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Northern Rivers · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1954

128 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 7

Queen Enters Parliament For Opening Ceremony

Northern Star · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh mount the steps at Parliament House, Wellington, on Tuesday, when the Queen opened the fourth session of New Zealand's 30th Parliament…

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To The Editor Voting in Shire Election

Northern Star · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 6

Sir, -- If your correspondent, S. J. Sargent, had paid just a little attention to what I wrote he would not have written…

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Should Have Contested N.r.c.c. Election, Councillor Claims

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Friday-- Tomki Shire Council should have nominated a candidate to contest the election of delegates to the Northern Rivers (Electricity) County Council to impress the…

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Council Committee Elections

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 3

Two aldermen of the previous Lismore City Council were last night elected vice-chairmen of works and health…

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Voting in Council Elections

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 7

Sir. -- For the first time your council was elected by proportional representation, or in other words electoral justice…

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A.W.U. Contribution For Elections

Northern Star · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Australian Workers' Union is expected to contribute more than £100,000…

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Papers Lost "Mock" Election Foe N.R.C.C.

Northern Star · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 4

Subject to approval by the State Governor, Cr. H. C. Cardow has been re-elected as a delegate to the Northern…

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Crown And Parliament In Democracy

Northern Star · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 4

THE OPENING BY the Queen of a session of the Parliament of New South Wales only 24 hours after her arrival in Australia strikingly reaffirmed the deep significance of her personal…

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Queen at Parliament

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 5

Wearing the Order of the Garter, the Queen walks on the blue carpet with the Duke of Edinburgh outside Parliament House before the opening of Parliament…

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Aust Dairy Board Election

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 4

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

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Brilliant Scene in Senate As Queen Opens Parliament

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday. -- In a sodden Canberra, but with splendour unparalleled in the Commonwealth, the Queen made history this afternoon when she opened Federal Parliament. While the Queen, in her Coronation gown, brought sparkling beauty to the Senate…

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Queen Opens Parliament

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

The general scene inside Parliament House, Canberra, when Queen Elizabeth opened the Commonwealth Federal Parliament on Monday. At left: Queen Elizabeth, a dazzling figure in her beautiful Coronation gown, at Parliament House for the opening of the Commonwealth…

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Parties Organise For Elections

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 5

CANBERRA, Sunday.--Government and Labour Party organisers are starting to move into top gear in their planning for the elections for the House of Representatives to be held on…

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Election May Be Won Or Lost In NSW

Northern Star · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.--The Prime Minister Mr. Menzies, has again decided on a brief election campaign of three weeks culminating with the poll on May 29. Campaigns formerly…

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Unity on Elections

Northern Star · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. -- The N.S.W. Liberal Party would not contest any electorate held by the Country Party in…

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Liberals Favour Three-cornered Election Contest

Northern Star · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Triangular contests have proved highly successful in defeating Labour candidates in past elections, the State secretary of the Liberal Party, Mr. J. Carrick, said today…

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Goonellabah P.&c. Election

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 3

Mr. S. Roberts occupied the chair at the annual meeting of the Gconellabah P. and C. Association and thanked…

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Waterside Union Election Probe Ordered

Northern Star · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The Industrial Registrar today ordered an inquiry by the Arbitration Court into two recent…

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Kenya Parliament

Northern Star · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 5

The new Kenya parliamentary building in the City Square, Nairobi, opened recently by the Governor, Sir Evelyn Baring, follows the plan of the British House of Commons. The influence of Westminster is…

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Jiggi-georgica J. Farmer Election

Northern Star · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 7

There were 13 present at the annual meeting of the Jiggi - Georgica advisory committee of Junior…

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