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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1954

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Candidate For Cricket Post

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 16

Mr. E. J. Mynett, of Stockton, has announced that he will be one of the candidates for the position…

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N.J.C. Cup Candidate

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 16

Earldom, a New Zealand horse, is in training here for the Newcastle Cup, to be run at Broadmeadow on Saturday, September 4…

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Water Board By-election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 2

Ald. W. Henderson, H. J. McCormack and H. C. Myers have nominated for the Hunter District Water Board…

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N.Z. Election November 13

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 3

WELLINGTON, Aug. 24. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Holland) to-night announced November 13…

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HOspital Auxiliary Elections

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 14

The annual election of officers of the Mater Hospital women's auxiliary was held recently at…

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Claim On FEDFA Elections

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 18

Opponents of A.L.P. Industrial Groups claim that the result of last night's elections for positions in…

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State Parliament Opened More Oversea Funds Tipped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An increase in oversea investment in New South Wales was predicted to-day by the Governor-General (Lieutenant-General Sir John Northcott). The Governor was…

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Wallsend Hospital Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 2

Mr. F. S. King was elected President of Wallsend Hospital Board last night. Nominees were Messrs. H…

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N.z. Cup Candidate

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 16

NEW ZEALAND horse Earldom, one of the favorites for the Newcastle Cup, to be run next Saturday…

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Candidates for Newcastle Cup

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 22

FIRST CENTURY (left) and Proletaire, who arrived in Newcastle by train this morning to run in the Newcastle Cup next Saturday. Both are popular fancies for the £3000 race…

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Newcastle Cup Candidates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 14

Some of the candidates for the Newcastle Cup to be run at Broadmeadow to-morrow. Top row,…

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By-Election In Hunter water Board Today

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 7

Today's Hunter District Water Board by-election could well be decided by the preference votes of, at the most, two aldermen. The election has been made necessary by the…

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U.S. Elections Start All-out Bid by Eisenhower "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1954 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—In Washington nothing is more anxiously debated than the consequences of the French rejection of the European Defence Community…

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For "Princess" Candidates

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 17

Helen Bross, a candidate in the Y.W.C.A. princess competition, will benefit from a doll show to be…

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Metropolitan Candidate Relaxes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 35

ADVOCATE, second favorite for the Metropolitan Handicap, enjoys a nibble of grass during walking exercise at Randwick…

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Wallsend Hospital Job Plea By Booth In Parliament

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Conditions for maternity cases at Wallsend beggared description, Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A. (Kurri) told the Legislative Assembly today…

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Pre-selection Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 2

Mr. James Edward Mercer, of Waratah, said yesterday that he had been endorsed as a candidate for the A.L.P…

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New Union Election Ordered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 12

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A new election for five positions in the New South Wales Transport Workers' Union was…

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Robbery Charge Delays Election Of Gipsy King

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 September 1954 · page 1

ROME, Sept. 19. A.A.P.—Delegates of the dwindling gipsy tribes of Europe who had gathered in Carpi, northern Italy, to elect a new king, scattered yesterday when they heard their princess regent was in gaol…

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U.S. Election May Give "Ike" Split Congress

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 15

WASHINGTON, Wed. (O.S.R.): President Eisenhower faces the unhappy prospect of a split-control Congress next year as the Republican and Democrat parties plunge headlong into a crucial congressional election campaign…

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