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Northern Rivers · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1944

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Federal Parliament Resumes Today

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Both Houses of Parliament will assemble tomorrow afternoon and sit for about five weeks…

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Cp Calls for Young Men As Candidates

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A call to the young men of NSW by members of the Country Party to stand as candidates for every seat…

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Call for Country Party Candidates

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A call to the young men of New South Wales who are members of the Country Party to stand as candidates for…

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Parliament Adjourns

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—As a mark of respect to deceased exmembers the House of Representatives and the Senate formally…

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Lismore Sports Girl Quest Candidate

Northern Star · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 5

In co-operation with representatives of the various sporting organisations, Lismore Civic Fund last night discussed arrangements…

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By-election Likely at Ballina

Northern Star · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 4

BALLINA, Thursday.—The resignation of Mr. Alan Smith as an aldermen of the Ballina Municipal Council has been received by…

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Q'land Elections April 15

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 1

BUNDABERG, Friday: The Queensland Premier (Mr Cooper) announced at the Labor Convention today that the general…

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Queensland Elections

Northern Star · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE. Friday.—The Premier (Mr. Cooper) announced to-day that the State elections will be held on April 15…

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Menzies-Calwell Clash Disorderly Scenes In Parliament

Northern Star · Saturday 26 February 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA. Friday.-Disorderly scenes following the denial in the House of Representatives to-day by Mr. McEwen (U.A.P., Vic.) that he…

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3 Candidates for Ballina By-election

Northern Star · Monday 28 February 1944 · page 4

BALLINA, Sunday.—Nominations for the Ballina Municipal by-election, caused by the resignation of Ald. Alan Smith, close with the…

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Last State Session Before Election

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — When the Legislative Assembly meets tomorrow in the last session before the general election the business to…

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Four Candidates Street Grazing as ByElection Issue

Northern Star · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 4

BALLINA, Wednesday.—Nominations for the Ballina Municipal Council by-election on Saturday, March 11, closed with…

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Queensland State Elections

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 2

When nominations closed on Friday for the Queensland State elections it was revealed that Mr T. Flood Plunkett, sitting Country…

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By-Election Issue "Cows Or No Cows"

Northern Star · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 4

BALLINA, Sunday.—Claiming that the issue for the by-election next Saturday was "cows or no cows," two of the four…

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Election Meeting at Coolangatta

Tweed Daily · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 2

Mr J. H. Rosser, endorsed Labor candidate for Albert, addressed a well-attended meeting of electors at Coolangatta Town Hall on…

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Local and General Lismore Labor Candidate

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 2

Mr. N. Vickers, Campaign Director for the Lismore branch of the ALP for the State elections announced at the weekend that Mr…

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Italians, Formerly Interned, to Vote at Elections

Northern Star · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday. — The Electoral Officer revealed today that numbers of Italians who have been released from…

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Impasse in Shire Election

Northern Star · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

Because the State electoral roll for April 18, 1941, is set down as the roll for Local Government elections, the election for a vacancy for B…

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Finnish Parliament's Vote of Confidence In Government

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: A communique issued in Helsinki says: "Parliament in the course of its session today discussed a report given to the House yesterday by the Prime Minister (Professor Linkomies) Parliament, after…

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"Trades Hall Practices in Parliament"

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday: The leader of the CP (Mr Fadden.) said today that incidents in the House of Representatives in the past few…

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