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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1952

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Election Talk in Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Labour Party will wait till after the Gippsland Province poll before deciding whether to break with the Country Party Government and force…

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Jap Parliament Of One Mind

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 5

TOKIO: Members of the usually turbulent House of Representatives recently showed unprecedented…

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Parliament Staff's First Overtime Pay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.— Overtime payments totalling nearly £2500 were paid to members of the staff of…

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By-election in Shire To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 7

Electors of "C" riding of Lake Macquarie Shire will vote to-day to elect a councillor to replace the late Cr…

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A.L.P. Expels Rail Union Candidates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Two leading unionists were expelled from the A.L.P. to-night for alleged Communist…

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Lake Council By-Election To Labour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 2

A by-election in Lake Macquarie Shire on Saturday for a councillor for C Riding resulted in a sweeping victory for…

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ALP Candidate Promises Speed-Up On Wharves

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Immediate speed-up of ship turn-rounds would follow an A.L.P. Industrial Group victory in next month's Sydney branch Waterside Workers' Federation election, Mr. Jack Hamilton, V.C., said today…

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A.L.P. To Choose Candidates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Australian Labour Party has called nominations for two A.L.P. candidates to contest…

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Hospital Board Candidates

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 3

Eight men and one woman are candidates for a vacancy on the board of the Royal Newcastle…

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Council Election At Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 5

An extraordinary election will be held on July 26 to fill the vacancy on the Maitland Council caused…

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Watersiders' Election

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 13

Newcastle No. 1 Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation will open its ballot on Monday for…

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Close Voting In Shire Election

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 3

Although the result of Saturday's by-election for two councillors for Kearsley Shire's A Riding will…

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New Mexican President Bloodless Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 1

MEXICO CITY, July 7. A.A.P.—Mexicans yesterday elected Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 61, as new President of the republic, in the first bloodless election in the nation's history…

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Courtesy Students Eye Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Justice Maxwell to-day advised students of courtesy to listen to Federal Parliamentary broadcasts. "If you think you have seen courtesy in public life,…

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LETTERS To The Editor C Riding By-election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 2

THE result of the Lake Shire by-election in C Riding must disgust the many chronic grumblers of Toronto when…

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Cahill Says Election Won't Be Considered Immediately

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: An early State election would not be considered immediately, the Premier (Mr. Cahill) said after a special meeting of State Cabinet held today to discuss Loan Council…

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'Ballyhoo' In U.S. Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 1

An important facet of the American elections—"ballyhoo"—is pictured in this photo of supporters of Senator Robert Taft in a boisterous demonstration in the corridor of a hotel in Chleago, Illinols, while the credentials committee of the…

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N.J.C. Sprint Candidates Smart In Track Trials

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 20

Jabet, La Hey, Star Quest, likely Moor and First Test, rivals in Saturday's N.J.C. Flying Welter Handicap (4½f.), sprinted brilliantly at Broadmeadow this morning. They galloped on No. 2…

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Labour Wins U.K. By-Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 1

LONDON, July 18. A.A.P.—Labour retained the Dundee East seat in the Parliamentary by-election to-day with a more…

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L.C.P. AIDS McDONALD Election Averted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—An immediate election in Victoria has been averted. A desperate, last-minute…

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