Talks On Bigger Parliament Soon
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The question of increasing the number of members in the Federal Parliament would first be considered by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections
Politics & elections, 1947
405 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 21
Want Municipal Election Voting Made Compulsory
Merewether A.L.P. will again bring before the responsible Minister the urgent necessity to enact legislation to make voting at municipal elections…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prosecutions If March On Parliament Again
CANBERRA.—The Government has threatened prosecution if there is another march on Parliament House by British and Australian building…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Democrats Win Elections In French Zone
LONDON, May 19. A.A.P.—Christian Democrats gained majorities in the State elections in Baden, Wurttemberg,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.S.L. Protest On Salary Rise For Parliament
The State Headquarters of the Returned Soldiers' League will be asked to protest against the proposed increase in pay for Federal Members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Parliament Chifley's Statement On Coal Supplies And B.H.P. Position
CANBERRA: The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said in the House of Representatives today that he understood that in view of the better coal production reconsideration was being given to the decision to close down parts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight Survivors Of First Parliament
Only eight men still living were members of the first Australian Parliament. THEY are Sir Joseph Cook. Col. R. A. Crouch. Mr. W. G. Higgs, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parliament Lift Caught Clerk
CANBERRA, Friday.—Parliament House lift claimed another victim last night—the second in a fortnight. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →M's.H.R. Salary Bill Before Parliament
CANBERRA.—The bill to increase members salaries from £1000 a year to £1500 was introduced in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →National Candidates Move Along Freely
MELBOURNE: Grand National Hindi? find Steeple, chase candidates were in evidence on the training tracks this morning and several of them moved along' smartly. At Epsom, Leicester Square was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Says Parliament Weakened By Power Transfer
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The authority and power of Parliament had been weakened as a result of the transfer of power to certain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →19 Bills Passed by Federal Parliament in All-night Session
CANBERRA: With reckless speed the Federal Parliament, in an amazing all-night session that ended at 6.37 this morning, put through 19 bills. THE last bill to go through the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kindergarten Union's Candidate For 'Miss Australia' Quest
A candidate for the "Miss Australia" Quest will be nominated immediately by the Greater Newcastle Branch of the kindergarten Union of New South Wales. The branch decided to make the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Candidates Sought In "Miss Australia" Quest
Newcastle organisations are asked to help the causes of Legacy and the Kindergarten Union of N.S.W. by nominating a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Discuss Plans For Municipal Elections
Progress associations throughout the Greater Newcastle district will soon be engaged in preparations for the triennial municipal elections…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle's First Candidate For "Miss Australia"
The name of Newcastle's first candidate for the "Miss Australia" Quest 1947 will be released tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sunday Sport Candidates For Election
Mr. A. A. Boa (Mid-west Ward) and Mr. C. Howarth (Central) will contest Greater Newcastle Council elections in December as candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miss Australia Quest Newcastle's First Candidate
Twenty year-old brunette. Mavis Ashman, of Lambton Road, New Lamhton, is the first Newcastle candidate nominated for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miss. Australia Quest Newcastle's Second Candidate
A second usherette from a Newcastle picture theatre has been nominated as a candidate for the "Miss Australia" Quest, 1947…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merewether A.L.P. To Contest Municipal Elections
Merewether branch of the A.L.P. last night decided to write to Adamstown branch, suggesting that the South Ward A.L.P…
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