Canadian Election Next Month
OTTAWA, May 1. A.A.P.—The Canadian Parliament was dissolved yesterday and a general election set for June 27…
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Politics & elections, 1949
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 17
Labour Losses In Scottish Elections
LONDON, May 4. A.A.P.—Labour suffered a net loss of 43 seats in the Scottish burgh council elections held yesterday. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The World of Stamps Japanese Political Candidates Given "Election" Stamps
Prior to the Japanese general elections each candidate was supplied with 1000 stamps. These comprised the current two-yen green, but each had an…
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MELBOURNE. — Champion cyclist Hubert Opperman may seek endorsement by the Liberal and Country Party to…
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The Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. H. D. Quinlan), who is the Liberal Party candidate for Newcastle at the next Federal…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A Liberal Party selection committee to-night chose Mr. H. Bowden Fletcher, D.F.C. 58, freelance journalist, of…
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SYDNEY.—Polling for the election of R.S.L. State president will close at 5 o'clock to-day…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Polling for the election of the State President of the Returned Servicemen's League closed at 5 p.m. to-day…
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LONDON, Thurs.: If this is the way they fight local council elections, it looks as though. Britain is in for a high old time next year when the general elections come round…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Communism would be the greatest issue at the Federal elections, the Leader of the Australian Country Party…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Publicity Blanket Sought on State Elections
SYDNEY.—A blanket ban on the publication by newspapers and broadcasting stations of reference to State elections after midnight on Wednesday preceding an election on the following Saturday is proposed by the McGirr…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The State Government proposes to bring down a bill which will impose a blanket ban on publication by…
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A concert will be held in the Central Hall, King-street, on Wednesday night, for Miss Pam Whitelaw, a candidate in the queen…
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NICOSIA (Cyprus). Monday (A.A.P.).—Municipal elections in the towns of Cyprus were marked yesterday by clashes…
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MELBOURNE: — Commonwealth and State electoral arrangements announced today show that an early Federal or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Churchill Warns On Early Election
LONDON, May 29. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Speaking to a Conservative rally at Chigwell (Essex), Mr. Churchill said: "We must be ready for…
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NICOSIA (Cyprus), Mon. (A.A.P.).—The first municipal elections since 1946 ended yesterday with a right-wing…
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Only unionists who pledged themselves to work for the return of A.L.P. candidates to union office were admitted to A.L.P. in…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A working arrangement between the Liberal and Country partice for the Federal elections was agreed upon…
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SYDNEY: Newspapers, during the pre-poll period of electoral silence, can refer objectively to the holding of a State election, but there must be no comment or canvassing of the possibilities of the election, the…
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