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Northern Rivers · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1949

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Parliament to Debate Lynskey Tribunal Report

Tweed Daily · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday: Britons asked, "What happens next," as they read the Lynskey Tribunal report in special late editions of the evening newspapers…

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Peak Candidate for Mayor of South Coast

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

The Mayor of Coolangatta, AId Len Peak, will nominate as a candidate for the position of Mayor of the newly-constituted…

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Appeal for A.l.p. Election Funds

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: The A.L.P.'s campalgn for this year's Federal elections would cost at least £150,000, the General…

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Election Cost Him Dear

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

TOKIO, Thursday (AAP).—The police have taken out a warrant for the arrest of Shoji…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Weather Tips From the Pole

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 6

AUSTRALIAN scientists in the south polar regions are being, relieved by the Department of External Affairs and the Navy. But another team is replacing them at the two…

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Liberal Party to Appeal for Election Funds

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: The Liberal Party shortly will launch an appeal for 5- from each man and women…

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Liberty at Stake in Next Election —Anthony

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Friday.—The return of the Labour Party at the next election would mean a serious threat to individual liberty, said…

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Federal Elections Calwell Confident Of Victory

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Only a major blunder by the Labor Party, such as a split in its ranks, could give…

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Elections Early in December?

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday: December 3 or 10 are believed by inner Labor circles to be the most likely dates for the Federal…

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Parliament of Science This Year

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 5

LONDON.—The British Association for the Advancement of Science will hold its next annual meeting from August 31 to…

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Reds Disliked Election Defeat

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 1

PARIS, Tuesday: Police and security guards charged when several disappointed Communists demonstrated against the election…

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Candidate For South Coast Mayor

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 2

ALD. L. PEAK, Mayor of Coolangatta, who has announced his intention of contesting the Mayoral…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House People Have Power All Year

Northern Star · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 6

PARLIAMENT WILL resume in a few days. Both Houses will, enter a year of argument to convince the electors either to leave Labour in office or to replace the Government with a Liberal or…

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Election Bid by Anti-Labor in Qld

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: The anti-Labor parties in Queensland are making an all-out attempt to win the Federal elections…

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Council Candidate

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 4

At the meeting of the West Eurleigh Banana Growers' Association pleasure was expressed at the announcement that the…

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Mrs O'Keefe Case Debated In Parliament Calwell's Attack on Dutch

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: Far from defending the White Australia policy, Mr Calwe[?] had done more by [?]nept handling to jeopardise it and provoke resentment and hatred against Australia than any other Minister since Federation, Mr Holt (Liberal Party, Victoria) declared in the House of…

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Election Bait In Tax Cuts

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—By singing out the great army of wage and salary earners for tax cuts, the Government could be suspected…

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Parliament to Discuss Rabbits

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday: The adjournment of the House of Representatives, to discuss the rabbit plague as a matter of urgent…

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Election Tension Rises in Ireland

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 5

BELFAST, Thursday: Feeling in the Ulster elections has reached a high pitch. Nationalist crowds at Strabane county smashed the windows of shops owned by…

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Feeling High in Ulster Election

Northern Star · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 5

BELFAST, Thursday (AAP).—Feeling in the Ulster elections, which are taking place today, reached a high pitch yesterday when Nationalist crowds at Strabane, Country Tyrone, smashed the window of…

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