Last Sitting Of Tasmanian Parliament
HOBART, Thursday. — Tasmania's 28th Parliament held its last sittings to-day. Early next week, the Premier…
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Politics & elections, 1948
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Group Candidates Win Watersiders' Poll
MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Industrial group candidates were elected in the Waterside Workers' Federation ballot for Federal…
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Miss Marie Marion, of Mayfield, a Rylands candidate for the Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre queen competition. Miss…
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Waratah-Mayfield R.S.L. last night decided to accept further nominations from young women of the district to represent the…
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Assassination is an ugly weapon, and the attempt on the life of the Italian Communist leader, though apparently an…
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During the referendum campaign we were told the proposals of the Government would be carried by a 4 to 1 majority in the Hunter…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Fishmongers had been ignored and insulted by the Premier (Mr. McGirr) and the Chief Secretary (Mr…
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CANBERRA, Friday.— Federal Parliament will resume on September 1, and will sit until December. The session may be one of…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Governor-General (Mr. McKell) to-day prorogued the Federal Parliament until…
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Sixty members attended the annual meeting of Marks Point Progress Association. The President (Mr. N. Taylor) and Vice-president…
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SYDNEY: A by-election to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Council caused by the death of Mr. G. Mullins will be…
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NEWCASTLE is represented in the Legislative Council by Mr. T. Armstrong (Liberal) and Mr. S. C. Williams (Labour). The…
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SYDNEY: Ballot boxes have been erected in Parliament for the Legislative Council by-elec-tion which will be held late…
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Except at election time, and then only between the issue of the writ and election day, political meetings on railway premises would not be…
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CANBERRA: Although the Commonwealth has decided to seek an appeal to the Privy Council on the High Court's judgment on bank nationalisation, there is no certainty that the issue will be decided…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The next Federal general election would he the greatest test Australia would have had to face, said…
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Wickham-Carrington sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League will not nominate a candidates for the 1948 Miss Australia…
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PARIS, Aug. 19. A.A.P.—The French Council of Ministers decided to give active support to proposals for a European Parliament…
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MONTREAL, Aug. 19. A.A.P.—The 13-year-old Social Credit Government of Alberta Province, Canada, won at least 42 of the…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—Two new sessions of the Federal Parliament will be officially opened within the next eight months, the first by the…
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