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Riverina · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1948

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De Gaulle Seeks New Elections

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1948 · page 1

General de Gaulle will attempt to kill the French National Assembly by combining a propaganda tour…

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A.C.T. Member Next Elections

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1948 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday: The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Johnson) introduced a bill in the House of Representatives…

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Arthur Fuller on Wheat Stabilisation Plan Question Asked In Parliament

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 2

In the House of Representatives last week, Mr A. N. Fuller, member for Hume, stated:— “I preface a question which I…

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Local Items Country Party Candidate for Hume on Tour

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 2

Mr. John MacKay, the Country Party candidate for Hume, was in Wagga yesterday on his way to visit the Country Party…

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Candidate for Hume on Tour

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 2

Mr. John Mackay, the Country party candidate for Hume, was in Wagga on his way to visit the Country party branches added to…

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Ambulance Committee Election

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 2

On receipt of the awaited advice from the secretary of the N.S.W. Ambulance Transport Board, the ten candidates who recently provisionally…

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Urana Shire Non Voters at By-Election

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 8

All councillors attended the September meeting of the Urana Shire Council on Tuesday, including Councillors A. R. Townsend (president),…

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UNO G.A. PRESIDENCY Dr. Evatt a Candidate

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 1

PARIS, Tuesday.—Australia's Dr. Evatt is considered a most likely candidate for the UNO General Assembly Presidency…

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No Appeasement in Moscow Negotiations N.Z. Prime Minister's Assurance in Parliament

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday: There was no shred of appeasement about the policies of Britain, the United States and France during the recent critical negotiations in Moscow, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) in the House of Representatives today…

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City Council By-election on October 16

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 2

A by-election will be held on October 16 to fill the vacancy on the Wagga City Council caused by the death of Ald. J…

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Minister in Sharp Exchanges in Fed. Parliament

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) and Mr. Abbott (C.P., N.E.W.) figured in a sharp…

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Our Member in Parliament Rising Cost of Commodities

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 September 1948 · page 2

"The Tory Party marionettes of private banks and monopolies are now warning the people to get ready for price increases in…

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Country Girl Wanted As Miss Australia Candidate

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 September 1948 · page 2

Hertford's Millinery Salon Sydney, has decided to include one country girl in its trio of Miss Australia Quest 1948 candidates…

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Rugby League Ball Assists Candidate

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1948 · page 3

Fewer than 200 people attended the Rugby League ball in the Kyeamba Smith Hall last night. It was held to raise money for…

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Minister Lays Foundation Stone "High School Before Next Elections"

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 4

"The new Cootamundra High School is on the Department's programme, and with the present advances in that…

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Dairy Farmers' Returns Mr. A. N. Fuller In Parliament

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 September 1948 · page 4

"Recently honoring its promise to producers, the Government increased the guarantee for dairy products for the financial year…

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Liberals Promise to Control Communists If Successful at Elections

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 3

If the Liberal Party wins the next Federal elections, it will introduce legislation to deal with "treasonable, subversive…

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Mr. A. N. Fuller In Parliament AMMUNITION

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 5

In the House of Representatives recently Mr. A. N, Fuller asked, in view of the numerous complants that have been made during the last two…

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P.m. Warns of Stern Fight at Elections Address to Labor Party Conference

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: The Labor Party would have a stern fight at the next election, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) addressing the triennial conference of the A.L.P. here today…

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Chifley Says Papers Stolen or Forged Stir in Parliament Over Mr. Fadden's "Documents"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said today that the alleged record of the British Cabinet meeting, quoted by the leader of the Country Party (Mr. Fadden), was either stolen or a forged document…

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