Maori Women Stand For Parliament
WELLINGTON, Nov. 28. A.A.P.-Reuter .—The Maoris face a break with tradition in the nomination for the first time of Maori…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections
Politics & elections, 1949
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 17
Beer In Canberra On Polling Day
CANBERRA, Wednesday. —Canberra residents having their first vote in a Federal election, on December 10 still will be able to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Socialism Seen As Main Election Issue
No one realised more fully that Labour leaders that the true issue in the election was Labour's socialist objective against democratic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →National Party's Decisive Victory In N.Z. Election
AUCKLAND: The New Zealand National Party, which has decisively beaten Labor after 14 years, fought the election with promises of Government economies, reduced taxation, relaxation of controls and strong opposition to nationlisation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EDITORIAL The New Zealand Elections
THERE is no doubt of the clear-cut victory of the New Zealand Opposition in yesterday's poll. It won 16 seats, which gave it an ample majority. What effect this will have on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Parties Step Up Newcastle Election Work
With election day only a week away, the main parties are intensifying their campaigns. Liberal Party and Labour Party…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Limit Applies To All Election Posters
SYDNEY, Friday.—A limit of 60 square inches applied to all posters for the Federal elections, a spokesman for the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Verdict Monday On Clerks' Union Election
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Mr. Justice Dunphy in the Arbitration Court to-day reserved his decision until Monday on an application…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In The Elections
Candidates contesting the Newcastle seat in the Federal elections are— Mr. D. O. Watkins MR. D. O. Watkins, M.H.R.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Radio Blanket On Elections
SYDNEY.—From midnight on Wednesday until the polling booths close on Saturday night, at 8 o'clock, a total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Cardiff Not to Get Polling Booth
South Cardiff Progress Association was advised last night that a polling place at South Cardiff would not be granted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In The Elections
Candidates for the new Federal seat of Shortland are— Mr. C. E. Griffiths MR. Charles Edward Griffiths,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election Picture Advertisement "Phoney": Ward
SYDNEY, Monday. — The Federal Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) to-day accused the Liberal Party of having used a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament Told Of New Sterling "Low"
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.): The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Stafford Cripps) was warned in the House of Commons yesterday that sterling in Paris, Zurich and Milan had now reached a new low level…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Victimised, Says Quarter-Cast Poll Candidate
DUBBO, Tuesday.—A quarter-cast aboriginal said to-day that the Pensions Department was victimising him because he was standing as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In The Elections
Candidates for the Hunter seat in the Federal elections are— Mr. R. James MR. R. JAMES, Labour member…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election Excuse "Flimsy"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Describing as "flimsy anti improper" reasons put forward in an application for adjournment of a case in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Candidate Says Late Votes Counted
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Boilermakers' Union ballot papers, received up to midnight on the closing day of the ballot, were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Election Expenses Row In Britain: Govt. Move
LONDON, Wed. (O.S.R.): The British Labor Party is urgently seeking a way to outlaw the spending of money on election issues by private prise. If stich a way is found many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Official Advice To Voters On Saturday At Elections
Polling booths will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday—the date of the Federal Parliamentary eections. In official advice issued to…
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