'Miss Australia" Kindergarten Candidate Loves Flying
Pretty "Miss Australia" Quest candidate, Edythe Dewey, has added flying to her many interests by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections
Politics & elections, 1947
405 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 21
"Miss Australia" Lake Shire Candidate Enters Quest
The Lake Macquarie Shire Council has nominated 18 year-old Maureen Donahoo of Toronto for the "Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.L.P. Candidates For Central Ward
Hamilton branch of the A.L.P. last night decided to nominate Messrs. A. Pennie and D. G. Budden to contest the Central Ward in the next…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Elections For Some Hospital Boards
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Only 12 hospitals in New South Wales will be permitted to hold board elections this month because of the big…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Miss Australia" Quest Public Service Enters Candidate
Song and dance star of many Newcastle concerts and musical comedies, 20-year-old Joy Butler, a typiste in the Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sought Parliament Aid To Distill Whisky
WELLINGTON, Thursday. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A man, who, in 1945, was fined £150 because, in his own words, he "engaged in a little ex…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Election Of Soccer Director
Soccer in the North may suffer a serious setback unless the new director to succeed Mr. R. F. Druery is a northern…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Miss Australia" Footballers Introduced to Candidate
Betty Walmsley, attractive Theatre Royal candidate for the "Miss Australia" Quest, was inundated with good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →May Postpone Hospital Board Election
NEWCASTLE Hospital Board decided last night to recommend to the New South Wales Hospitals Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Mechanics Election
Nominations will close next Monday for the position of General secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hungarian Election in September
BUDAPEST, July 7. A.A.P.—The Hungarian newspaper Reggel gave September 14 or September 21 as the possible dates for the Hungarian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.s.l. Elections
Mr. J. Ross has been appointed Treasurer of Cessnock sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League Mr. J. Black will represent the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Court Gives Negro Election Right
NEW YORK, July 13. A.A.P.—The Charleston (South Carolina) District Court has ruled that George Elmore, a Negro,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Key Posts To A.L.P. Candidates
SYDNEY, Monday.—Two A.L.P. candidates have been elected unopposed to key positions in the State branch of the Electrical Trades…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Miss Australia" Quest:— Tips From Former Candidate
"Miss Australia" candidate, Joy Butler, who is sponsored by Newcastle branches of the Public Service, picked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Miss Australia" Candidate Learns of Chile
When visiting Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau and blonde "Miss Australia" candidate Lola Miller took…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →US Presidential Candidates Hustle For Positions
WASHINGTON, Tuesday: Thomas Dewey's 4500-mile sweep in the west has stirred Robert Taft and other potential Republican presidential candidates to start hustling into position for the 1948 campaign. Never a popular figure. Taft is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charge Many People On Redfern Election
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Many charges concerning municipal election activities would be preferred against people in the Redfern area…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hospital Election System "Wrong"
The new system of electing hospital boards was wrong Mr. H. Johns said at a meeting of the Wallsend Hospital Board last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miss Australia Quest:— Newcastle Candidates at Concert
All Newcastle "Miss Australia" candidates will be introduced to the audience during a stage presentation at…
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