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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1948

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Chamber of Commerce Supports Festival Committee. Holidays Discussed at Annual Meeting and Election of Officers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

THE Wellington Chamber of Commerce last night decided at the Annual Meeting to recommend that business houses in the town accede to the request from the Wellington Festival Committee that shops in the town…

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Joint Candidate Opposed by Country Party Decision of Castlereach Electoral Council Meeting

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 2

A largely attended meeting of the Castlereagh Electoral Council of the Australian Country Party was held in Gilgandra on Tuesday. Main item in the correspondence was a…

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Election of Ambulance Committee to Take Place Sept. 6th

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 1

The election, of a new committee to conduct the affairs of the Coonabarabran District Ambulance, will take place on…

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Miss Australia No Candidate from Trangie R.S.L. This Year

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 8

Trangie sub-branch of the RSL will not nominate a candidate for the Miss Australia Quest this year. This was decided after a lengthy…

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Tasmania Elections Hobart

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1948 · page 3

More than 160,000 electors in Tasmania will go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new parliament. Interest is the keenest…

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No Ambulance Election

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 4

Only 11 nominations have been received to fill the 12 seats which will become vacant on the Coonabarabran' District…

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Tasmanian Elections

The Western Herald · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 1

Hobart. — With seats in the new Tasmanian House of Assembly evenly divided between the Labour and non-Labour, parties, Premier…

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Latest Telegrams Increased Rates for Woolclassers Announced. Possibility of Deadlock in Tasmanian Elections Increased Shearing Rates

The Western Herald · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 1

Sydney.—Increased rates of pay for woolclassers employed in shearing sheds were announced by the Federal Conciliation…

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Truman Tipped To Win Elections

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday The prediction that President Truman will win the November Presidential…

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Truman's Election Campaign Commences DETROIT

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1948 · page 1

President Truman formally launched his election campaign yesterday with whirlwind visits to five Southern Michigan…

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Western Show Societies (cont.) Election of Officers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 12

Except for two changes, officers elected for the ensuing year remained the same. The election resulted:…

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Mr. Nod Knight Nominated As Country Party Candidate

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 1

Mr. Noel Knight, of “Tannibar,” Coonabarabran, has signified his intention to seek endorsement as Country Party…

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De Gaulle Seeks New Elections

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 4

General de Gaune win attempt to kill the Trench National Assembly by combining a propaganda tour…

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Britain Commons Defeat Move to Reject Parliament Bill London, Tuesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 1

By 319 votes to 192, the House of Commons last night defeated an opposition amendment seeking to reject the Parliament Bill which is designed to restrict the power of the House of Lords. The Bill…

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Hospital Board Elections

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 1

The main business at the monthly meeting of Dubbo Hospital Board held last night was the election of office-bearers for the ensuing 12 months. All existing office-holders were returned without…

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Swimming Club Annual Meeting and Election of Officers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 7

There was a complete change of officers at Friday night's meeting of the Wellington Amateur…

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Lords Reject Parliament Bill London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 September 1948 · page 2

By 204 volts to 34 the House of Lords yesterday rejected this second wading of the Parliament Bill which seeks to curtail the…

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Festival Week Achieves Magnificent Success Profit of £7,500 Expected for Show and Sports Ground. Diggers' Candidate, Miss Bonnie Newell, Crowned Queen in Blaze of Glory. Queen Competition Raised £7,353 and Profits From Races, Art Union and Other Functions Are Expected to Defray All of £1500 EXPENSES

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 1

THE Wellington Festival Week concluded in a blaze of glory on Saturday night with the crowning of the Diggers' Candidate, Miss Bonnie Newell, as Queen of the Festival, before a crowd of well over 3,000 people who packed the Swift street…

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Windorah - Comobella C.W.A. Annual Meeting and Election of Officers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Windorah-Comobella branch of the Country Women's Association was…

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Binnaway Resident May Contest Elections

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 3

Mr. E. E. Sullivan, a young Binnaway farmer, has been approached by long standing Laborites to contest the new…

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