Lab. Candidate Tours Tablelands
Returning on Saturday night from a tour of the western portion of Richmond electorate, Mr. Keith C. Compton (endorsed Labour…
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Politics & elections, 1946
369 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 13 of 19
Election Battle To Start This Week P.M.'s Broadcast To-night
CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Federal election campaign will be moved into top gear this week with the delivery of the Labour Government's policy speech by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley)…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Nominations for the Federal elections will close at noon tomorrow. By that hour all intending candidates will have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chifley's Election Appeal to the People of Australia
CANBERRA, Monday: On behalf of the Labor Party, Mr Chifley in a broadcast reviewed Labor's work in office and announced the policy the party would follow if again returned as the Government. Mr Chifley said: "Total strength of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Election Nominations Close To-day
SYDNEY, Monday.—Nominations for the Federal elections will close at noon tomorrow. By that hour all intending candidates will have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Review of Nominations for Elections
SYDNEY, Tuesday: New South Wales nominations for the Senate and House of Representatives show that the contest will be practically confined to the three main parties. Nominations total 13 for the Senate and 103…
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There were no surprises yesterday in the nominations for Richmond in the Federal elections and for the first time since 1929, the poll on September 28 will be a straight-out issue between two candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Candidates To Contest Richmond Issue Is Between Labour And U.C.P.
There were no surprises in the nominations for Richmond in the Federal elections and for the first time since 1929, the poll on September 28 will be a straight out issue between two candidates. The two nominations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labor Candidate's Campaign
Mr. K. C. Compton, endorsed Labor candidate for Richmond, addressed a large open-air gathering at Tweed Heads last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Canberra Today [From Our Columnist In-parliament House] Wheat-Work-Humour
Wheat farming has become the most persistent political topic in this election campaign in country areas. Significantly, the Opposition Leader, R. G. Menzies, and the Prime Minister, J. B. Chifley, have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor Candidate's Meeting
Mr K. C. Compton, the endorsed Labor candidate, attended election gatherings at Mullumbimby and Byron Bay on Saturday and then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Candidate Says Party's Ideals Conform with Christianity
The ideals of the Australian Labor Party were identical with those of the Founder of Christianity, said the endorsed Labor Party candidate for Richmond, Mr K. C. Compton, in an election address at Murwillumbah last night. The Australian Labor Party was the modern counterpart of those who,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Candidate's Programme
The endorsed Labor candidate for Richmond, Mr. K. C. Compton, attended election gatherings at Rappville, Tatham and Casino…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Questions for the Candidates
Sir,—Permit me to address the following questions to the two candidates now standing for Federal Parliament. I, like a great many…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Election Letters
From now until the return of the writs, after the election, letters discussing Federal election issues must carry the names and addresses of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Communists to Support A.L.p. at Elections
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Only the unity of the workers against reaction can now avert disaster. We will preserve unity…
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Sir,—I have read with interest and amusement various articles appearing in your paper during the past few days. The first was your…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Clothes Rationing End Before Elections"
GOULBURN, Thursday. — It was the Government's intention to lift clothes rationing this side of election day. the Leader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House No Election Bitterness
The politicians are finding it hard to stir up any election bitterness among Australian electors. The sniping about the past, and the long harangues about the blunders of the war period, are provoking cries of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →B.G.F. Election Four Candidates Announce Policy To Growers
A meeting of the Stokers-Dunbible Branch of the Banana Growers Federation was held in the public hall on Wednesday to hear addresses by four candidates for the forthcoming election of a Tweed director of the…
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