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Riverina · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1949

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Talk of U.K. Election

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Friday. Rumors of an early election in Britain persist, although there is no confirmation available in…

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Rice “Substitute” at Parliament House?

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 4

A good serving of rice with curry on the lunch menu at Parliament House on Thursday gave rise to inuendoes as to the means that…

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"Petrol Explosion" in Ped. Parliament Government Censured for Lack of Policy

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 4

Australia's development, the productive capacity of her primary and secondary industries may well have been seriously…

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Attlee Puts Election Issue; Democratic Socialism v Capitalism

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): "In the next nine months there will be a general eleption, which will decide whether Britain continues on the course it has been' pursuing—Democratic Socialism—thereby giving a lead to the world, or whether it is to fall back and attempt to return to the miseries and injustices…

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Petrol Supplies Mr. Fuller's Question In Parliament Mr. Fuller's Question in Parliament

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 4

Mr. FULLER.—Will the Minister representing the Minister for Shipping and Fuel inform the House whether it is a fact that all of the…

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Extension of Rice Production Question in Parliament

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 2

Below we publish the question asked by the Member for Fremantle, Mr. K. Bcazley, M.P., in the Federal Parliament and the…

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Fed, Election on Dec. 10

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The elections for the Senate and House of Representatives will be held on Saturday, Decembers 10…

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N.r.m.a. Election

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 2

The annual election of councillors, of the N.R.M.A. is being conducted, and the ballot paper appears in the current issue of…

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Mayor Of Yass May Oppose Billy Sheahan At Next State Elections

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 1

Ald. R. Haddon, Mayor of Yass, has accepted nomination as a Liberal candidate for the electorate of Yass at the State elections to be…

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Tumut Turf Club Committee Meeting Election of Officers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 2

The first meeting of the newly-elected committee of the Tumut Turf Club was held at the Royal Hotel on Friday night, those…

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Federal Elections on Dec. 10

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: The elections for the Senate and House of Representatives will be held…

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Farrer Labor Candidate Supported

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 2

"Tom McGrath is a modest, earnest candidate, with a thorough knowledge of the needs of all electors in this area," said Mr…

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"Radio Control Order a Mistake" Calwell's Admission to Parliament

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Australian Broadcasting Control Board had made "a very bad mistake in ordering the allotment of time over national and commercial station for the Communist Party"…

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Mr. D. P. Turner Again President Election of Ambulance Officers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 6

The retiring President of the Gundagai Tumut Ambulance Service, Mr D. P. Turner, was unanimosly re-elected to the position of…

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Our Member In Parliament

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Fuller, M.H.R. for Hume, asked the following question in Parliament: MR. FULLER: Will the Minister…

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Mr. Fuller in Parliament Soldier Settlement Land Resumption to Be Challenged

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 1

Mr. A. N. Fuller, M.H.R. for Hume, asked the following question of the Attorney General in Parliament last week:--…

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Federal Elections on December 10

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 2
Also in The Murrumbidgee Irrigator

The elections for the Senate and House of Representatives will be held on Saturday, 19th December. This was announced by the Prime…

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Details of Next Federal Election Big Increase Expected in Voters

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 1

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Johnson, has announced that he expected there would be a considerable increase in the number of…

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Early British Election Sought

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Declaring its support for an immediate election in Britain, the weekly newspaper, "Tribune", generally…

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