Seven Candidates For Council's South Ward
South Ward seats on Newcastle Council will be contested this year by seven candidates—two groups and one independent. The ward, which now has a voting population of…
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Politics & elections, 1953
245 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 13
Parliament And Press
One of the deficiencies of our system of government is that so many legislators have little or no knowledge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Parliament In Uproar On N.S.W. Bill
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A demand for the Royal commission into allegations of graft and corruption in the Sydney City Council was made by Government members in the House of Representatives to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attendants Act In Parliament Stirs
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Two incidents in the gallery of the House of Representatives to-day brought swift…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →European Parliament Approved
LONDON. Nov. 29. A.A.P.—The creation of a Parliament for "Little Europe" was approved by the Foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Election Dodger Attacked
North Ward representative (Aid. H. Braye) claimed today that his position as an alderman had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sudan Elections Favor Union With Egypt
KHARTOUM, Mon. (A.A.P.): Parties fighting for the union of the Sudan and Egypt have won 44 seats, with 19 Independents, in Sudan's first general election. Latest results give the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Sun" Letter Box Council Elections
For months past the air has resounded to the attacks of the Industrial A.L.P. groupers from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EDITORIAL Parliament's Voice In Foreign Affairs
IT WOULD be a great service to the nation if the moves this week at Canberra for reconstituting the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Who's Who In Civic Poll: Mid-West Candidates
Labor, which holds two of the three seats in Mid-west Ward, will be opposed by the Citizens' Group and an independent candidate in the Newcastle Council elections next Saturday. The sitting aldermen are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Near Fight In Q'land Parliament
BRISBANE.—The Opposition Leader (Mr. Nicklin) and other Opposition members last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Battle Opens In Gwvdir By-Election
SYDNEY: Leading personalities from Liberal, Labor and Country parties last night opened the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Useful Epithet For Elections
The Speaker in the House of Representatives could scarcely have expected the Government parties, with an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland's Fifteen Candidates
An election-eve reminder to Maitland people that they must vote for 15 candidates tomorrow was given…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament In Recess
SYDNEY, Friday.—State Parliament to-day went into recess till January 20, next year. The Premier (Mr. Cahill)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Poll Set Records Saturday's municipal elections in Newcastle set several records
This was revealed by the Returning Officer, the Town Clerk (Mr. Burges) to day when he announced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Election Of Mayor For Cessnock
The Cessnock Municipal Council will meet to-night to elect the Mayor and committees…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →EDITORIAL Gwydir By-Election Is A Three-Way Fight
AS the Gwydir by-election campaign enters its final week it would be fairly j safe to say that electors are as puzzled as ever to know which of three candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Election
According to the State Secretary of the A.L.P., compulsory unionism was introduced to make the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayoral Candidate Read Book
Alderman W. D. Skelton, who last night opposed Aid. F. J. Purdue for the position of Lord Mayor,…
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