Voting at the Local Government Elections
The franchise for the N.S.W. municipal and shire elections is not utilised, as a rule, to anything like the full strength it should be. Such may be…
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Politics & elections, 1947
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Henty Red Cross Elections
The following office-bearers were elected at the annual meeting of the Henty Red Cross Society: Patrons. Messrs. W. B. Crosbie…
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A LETTER from Mr. J. H. Marks was received at the Council meeting last night resigning his position as a…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Thomas O'Brien, 55, a carpenter, was today fined £125 at the Redfern Court. on charges relating to incidents in…
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Two shots were fired at Senator John Bricker, potential Repub-…
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A LETTER from Mr. J. H. Marks was received at the Council meeting last night resigning his position as a…
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Sir,— It was with amazement I rend last Thursday night's decision of the Leeton Shire Council not to allow a by-election caused by my…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: Queensland's 31st Parliament was officially opened today by the State Governor (Sir John Lavarack)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flying Candidates in Pleasing Gallops
SYDNEY, Thursday: Flying Handicap candidates for Moorefield on Saturday, Victory Lad, Brazier, Oriental and Pearler, all galloped soundly on the tracks this morning in preparation for their engagements…
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Became the State executive of the A.L.P. has extended the closing date for Labor nominations for local government elections…
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(From Our Correspondent) The members of the Nangus War Memorial committee who are looking after the Nangus effort in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Who Can Vote at Shire Elections (To the Editor)
Sir.—I, Ralph Cartmel, have made a small wager with Martin Rourke, that only ratepayers have a vote at the Leeton Shire elections…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Attendants at Victorian Parliament House have threatened to strike if they are not paid overtime during night…
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MELBOURNE, Yesterday: Attendants at Victorian Parliament House have, threatened to strike It they are hot paid overtime during night sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Election "A" Riding Candidates
At a meeting of ratepayers of "A" Riding of Carrathool Shire convened by the F & S. Association, on Saturday last, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cahill Warns on Local Govt. Elections
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Many people are under the impression that because their names were on the Parliamentary rolls they were…
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SIR,âThe State Government has announced that it intends to legislate for proportional representation for Municipal and Shire elections. This important…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Who Runs Parliament? “Forum 61 the People” No Longer
Parliament will be in session again from September 17th, and the tasks before it will bring into high relief not only major political issues, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Voting at Municipal and Shire Elections This Year Compulsory Voting W Ll Be in Force for the Next Council Elections at the End of This Year
A recent letter from the Department of Local Government to Councils stated that the Government proposed to bring down legislation to…
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BUDAPEST, Tuesday: A Minister of interior spokesman admitted that small-scale abuses, such as certain cases of plural voting, occurred at the…
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