UK Elections Have Lighter Side
LONDON, Wed. (O.S.R.): "Abadan, Sudan and Bevan with the accent on 'An'." This "terrible three' quip by Mr. Winston Churchill is acout…
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Politics & elections, 1951
187 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 10
"Flapdoodle" U.k. Election
LONDON, Thurs. — The traditional picture of the average Britisher, a conservative, reticent, unobtrusive individual with a conventional dislike of "scenes" and ballyhoo, is rather discounted by the…
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Shortland A.L.P. Federal Electorate Council decided yesterday to ask the Federal Government to provide mobile polling units for voting…
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With three full council meetings still to be held before the 1951 Lord Mayoral election, moves…
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LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).—Early results in yesterday's British general election favored the Attlee Labor Government which won 28 of the first 50 seats decided (out of 625) and the Conservatives 22. A Reuter analysis of early…
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LONDON,Friday (A.A.P.).—With 194 seats decided of a total of 626 in the general elections for the House of Commons yesterday, Labor has 109 (net…
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LONDON, Oct. 26. A.A.P.—The Conservatives, already sure of victory, to-day wiped out Labour's overnight lead of 30 seats in the British general election. Results from Conservative strongholds in country areas…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Combined Union Shop Committee at Eveleigh Railway Workshops has challenged two of the candidates at…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Communists had tried to cause strikes in Sydney because of approaching union elections, the President of…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—An order restraining Federated Ironworkers' Association officials from interfering in the Sydney branch…
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A. G. Huie writes: Mr. Churchill is in office on a minority of 240,000 electors, which is quite good…
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MANILA, Tues. (A.A.P.): A political leader is reported to have been killed and others wounded during the Philippine elections today. The killing took place…
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MANILA, Tues. (A.A.P.): A political leader is reported to have been killed and others wounded during the Philippine elections today. The killing took place…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Attempts had been made to discredit A.L.P. Industrial Groups in the Federated Ironworkers' Association in New…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Communists were not justified in using illegal methods to gain control of unions, a witness said to-day. The witness, Kevin Peter…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Eight Government, eight Opposition candidates, and one Independent have nominated for…
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CANBERRA: The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) has asked the former commander of the B.C.O.F. in…
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The vacancy in A Riding of the Lower Hunter Shire will be filled at the by-election to-morrow. Nominations are,…
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SYDNEY: Five Ms.L.A. who have been ill will attend next Thursday's…
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The annual election of No. 2 branch of the Motor Omnibus Employees' Association in Newcastle resulted—…
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