Parliament's Break at Easter May Exceed Month
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Easter recess for the Federal Parliament will extend beyond the month now anticipated. Whether the House rises…
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Politics & elections, 1946
386 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 20
Labour Won 8 Seats in Upper House Election
SYDNEY, Friday—Distribution of preferences in the triennial elections yesterday for 15 seats in the Legislative Council resulted in Official…
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Three of the candidates in the May Day queen competition. Left to right: Misses Norma Gallienne (B.H.P), Noela Stevens (Labour college) and Peggy Joyce (Building Trades Group)…
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Waratah-Georgetown branch of the Australian Labour Party again endorsed its election of officers. It decided that the election had been…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Lieut.-Col. Alan Backhouse and Major P. Osborne have been endorsed as joint Country Party candidates for…
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ATHENS, Monday. — Law and order, imperative for free elections, did not exist in Greece today, admitted the Premier (M. Sofoulis) in Salonika yesterday. Nevertheless, M. Sofauls said, he would not postpone the…
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ROME, Monday.—The Pope challenged the right of the Italian Parliament and the civil courts when he told the parish priests of Rome it was their duty to advise voters in the election. He was protesting against a new…
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Sir,—I was disgusted when the Chairman of Cessnock A.L.P. (Mr. J. Brown) was not included in the nominations for the Legislative…
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LONDON, March 21. A.A.P.—The National Health Service Bill, which provides for free medical and hospital treatment for everybody in England and Wales, was…
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ROME, Sunday.—Votes so lar counted in the Italian municipal elections heldy on March 10 and 17 give the Christian Democrats (Catholics)…
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ROME, March 25. A.A.P.—The municipal elections held for 1466 Italian local councils yesterday passed off quietly…
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Miss Meg Gibson, Newcastle's candidate in the State-wide Princess of Youth competition in aid of the Anti-T.B. campaign, Miss Gibson was a winner in the A.C.F. Victory Girl competition in 1944, when Newcastle raised £22,000…
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Miss Meg Gibson has been selected as Newcastle's candidate in the Princess of Youth competition to be held in support of the…
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Miss Kathleen Woodward, Gas Company's Candidate…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—At the end of to-night's counting in the Henty by-election, Mr. H. B. Gullett (Liberal) maintained a lead of…
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Two of the candidates in the May Day Queen competition. Miss Patricia Tame (above) represents Goninan's, and Miss…
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Mr. H. R. Bowden has been elected for the eighth successive year president of Newcastle Tattersall's Club. Mr. T. F. McNamara has been…
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There were 11 candidates in the May Queen competition, the Secretary (Mr. J. Wilson) said yesterday. The crowning ceremony will be held…
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IT now seems that the Liberal candidate in the Henty by-election will come out with a majority in the vicinity of 6000. That does not prove…
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The Federal Government has wisely decided to end the ambiguities of the National Security Act by repealing in as from…
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