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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1950

338 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 17

Mayfield Protestant Queen Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 6

Mayfield branch of the United Protestant Association chose Mrs. A. Blair as its candidate in the Queen competition being conducted…

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Candidates for Gosford Races

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 6

Carol and Valiant Helen, candidates for the Gosford Club's race meeting next Thursday, sprinted easily over…

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Move to Delay Ironworkers Election: Judge Refuses Order

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Mr. Justice Dunphy in a reserved judgment in the Arbitration Court today refused to grant an application by Lawrence Short, of Sydney, for an injunction restraining the Federated…

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Danish Elections

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 4

COPENHAGEN, Thursday (A.A.P.).—The Danish Parliament will be dissolved on Sept. 4 and general elections will be…

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Municipal Elections

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 2

Nomination of A.L.P. candidates for the next municipal elections will close on Sunday. The returning officer for the…

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Uneasy Days For Indian Congress; Election Looming

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 August 1950 · page 5

BOMBAY, Sat. (Reuter): The Indian National Congress, India's premier political party, will be faced with the most crucial decisions in its 56-year career when it meets in annual session here on…

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ALP Candidates For All Council Wards

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 6

Labor candidates have nominated for endorsement for every ward in the coming Newcastle municipal elections and…

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Validity Of Election Challenged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Justice Fullager, in the High Court, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, to-day reserved judgment…

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Attlee Refuses To Recall Parliament

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 16

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—The Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) rejected last night Opposition demands for an early…

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Wallsend Hospital Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 2

All retiring subscribers' representatives were elected to the Wallsend District Hospital in a poll declared on Saturday…

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Body Selects Council Poll Candidates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 2

Hamilton Central Ward Progress Association last night elected its three candidates for the Newcastle Council elections on December 2…

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Municipal Election Nominations

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 4

Hamilton Central Ward Progress Association will nominate the Lord Mayor (Ald. H. D. Quinlan), Ald. Trebor Edmunds…

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Religion No Nar To Seat In Parliament

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: A claim that Roman Catholics, because of their allegiance to the "Papal State," were incapable of sitting in Parliament, was rejected by Mr. Justice Fullagar in High Court Chambers today…

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Ironworkers' By-election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday—By-election to elect a successor to Mr. Ernest Thornton as National Secretary of the Federate[?]…

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Legion Auxiliary Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1950 · page 6

Officers elected at the annual meeting of the Women's Auxiliary of Wallsend sub-branch of the Australian Legion of Ex-servicemen…

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Kurri Hospital Board Election

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 August 1950 · page 12

The poll for the election of five subscribers' representatives to Kurri District Hospital Board has been declared by the…

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Labour On Election Possibility

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Labour Party Advisory Committee to-day discussed the possibility of the Menzies…

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Election Urged On Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The New South Wales Trades and Labour Council decided to-night to urge the Federal Opposition to use its…

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Election Win For Dr. Malan In S.W. Africa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1950 · page 3

WINDHOEK, Sept. 1 A.A.P.—Dr. Malan's Nationalist followers made a clean sweep of the election for South-west Africa's first…

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Candidates for West Ward

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 2

Two candidates announced at the week-end their intention to stand for West Ward at Newcastle City Council elections…

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