Stake Elections May 3
SYDNEY: The State Elections will be held on May 3. The Premier (Mr. McGirr) made this announcement after a meeting…
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Politics & elections, 1947
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Keen Interest In Aero Club Elections
Exceptional interest was taken this year in the election of officers for Newcastle Aero Club. Only two positions, those of…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The State elections would be held on May 3, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) announced after a meeting of State Cabinet…
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SYDNEY: The acid test of the ballot boxes on May 3 will decide whether Labor will govern N.S.W. for a third consecutive term of three years. TO oust Labor, the Liberal-Country…
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SYDNEY. — Persons whose names are not already on the electoral roll should apply for enrolment immediately as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.L.P. Council Elections: New President
Mr. S. C. Williams, M.L.C., was yesterday elected president of Newcastle Federal Electorate Council of the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—To to-night political parties had endorsed 188 candidates for the 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly for the elections…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Mr. Chiflev said to-day that he intended to speak on behalf of Labour candidates in a limited number of…
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NEW YORK, April 6, A.A.P.— The Japanese people showed a marked lack of enthusiasm in voting for local government…
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TOKYO, April 7. A.A.P.—The results in the Japanese local government elections inidicate a clean sweep for independents running without…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Australian Labour Party will contest all seats in State and Federal elections unless the State Electoral Council…
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TOKIO, Tuesday.—Joji Shibata, 65, an underworld boss who bought himself a flashy Buddhist funeral three months ago so that…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Chifley will confer with A.L.P. officers to-morrow on plans for the State elections on May 3…
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Anzac Day commemoration in Japan will be drastically curtailed because the elections fall on April 25…
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MISS JOYCE MITCHELL, Miners' candidate in the Trades Hall Council May Queen competition…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—It would be six to eight years before the lag in home, office and hotel accommodation in Canberra was overcome,…
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SYDNEY.—A serious shortage of stationery is handicapping the 219 candidates for the State elections on May 3. It is estimated…
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CANBERRA: Federal Parliament is not expected to be increased substantially in size at least until after the next Federal election. If a move were made to increase…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election Queries By Soldiers
Candidates at the State elections will be asked to state their policy on a list of questions prepared by Carrington Returned Soldiers' League…
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Three candidates in the Trades Hall Council May Queen competition, which will be run in conjunction with May Day…
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