New Polling Booth at Rathmines
In future, voting for all elections would be held at the public school, instead of the local hall, the President of Rathmines Progress Association (Mr…
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Politics & elections, 1947
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Ald. Soper for Council Election
Ald. Soper announced last night that he would again stand for election for the Greater Newcastle Council. Previously he said he would not contest…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Legislation will be introduced into the State Parliament, as soon as possible, to increase compensation to…
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Ald. F. Purdue and Ald. J. Thornton announced last night that their colleague to contest North Ward at the Greater Newcastle Council…
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There will be at least 60 candidates for the Greater Newcastle Council elections on Dec. 6. Nominations will close at 5 o'clock this afternoon with the Town Clerk (Mr. G. Wells). The number may be a record, but…
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CANBERRA: Mr. Frank Medworth, a member of the Australian delegation at the U.N.E.S.C.O. conference at Mexico City, who was reported to have taken his own life, had been very concerned about questions asked about him in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ask Politicians To Help In Election
Merewether A.L.P. branch will ask district members for the State and Federal Parliaments to assist A.L.P. candidates in the municipal elections…
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LITHGOW, Wednesday.—There were five nominations for the preselection ballot for an A.L.P. candidate to contest the Hartley…
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A.L.P. branches in the Sooth Ward have formed a municipal assembly to assist the candidature of Messrs. E. Lonie, R. Power and F…
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The Prime Minister voiced the sentiment of the great majority of Australians when he expressed regret that some members were prepared to say…
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Communist party candidates in East Ward, Greater Newcastle, are Messrs. W J. Keating, R. L. Williams and J. Wilson (not J. Williams as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Candidates For Pre-Selection Ballot In Hartley
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Central Executive of the State A.L.P. to-night endorsed five candidates for a preselection ballot to choose the party's…
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CANBERRA reports suggest that the Federal Labor Party when it gets down to final discussion of the question,…
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Lake Macquarie A.L.P. Shire Assembly candidates would stand or fall in the December elections on their support for the Banking Bill, the…
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CANBERRA.âThe visit of Mr. Ernest Thornton to the World Trade Union Congress in Paris was not sponsored by the Government,…
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Adoption of compulsory voting for Greater Newcastle Council elections on Dec. 6 has thrown Local Government circles throughout the district into a frenzy of activity. The bill containing this provision…
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?YDNEY.—Local government elections in the County of Cumberland are to be postponed for 12 months, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) announced…
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CANBERRA.—In the House of Representatives today, Mr. Rankin (C.P., Vic), apologised to Mr. Burke (Lab., W.A.), with whom he…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Cabinet had agreed to the postponement of local elections in the County of Cumberland for 12 months, the Premier…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday—Labour was decisively beaten in the main centres in the New Zealand local government election yesterday…
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