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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 17
CANBERRA: The Government and the Opposition verbally "shook hands" before the 18th Federal Parliament ended last night at 10.29 p.m. The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) thanked the Opposition for "the cooperation" they had given. Then the Opposition returned the compliment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY.—Mr. W. Davies, Labor member for Wollongong, Port Kembla, resigned from State Parliament today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN THE CITY Council, Chamber last night, Newcastle Business Men's Club conducted a mock Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Friday.—Details of Mr. Chifley's election tour, to begin on Tuesday, November 15, at Rockhampton, and to end in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Federal Electoral Council of the Labour Party yesterday formed itself into a general campaign committee for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CANBERRA, Monday.—A proclamation issued by the Governor-General (Mr. McKell) to-day dissolved the 18th Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Miners' Board of Management is to meet on Wednesday to discuss holding the election of central councillors and board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Trade-unions must levy their members 5/ a head to finance the campaign of the Labour Party in the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY: Labor candidates for the 1950 State lections may be chosen by the A.L.P. Executive instead of by branches—the usual method of selecting party candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — The issue at the Federal elections would be socialism or liberalism. If the result favoured socialism,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Friday, Nov. 25, is election day for pupils at East Maitland Public School. The headmaster (Mr. M. T…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BOGOTA (Colombia), Wed. (A.A.P.): About 235 Colombians have been killed in the past 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Nov. 3. A.A.P.—Lord Calverley, a Labour member of the House of Lords, yesterday startled the House by saying that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BOGOTA (Colombia), Nov. 3. A.A.P.—About 235 Colombians were killed in 24 hours in a mounting wave of pre-election violence,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CAIRO, Nov. 8. A.A.P.—King Farouk has issued a decree dissolving the Chamber of Deputies and summoning a new chamber to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There would be a decisive swing on December 10 to any party which came forward with specific, well-considered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MANILA, Nov. 8. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Before midday to-day 16 persons had been killed in election brawls throughout the Philippines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Political morality will not be satisfied until the acutely-controversial issue of bank nationalisation is settled by referendum…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The divisional Returning Officer for Shortland (Mr. B. L. Smith) said yesterday that electors entitled to vote by post at the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK, Nov. 9. A.A.P.—Democrats won a number of significant victories in elections throughout New York State yesterday. Mr. Herbert Lehman won…
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