ROUNDABOUT Miss North Coast Selection Tonight; Nine Candidates
Nine girls will parade in the Miss North Coast section of the Miss Australia quest in the Rowing Club tonight. The five judges will decide…
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Politics & elections, 1954
128 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 7
Improvement Association Election
At the annual meeting of the Broadwater-Dungarubba-Bagotville - Kilgin Improvement Association, the election…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--One hundred and nineteen candidates-- two of them women--will contest the 47 New South Wales seats in the Federal elections to he held on May 29 There are 37 Liberal candidates, nine Country Party, 43 Labour, 18…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir Earle's Election Campaign Opposition Policy Speech "Childish and Fantastic"
The policy speech of the Federal Labour Leader, Dr. Evatt, on Thursday night, was so childish and fantastic that it almost seemed to have been thought up in a menal home, Sir Earle Page, Federal retiring member for Cowper electorate, said at Kyogle on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Goolmangar Ppu Election
Mr. R. M. Somerville presided at the annual meeting of he Goolmangar branch of the Primary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tennis Election at Jiggi
The annual meeting of Jiggi-Georgica Tennis Club was held. The following office-bearers were elected for 1954…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A meeting of 5,500 wharflabourers today decided to impose a political levy of 5/- per member to finance a campaign to defeat the Menzies' Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Personal Action Led to Labour Petrol Tax Election Pledge
The claim that he had been responsible for Labour including as one of the main points in its policy speech that the whole of the petrol tax should be returned to Local…
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NEW YORK, Thursday.—South Korea's tense National Assembly election opened quietly this morning under an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Move to Make Election Issue Of New States
ARMIDALE, Friday. — The creation of New States must become a major political issue during the Federal election campaign, president of the New England New State Movement, Mr. P. A…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kyogle Queen Candidates
Two Kyogle girls, Pat. Cameron, of Kyogle, and Helen McKenzie, of High field, are the "queen"…
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The queen competition is intended to raise funds for the recently reformed Kyogle pine band…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Bets on Elections
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Hundreds of pounds worth of bets are being wagered on the outcome of the Federal election, the majority by Labour supporters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Election Result to Be Decided in 29 SEATS Swinging Seats In Each State
Twenty-nine of the 123 seats for the House of Representatives general election on May 29 are in a delicate state of balance. Eight are in New South Wales, nine in Victoria, five in Queensland, one in South Australia, two in West Australia, and four in Tasmania. A swing against the Goverment, even on a moderate scale, could easily lead to the election…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ballina Quota Club Election
BALLINA, Sunday— Forty members and visitors attended the annual dinner and installation of officers of Ballina…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U'ville Hall Committee Election
The annpal meeting of the Urberwille Servicemen's War Memorial Hall Committee was held in the Urbenville…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Candidates For Double In Brisbane
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Stradbroke Handicap and Brisbane Cup candidates, Spearby, Lord Forrest and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New State Issue in Election
ARMIDALE, Wednesday.—Candidates in the coming election who ignored the New State issue did so at their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Election Campaign Titbits Misrepresentation By Labour Candidate
One of the choicest titbits of this election campaign was the pretence of Mr. Bailey, the Labour candidate, that the Country Party had been opposed to the development of country industries and that Sir Earle Page, as the local Member, had done nothing for the Cowper electorate, Sir Earle Page declared at Urbenville on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Communist Speakers Hastened Out of Town Uproar at Election Meeting
The Communist Party candidate for Cowper (Mr. K. W. C. Harding) and Communist speakers who supported him in an election address in Kyogle on Wednesday afternoon were…
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