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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1925

228 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 12

Mr. Blacket's Campaign. Strenuous Electioneering

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 8

Mr. H. T. Blacket, of Dubbo, one of the Nationalist candidates for Wammerawa, is vigorously prosecuting the election campaign. Last week he…

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State Elections. a General Summing Up

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 5

Next Saturday is election day, and on Sunday there will be weeping and lamenting among numerous candidates, and high jubilation from…

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State Elections

The Western Herald · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Johnson. Hon. Sec. Bourke Branch of Nat-Prog Coalition Party is in receipt of the following from Mr B. J. Doe, Coalition…

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The Polling Booth

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 6

The Wellington polling booth will be at the Court House, and not at the school. The Federal election booths are held in…

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State Elections. Polling Day Next

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 6

Next Saturday will see the end of the political campaign which has been raging throughout the whole State during the past five or six…

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Election Results

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 2

The results of the elections will be posted up on Saturday night on the "Weekly" board as they come to hand…

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Wammerawa's Men The National Progressive Candidates

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 4
Also in The Wellington Times

Mr. H. T. Blacket is a Dubbo business man with a commercial reputation and a standing in public life that the electors will be bound to…

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Election Notes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 6

Mr. J. B. Macdonald, Dubbo's progressive Mayor, returned to town yesterday with the Hon. W. A. Holman K.C., after a week's active…

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Nationalists Vote: No. 1 Blacket Candidates at Variance Opinions Differ--so Do Politicians--sharp Words Spoken. Conflict Between Mr. Blacket and Mr. Thorby

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 6

A conflict has taken place between Mr. Blacket, National candidate for Wammerawa, and Mr. Thorby, Progressive, in respect of a Warren land matter. Suggesting that Mr. Blacket had inferred culpability on his part, Mr. Thorby…

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For Sturt Three National Candidates

The Western Herald · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 3

Born in the Western district of Victoria in 1862, B. J. Doe, M.L.A., commenced work very early in life. He saved his earnings, and when 16…

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State Elections

The Western Herald · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 2

The State Elections take place a over the State on Saturday, 30th May and both Nationalists and Labor see[?] sanguine of success. It will be a…

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The State Elections. Labor Gains

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 5

The State elections were held on Saturday last and the result, so far, indicates that Labor has made considerable gains, but the final figures…

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The Elections Quiet and Orderly

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 3

Saturday (polling day) passed off without even an argument. The people recorded their votes, and went away as though a general election was…

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The Elections. Sydney, This Morning

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 6

Latest figures show no alteration in the position of parties in the State elections. For Wammerawa the three old members, Messrs Dunn,…

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Polling Day

Western Age · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 2

Polling day in Cobar was very quiet, but keen interest was displayed…

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Tasmanian Elections. Hobart

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 6

At the electioins in Tasmania the party position is unchanged, and it is [?]likely that each side will have an equal number of boats, [?] each…

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Election News. Prosposed. Single Electorate Bill Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 4

There was no alteration yesterday in the position of parties. Sydney and St. George are still in doubt. One morning paper…

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Stale Elections. Sydney

The Western Herald · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 2

At the conclusion of the counting [?] Newcastle Namoi Ryde, and St. George…

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The Elections

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 5

There has been no alteration in the position for Wammerawa, as Messrs Dunn, Clark and Thorby have again been elected…

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