Federal Election Costs Increase by £70,000
CANBERRA.—The general election in December is expected to cost £170,000. This is nearly £70,000 more than the cost of the 1946 election…
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Politics & elections, 1949
337 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 17
M.H.R. in First Federal Parliament Dies
PERTH, Friday.—Sir John Kirwan, representative for Kalgoorlie in the first Commonwealth Parliament, died to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.L.P. Executive May Decide Seat Candidate
The State Executive of the Labour Party may select the candidate to contest the Cessnock by-election on October 8. The by-election writ, to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.C.T.U. Head Candidate For A.C.T.U. Read
SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. A. E. Monk, Secretary of the. A.C.T.U., is likely to be the right-wing candidate for President…
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It is expected that the State Executive of the Labor Party will announce after its meeting in Sydney next Friday night, its selected candidate for the Cessnock by-election on October 8. Coalfields Labor men believe…
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MELBOURNE: The endorsement of Mr. John Bennett for the new Federal seat of Latrobe has been withdrawn by the Victorian Central Executive of the A.L.P…
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BONN, Sept. 11. A.A.P.—West Germany's new Government, so Tar, has no Jewish representation. The reason is largely that Nazism…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deadlock On Election Of German Leader
BERLIN, Sept. 11. A.A.P.—Meetings between the Chairman of left-wing Social Democratic Party (Dr. Kurt Schumacher) and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.L.P. Challenge On Elections Debates
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Eden-Monaro A.L.P. Electoral Council to-day challenged the other recognised parliamentary parties to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Medical Scheme Might Function Before Election
CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Federal Government is speeding up preparation of its medical benefits scheme so that it will operate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pre-Selection Ballot Demanded For Cessnock By-Election
Cessnock branch of the A.L.P. will demand that a pre-selection ballot be held to select a candidate for the Cessnock by-election on Oct. 8. This was unanimously decided…
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Mr. Sam Home announced today that he had decided to withdraw his nomination for the Cessnock by-election on Oct. 8…
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A ballot to elect a committee for Cessnock District Ambulance Board will not be needed. Only the requisite number of…
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AN INDICATION of the date of the Federal elections was given last night, when the Shortland Divisional Returning Officer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liberals Preparing To Intensify Election Campaigns
Liberal Party organisers are preparing, to intensify their pre-Federal campaign for the Newcastle and Shortland seats. The chief organiser of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A.L.P. Executive To Choose Candidate
The selection of a candidate to represent the A.L.P. in the Cessnock State by-election will be made by the State Executive of the party. This decision was reached at a…
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WELLINGTON, Sept. 13. A.A.P.-Reuter—The Prime Minister (Mr. Peter Fraser) sail to-day that the New Zealand general elections…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Falstein Candidate For S.T.C. Committee
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Sydney Turf Club has received a nomination for Mr. S. M. Falstein, M.H.R. for Watson, for the club committee…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Electoral Act Won't Apply For Cessnock By-Election
SYDNEY: The amended Electoral Ad, which provides for a ban on Press electoral comment for two days before an election, will not be proclaimed until after the Cessnock and Redfern by-elections on Oct. 8. The Government does not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock By-election Mr. Crook Wins A.L.P. Selection
SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. W. Crook, President of the Northern District of the Miners' Federation, is the A.L.P. candidate for Cessnock by-election on October 8…
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