U.K. Labour's Six-point Election Plank "Herald" London Service
Labour will fight the next general election on a six-point programme, full details of which will be hammered out next…
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Politics & elections, 1949
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 17
Cobar By-Election March 12
SYDNEY, Friday.—The by-election for Cobar will be held on March 12, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Mr. Lamb) said…
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SYDNEY. — Heredity does not mean a thing in politics, according to Dr. J. J. G. McGirr, of Woolstonecraft,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Concord by-election for the Legislative Assembly will be held on March 12. Nominations will close on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Windows Broken, Stones And Eggs Fly At Irish Elections
BELFAST, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Stones, eggs and oranges were thrown at Labor candidates as feeling in the Ulster elections rose to a high pitch. The candidates were urging…
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LONDON, Feb. 10. — King or republic is the fundamental issue which faces Northern Ireland to-day in the election for…
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BELFAST, Feb. 11. A.A.P.—Police were sent to Sion Mills, County Tyrone, when fighting broke out between Nationalists…
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LISBON, Feb. 13. A.A.P.—Nearly 1 million Portuguese electors voted to-day to elect a President of Portugal…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — Mr. W. Onus, a half-caste, was yesterday endorsed by the State Committee of the Australian Aboriginal League as…
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The elections in Northern Ireland resulted, as was generally expected in an increased majority for Sir Basil Brooke's Unionist…
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BELFAST, Feb. 13. A.A.P.—Northern Ireland’s Unionist Government party was returned with an increased majority in the general…
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 14. A.A.P.—The first Israeli Parliament met to-day. Thousands of pennants in the…
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LONDON, Feb. 14. A.A.P.—Police had to draw their batons to drive the crowd back, and at least nine people were injured during a…
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SYDNEY, Friday.— The A.L.P. and the Liberal Party to-night announced candidates for Concord by-election on March 12…
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LONDON, Feb. 20. A.A.P.—Britain's top Labour Party managers are making plans for a possible "snap" general election, says the…
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MELBOURNE.—Gay Saint and Dumfries, fancied candidates for the Oakleigh Plate, galloped brilliantly at Mentone…
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LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.).—The political correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that if Labor decides on a snap…
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SYDNEY: The executive of the State Liberal Party has decided that candidates in preselection ballots for…
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LONDON, Feb. 24. A.A.P.— Both Conservative and Labour agents predict a heavy poll at to-day's by-election in South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Indian Communists Near Revolt Nehru's Warning To Parliament
NEW DELHI, Feb. 28. A.A.P.— India Communists were almost in open revolt, the Prime Minister (Pandit Nehru) told Parliament to-day…
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