Bombs Replace Bread Election Issue
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Britain's election ; campaign has switched dramatically from bread to bombs, following Mr. Churchill's call for Big Three 'talks to end the cold war…
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Politics & elections, 1950
338 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 17
Egg-Throwing, Harsh Names As Election Tempers Rise
LONDON, Thurs.: The British elections are coming out of their lethargy and candidates are now hurling harsh names at one another while prospective voters cheer, boo and even throw rotten eggs at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Girl Throws Stink Bombs at U.k. Election Meeting
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).—The election fight is getting pretty grim here. Officials complained after a meeting addressed by Mr. Morgan Phillips, secretary of the British Labor Party, that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Election Anticipated In Victoria: C.P. Plans
MELBOURNE: The Victorian Country Party anticipates an early State election rather than a move from the Opposition to ensure the Government's tenure until the normal expiration of its three years' term in November…
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LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.): Labor, Tory and Liberal spokesmen all expressed confidence yesterday that their party would win the general election next Thursday…
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A PRIZEWINNING bulldog wonders if he will get more meat if Britain changes Government in the forthcoming election. He is studying a Conservative Party election poster…
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CANBERRA: The House of Representatives will have one of the best sound diffusion systems of any public chamber in…
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Miss Margaret Roberts, 24, research chemist, is the youngest candidate in the British general election on Thursday. She is…
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Next Thursday, those of Britain's 33-million voters who choose to do so will elect a new Parliament. Probably the most puzzled men in Britain are those who are…
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LONDON, Feb. 19. A.A.P.—Contrary to expectations, the election campaign did not become lively in the second week, but interest was shown in well-attended meetings…
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LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.): The latest "Daily Express" public opinion poll places the Tories ahead of Labor in public favor. They are now 1½ points ahead…
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CANBERRA: With traditional formality the nineteenth Parliament of the Commonwealth is to be opened tomorrow. Few members of the general…
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LONDON, Tues. (O.S.R. and A.A.P:): Both Tories and Labor say they will win Thursday's general election, but bookmakers latest quotes are 6 to 4 on Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EDITORIAL Parliament Embarks On Big Task
IN his first statement to the Australian people as the new Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies showed a sense of reality when he said: "You have given us not only an enormous majority but an…
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LONDON, Feb. 21. A.A.P.—A Labour Cabinet Minister has admitted that a Conservative victory in Thursday's general election is possible…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Angus Tennant, Communist and President of Coburg branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union,…
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LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): The result of Britain's general election today is still anybody's guess after the most unpredictable campaign of the century…
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ATHENS, Thurs. (O.S.R.): Foreign observers will not be invited to supervise the Greek elections on March 5, said Mr. John Theotokis, Prime Minister in Greece's present "caretaker" Government. "The Government is now in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →King Will Hear U.K. Election Vote On Radio
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): The King and Queen and Princess Margaret will hear the election results by radio tonight at Buckingham Palace. Princess Elizabeth will be at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Election Results To-night Gambles Back Conservatives
LONDON, Feb. 23. A.A.P.—The result of the British general elections is expected to be known between 10 p.m. Friday and 4 a.m. Saturday, Eastern…
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