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Northern Rivers · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1948

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3000 Strikers March To Parliament Police Rush, But No Incidents

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: One hundred police were hurried to Parliament House this morning from all metropolitan stations when 3000 striking railwaymen and watersiders left their mass meetings and marched there to demand hearing of their case by the Labor Caucus…

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Labour Victory at By-election

Northern Star · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON. Friday (AAP).--The Wigan by-election caused by the death of the sitting member has resulted in a win for Labour with…

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Dairy Produce Board Election

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

Nominations of candidates for election as members representing butter and cheese factories on the Australian Dairy Produce…

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Parliament Ratifies Trade Agreement

Tweed Daily · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday: The House of Representatives today ratified the new tariff schedules provided for under the world trade…

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Parliament Rises for Three Weeks

Tweed Daily · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday: The sitting of the House of Representatives collapsed today after members had raced through 15…

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Election of P. and C. Officers at Green Pigeon

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 7

The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Green Pigeon P. and C. Association, which was held recently: President, Mr…

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Election of Bonalbo A.c.p. Officers

Northern Star · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Bonalbo branch of the Australian Country Party was held in the Bonalbo Memorial Hall…

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Election of Dunoon P.a.f.s. Officers

Northern Star · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 6

W.M. Bro. A. H. Leeson presided over the fortnightly meeting of Dunoon P.A.F.S. of A. Lodge. The following officers were elected to be…

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Questions Asked in Parliament

Northern Star · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The clash between the police and strikers led to a brief but heated comment as soon as Parliament met…

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Truman's View of Elections

Northern Star · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP).--Senator Carl Hatch (Democrat, New Mexico), a close friend of President Truman, said today: "The…

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Commons Approves Bigger Parliament

Northern Star · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday (AAP). -- Although Mr. Winston Churchill attacked the move as "a shabby political manoeuvre to gain party…

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Celebrations After Rumanian Elections

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 5

BUCHAREST, Monday: The Rumanian elections passed off quietly. Election spirit was at a low ebb…

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"Reds-Ban" Bill Before Parliament Soon

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

Mr Hollway, Victorian Premier, said recently that the Victorian Government is considering introducing…

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Christian Democrats And Communists Main Parties in Italy Election

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday : The Times correspondent in Rome, surveying the main parties' prospects in the Italian elections, to be held on April 18, says that the 'Christian Democrats'' position is still stable and solid…

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Guards Kill 7 in Algiers Election Riot

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

PARIS, Monday: Seven people are reported to have been killed and others injured in rioting in…

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Kai-shek Not to Seek Re-election

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

NANKING, Monday: Authoritative sources reported last night that Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek told the Kuomintang central…

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Letters To The Editor (Letters to the Editor should not exceed 250 words.) New Method of Senate Election

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 6

Sir,--The Federal Government has decided upon electoral reform for future Senate elections. It would have been well-advised to adopt it…

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Bill to Enlarge Federal Parliament

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday: A Bill for the enlargement of the Federal Parliament, and consequent alterations in the Electoral Act, will…

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Protests in Parliament on Sugar Shortage

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday: The acute shortage of sugar for fruit-preservng and jam-making brought protests to the Minister for Customs (Senator Courtice) in the Senate today…

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Broadcasting Equipment Stolen From Parliament House

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday: Precautions against theft at Parliament House have been tightened up following the disappearance of broadcasting equipment from the House of Representatives chamber…

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