Casino Poll Declared Candidates Resented Questionnaire
CASINO, Thursday. — At the official declaration of the poll for the Casino Electorate this afternoon, when Mr. J. T. Reid was declared…
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Politics & elections, 1947
370 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 19
Lismore City Council By-election
Arrangements have been been completed for the municipal by-election to-morrow to fill the vacancy on Lismore City Council. There are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Thinking About Money
PRIME MINISTER Ben Chifley has been brighter and more cheerful in recent days with the news that the Victorian strikers have been obliged to abide by Arbitration Court decisions, with the evidence that there has…
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By a margin of 153 votes Mr. Ronald E. Churchward was elected to a vacancy on Lismore City Council at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Parliament Meets May 28
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Both Houses of the State Parliament will. meet on May 28 when new Members returned at the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Leaders Were Ignored
PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES are being increased from £20 to £30 a week against the wishes of the Prime Minister, Mr. J. B. Chifley, the former Prime Minister, Mr. Jas. Sculiin, and the Leader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miss Theela Melville As "Miss Australia" Candidate
Miss Theela Melville was sponsored as a candidate for the "Miss" Australia Quest by a committee formed at a…
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MODULATION, winner of an Epsom Handicap, will be an interesting runner in the £1000 Lismore Cup, to be decided at Carlton Park on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Wooing Rural Taxpayers
PARLIAMENT will adjourn in a few days to hibernate until the Spring blossoms appear on Canberra's millions of trees, until several Ministers—Calwell, Dedman and Ward—have been…
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Sir,--I am afraid I have neither the leisure nor the inclination to engage in press or kerbstone controversy with your correspondent, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Unity Over Wool In U.S.
AMERICAN political opinion has been impressed by the unity of the Australian Parliament on the international trade question. Canberra has diplomatic reports from Washington and messages from the delegation at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Australian Warning to Asia
DEFENCE POLICY announcement revealing a complete change in Labour's attitude to World, Empire and Australian security was the most important item in the closing days of the first session of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local Govt. Elections Voting May Be Compulsory
SYDNEY, Friday: The Premier (Mr. McGirr) told the rural conference of the Australian Labor Party…
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ROME, Monday: The Constituent Assembly, which is due to dissolve automatically on June 24, approved a motion prolonging its…
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The representative committee formed to sponsor the candidature of Miss Theila Melville in the "Miss Australia Quest," has received the approval…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vic. Election Pact Breaks Down
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Negotiations between the Liberal and Country Parties in Victoria for an election pact have broken down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Calwell's Haunting Fear
CARRYING WITH HIM "a haunting fear that Japan will rise again before Australia has doubled her population," Immigration Minister Calwell flew to London and Europe a few days ago "to get ships, ships and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Good Run by Attley in Special Trial For Six Candidates
BRISBANE, Thursday: Six prominent Ten Thousand candidates took part in a special trial at Doomben this morning: from the starting stalls, situated at the 7 furlongs less 93 yards…
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SYDNEY, (Tuesday: Since the Commonwealth's free hospital scheme was introduced there has been such a falling…
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[?]CATAVIA, Wednesday (AAP-Reuter).--Although faced with the gravest situation in the 23 months of the Republic's history,…
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