Lower Taxes For "Election Eve"
BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Australian taxpayers continued to be victimised because of the Chifley Government's policy of deferring,…
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Politics & elections, 1948
229 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 12
No Doubles In Hartley By-Election
SYDNEY.—There is no evidence of double voting in the recent Hartley by-election, and police action against any person…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commission To Arrange Korean Election
NEW YORK, Jan. 4. A.A.P.—Mr. Ian Milner, of the United Nations Secretariat, left New York on Saturday night for Korea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MacARTHUR May Be Candidate
NEW YORK, Jan. 5. A.A.P.—Speculation whether General MacArthur will be a candidate in the Presidential election in November…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Dual Voting" At Shire Election
WYONG, Friday—When Wyong Shire Council meets on Monday it will consider what steps will he taken following an allegation by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bigger Parliament Issue Not Decided
CANBERRA, Monday.—Federal Cabinet to-night failed to reach any decision about the bigger Federal Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adamstown R.S.L. Defers Election
Adamstown sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League decided last night to defer the annual election of officers, pending…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Make Elections In Korea Free
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. A.A.P.—The temporary commission on Korea reported from Seoul (Korea) to United Nations Headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Retain Election Control
A NOTICE of motion by Ald. Wade, that State Electoral Officers control municipal elections and that the council foot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament's Powers Curtailed
ARMIDALE, Sunday.—With uniform tax, public works control imposed by the Loan Council, and the appointment of a Co-ordinator who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Move To Reject Parliament Bill
LONDON, Jan. 25. A.A.P.—The Opposition peers have tabled in the House of Lords a reasoned amendment for the rejection of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →People 'Have No Policy Voice' After Elections
ARMIDALE, Sunday.—"Under our Parliamentary system, the people's participation in policy-making ends with their choice of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Surf Girl Contest Candidates Will Be Announced Soon
Newcastle surf clubs are taking an active interest in the Surf Girl contest and the names of candidates will be announced within the next few weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Surf Girl Contest Nobbys Submits a Candidate
Second Newcastle girl to be nominated as a candidate in the Surf Girl Contest is blonde 19-year-old Fay Lewis, of Chatha[?]ard., Waratah. Fay, who works as a salesgirl…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Surf Girl Contest Nobbys Hold Dance To Aid Candidate
Nobbys Surf Club was badly in need of funds to purchase up-to-date lifesaving equipment to assist in its work of caring for public safety, the secretary (Mr. Ken Baird) said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Editorial a Larger Parliament
IN an address yesterday to the Hunter Federal Council of the A.L.P., Mr. James, M.H.R., indicated that the membership of the Federal Parliament might be doubled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Surf Girl Contest Cook's Hill Will Enter Candidate
Sixth on the list of leading Newcastle surf clubs to enter for the Surf Girl Contest is Cook's Hill, which decided last night to choose a contestant. The Cook's Hill Club aims to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Elections In Eire
To-day's elections in Eire will decide whether the 15 years' leadership of the ageing Prime Minister (Mr. De Valera) is to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Ready For Election Circus
The destinies of millions of Americans and of people all over the world may be vitally affected by what happens in America this year, when the United States goes into the frenzy of electing its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bennett For Parliament
LONDON, Thurs.: Australian Air Vice-Marshal D. C. T. Bennett will stand as a Liberal…
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