2. A.A.P.—Socialisation of basic industries was approved by a majority of more than two to one at the election in Greater Hesse yesterday…
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ONCE again the country witnesses the unedifying spectacle of the beginning of the wild Canberra rush to recess…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Plea By Mr. Menzies: "Rule By Parliament"
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Powers granted to the Executive during the war should revert to Parliament, which should be the supreme authority for law, the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Menzies) said in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Ugly Rumors" About Land Sales Told Of In Federal Parliament
CANBERRA: "The ugliest possible rumors" were circulating in Sydney about the sale of land, said Mr. Beale (Lib., N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives today, during the debate on Treasury control of land sales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Randwick Main Sprint Candidates in Smart Trials
SYDNEY: Yarroville Handicap candidates at Randwick on Saturday were among the leading lights on the training tracks today. They were headed by Puffham, Gay King and Oriental…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Brutality At Polling Booths Alleged By Negroes "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—More than 100 negroes braved reprisals from their white fellow citizens to testify before the Senate Committee investigating whether the notorious demagogue, Senator Bilbo, obtained a majority at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament Rises; to Meet Next in February
CANBERRA, Friday.—A Test match atmosphere with a "last-wicket stand" by Opposition members in the Senate was a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Labor Wins Two By-Elections
LONDON, Friday.—Labor has won two by-elections for the House of Commons. D. E. Thomas (Labor) secured a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hungarian Food Mob Storms Parliament
LONDON, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—Seven were injured when 5000, mostly women, stormed the Parliament buildings at Budapest, Hungary, in a violent demonstration against food shortages…
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