Bourke District Hospital Reviving Annual Hospital Ball. No Triennial Elections6 This Year
The usual monthly meeting of the Directors of the above was held in the Bank of N.S.W. on Tuesday evening…
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Politics & elections, 1947
207 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 6 of 11
More Members of Parliament (To the Editor, the “Watchman”
Sir,— May I make some comment on the article in “The Watchman” on the possibility of more members of the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →More Members of Parliament National Spirit Killed by Chifley Government Says Country Party Leader
“How can Mr. Chifley expect to have a national spirit when his own Government’s policy is killing it”? Asked the Federal Country…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Voting at Local Government Elections Will Be Compulsory
Voting will be compulsory in all future Local Government elections in NSW. The. preferential system of voting will be used in single…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Poets’ Corner an Old Time Polling Day
Two bushmen heard their country’s call To Statesmen, once for Castlereagh,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo A.l.p. Not to Run Council Candidates
At a meeting of Dubbo Branch of the Australian Labor Party held in the Railway Institute on Sunday, it was decided not to inn any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →19 Candidates for Ambulance Committee Imperial Hotel Well Represented
Nineteen candidates have nominated to fill the 12 seats on the committee of the Coonabarabran District…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labor League and Shire Elections Only One Member Nominates
At a meeting of the Coonabarabran Labor League on Sunday morning it was decided not to endorse any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →19 Candidates for Ambulance Committee
Nineteen candidates have nominated for the 12 vacancies on the committee of the Coonabarabran District Ambulance. This number includes the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By-election Unlikely
It is regarded as unlikely that a by-election will be held to fill the vacancy on Dubbo Council caused by the death of Ald. A. Madelin. It is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WONGARBON Cricket Club Reformed. Election of Officers
The Wongarbon Cricket Club has been re-formed and the following officers have been elected for the season:â…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Open Forum P. R. FOR L. G. ELECTION(To the Editor, “Watchman”)
Sir,— The State Government has announced that it intends to legislate for Proportional Representation for Municipal and Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mechanics’ Institute President Reports Improvement Annual Election and Balance Sheet
“The Mechanics’ Institute has shown a marked improvement during the past twelve months,” said Rev. J. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →4000 at Mass Rally Demand Referendum on Banking Mr. Darby Calls on Governor-General to Dissolve Parliament Intense Meeting Against Chifley's Socialisation Plans Finds Expression in Tumults of Applause for Speakers at Biggest Meeting in W'ton's History Procession From Dubbo Joins in Throng of Angry Citizens From Wide Area
AT a monster protest rally in Cameron Park this afternoon, a huge crowd, the biggest in Wellington's history, of over 4000 district citizens, with drily one dissentient, carried a resolution demanding that the Chiftey Government not proceed with the proposal to nationalise the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Telegrams Bitter Debate in the Federal Parliament on Banking Bill..... Deputy Opposition Leader Suspended. Censure Motion Defeated
Canberra. — Application of the gag at 11.40 p.m. last night was followed within two minutes by the defeat of the Opposition's censure…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Public Opinion and Parliament Far Reaching Effects of Bank Protests
One salient fact can be deduced from the delude of letters, telegrams and petitions still pouring into Parliament House in protest against, bank…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Professor Einstein Would Convert U.N.O. Into World Parliament Flushing (New York)
In an open letter to the United Nations, Professor Albert Einstein has called on delegates to convert General Assembly into a world parliament with power to eliminate the present "threat of extinction."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Candidates for Municipal Honors
Additional names likely to be heard of at the forthcoming Dubbo Municipal Council elections are those of Messrs. W. H. Leonard, S. Meek,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Elections and Party Politics
It is understood that at the A.L.P. conference held on Sunday last the motion previously carried regarding the non-running of candidates in party…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labour Wins By-election Seat London, Friday
Labour retained the West Islington sent at a by-election with a majority of 4,676 votes…
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