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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1950

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Liberal Party Meeting. Address by Candidate for Mudgee

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 1

Since the State Labour Government took office in 1941 the numbers of men engaged in rural industry had slumped…

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Liberal Party Candidates Number Seek Dubbo Pre-Selection

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

The Literal Party candidate to contest the Dubbo electorate in the forthcoming State elections will be chosen by a…

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Selection Of Liberal Candidate Deferred

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 3

The selection of the Liberal Party candidate for Dubbo at the coming Slate elections, which was to have been held at…

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Liverpool Plains C.p. Candidate

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 2

The Coolah Branch of the Liberal Party met at the School of Arts on Friday evening under the chairmanship of the…

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Minister's Statement to Parliament on Narromine Lease

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 2

Claims made at the annual conference of the NSW Grazlers' Association that the special leasing of Crown land in the Narromine district forced stock to travel 100 miles longer to Queensland, and were cut off from water for 15 miles, were…

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Liverpool Plains C.p. Candidate

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 4

Recently Liverpool Plains State Electorate Selection Committee of the Liberal Party met at Scone to select a candidate for the forth…

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Country Party Candidate Will Work to Obtain Aerodrome for Wellington

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

MR. F. G. Cooke, Country Party candidate for the Mudgee electorate in this year's State elections, told a "Times" representative this week that, if elected, he would strenuously work for the establishment of an…

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Vital Bills for Parliament Canberra, Wednesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 1

Two Important bills are expected to be introduced in Parliament soon after resumption of the session next week. The first…

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Shire President Resigns To Contest State Seat At Elections

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 1

The President of the Coolah Shire (Councillor Norman Home) has resigned in order to concentrate on his political…

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Liberal Party Endorses Its Candidate

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 1

Confirmation of the endorsement of Mr. Vic Roach as Liberal candidate for Dubbo in the forthcoming State elections was…

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Election of Grandstand

The Western Herald · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

Tenders are invited and will be received up to May 31st, for erection and completion of one concrete brick grandstand on Bourke…

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Political Candidates at Show

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 1

Mr. Fred Cooke, endorsed Country Party candidate for the Mudgee seat, spent the first lour days of last week in…

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Liberal Party Candidate for Dubbo Mrs. Vic Roach Endorsed

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 3

Confirmation of the endorsement of Mr. Vic Roach as Liberal candidate for Dubbo in the forth coming State elections has been…

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Liberal Candidate Preparing For State Elections

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 2

A spokesman for the Liberal Party says: During the last two weeks Vic Roach, the Liberal candidate for…

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Heiress Files Divorce Now Candidate For Senate New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 1

Ann Cooper Hewitt Nicholson, the "sterilised heiress," of a decade ago and at present a candidate for the U.S. Senate,…

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State Elections Date Delayed Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 3

State Cabinet has left it to the premier (Mr. McGirr) to decide and announce the date of the State elections…

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Mr. Noel Knight's Address Country Party Candidate Over 2Du

The Western Herald · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 8

Mr. Noel Knight the endorsed Country Party Candidate for the State Electorate of Castlereagh spoke over Radio Station 2DU on…

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Fight for Rural Seats in State Election Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 1

The fight for country seats will be one of the most vital aspects of the McGirr Government campaign in the State…

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Four Candidates for Dubbo in State Elections

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 1

Four candidates will contest the Dubbo seat in the New South Wales elections, to be held on June 17. They are candidates nominated by each of the…

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Country Party Candidate Speaks on Communism

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 9

Mr. Noel Knight, the endorsed Country Party candidate for the Castlereagh State elections to take place on June 17, expressed in his regular weekly broadcast from 2 DU, his views on combating Communism…

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