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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1937

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The Elections Official Advice to Voters How to Vote

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 5

The following advice to voters in connection with the Federal elections has been issued by the electoral…

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The Elections. Official Advice to Voters

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 2

The following advice to voters in connection with the Federal elections has been issued by the Electoral authorities…

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The Elections. Official Advice to Voters

The Western Herald · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 2

The following advice to voters in connection with the Federal Elections has been issued by the Electoral authorities…

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Federal Elections

The Western Herald · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 7

Speaking at Bourke, Mr. M. A. Davidson, M.L.A., said that the electors had a very serious and important duty to perform, in the…

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Postal Reform Urged. Questions Asked Candidates Some Reasonable Requests

The Western Herald · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 3

Sir Harry Budge the Honorary Secretary of the Postal Reduction League has addressed the following letter to all the candidates…

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Government Victory Saturday's Election Little Change in Parties

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 5

The Lyons-Page Government has had another overwhelming victory over the Labor. Party at Saturday's Federal Election,…

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Shire Elections

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 5

Candidates who intend trying, their luck at the approaching Gilgandra Shire election should remember that nominations must be in the hands of…

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Quiet Election Interest in Results

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 8

Quite a large crowd of Yeoval and district residents visited Yeoval on Saturday last for polling day…

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MUMBIL Quiet Election

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 4

Polling day passed off at this centre very quietly, the usual, number of electors casting, their votes. Quite a number of local residents…

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Early Day Elections Times Have Changed

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 8

He threw his gold rimmed glasses back; well back upon his head And started up from where he sat, “Yes times have changed”, he…

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The Elections Mr. Scully Leading

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 5

The Federal elections were held last Saturday and did not produce any wild excitement. General orderliness prevailed in all States. It…

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Shire Election Propaganda Continued From Front Page

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 4

The position was that there were other shires that were doing better as far as Main Roads grants were concerned. Next year this shire…

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Opposing Shire Candidates Address Electors Criticism of Council's Administration Refuted. Mr. C. W. Trescowthick And The 2d. Rate

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 1

A claim by Mr. V. W. Trescowthick, a local resident who is a candidate for 'C' Riding in the Tlmbrebougie Shire flections, that the expenditure of the present Council will mean a rise by a third of the present rate—I.e. from 1½d. to 2d. In the £ on the…

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Local Government Elections. ABOUT 5000 CANDIDATES

The Western Herald · Friday 29 October 1937 · page 2

Within the next few weeks some 5000 people in this State will announce themselves as candidates for the position of aldermen or…

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Federal Elections. Victory for Lyons—page Government

The Western Herald · Friday 29 October 1937 · page 4

The Federal Elections took place last Saturday, and the Lyons-Page Government had another overwhelming victory over the…

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Election Results. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 29 October 1937 · page 5

Eight hundred absent postal votes for Warringah were counted yesterday. Of these 386 were occurred by Parkhill, thus slightly…

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Municipal Elections

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 2

The Local Government elections will take place throughout the State on Saturday, 4th December, when aldermen and Shire…

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Minister for Transport His Opponent at Next Election Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 1

The secretary of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Proprietors and Transport Association, Mr. R. J. Fitzgerald, announced at…

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State Labor Candidates for Next Election

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 1

At a meeting of the State A.L..G Executive in Sydney, nominations for the various seats in the next State Elections were…

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Shire Elections Seventeen Nominations Received Two Councillors Will Not Seek Re-election

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 6

Nominations for the ordinary triennial election of nine councillors to the Gilgandra Shire Council closed at 5 p.m…

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