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Riverina · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1951

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All Seven Junee Inter High School Candidates for Leaving Certificate Secure Their Passes

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 1

ALL SEVEN CANDIDATES FROM THE JUNEE INTERMEDIATE HIGH SCHOOL HAVE PASSED THE LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION RESULTS OF WHICH WERE ANNOUNCED IN SYDNEY THIS AFTERNOON…

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Did Not Vote at Council Election Defaulters Will Be Asked For Explanation

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 3

The Cowra Municipal Council intends sending "please explains" to ratepayers who did not vote at the last election…

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Parliament Will Not Meet About Power Position

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — State Parliament will not be called together to discuss the power position, the Acting Premier…

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No Special Assembly of Parliament About Power Position

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: State Parliament will not be called together to discuss the power position, the Acting Premier (Mr. J. J. Cahill) said tonight. He was commenting on a demand by the leader…

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The Recent L.g. Elections

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 4

Mr. A. G. Huie winds up an interesting article on the recent Local Government elections as follows:—…

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Government—without Parliament

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 2

Theretically we are in a parliamentary democracy, with the affairs of Government controlled by Parliament. In…

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British Labor Party Would Be Defeated If Election Held Now

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. — Winston Churchill's Conservative Party would sweep back to power with a big majority if a general…

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Churchill Back If New Election Held in Britain?

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Winston Churchill's Conservative Party would sweep back to power with a big majority if a general…

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Two Politicians Visit Junee Checking on Labor's Election Organisation

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 7

The local and international situation contains so many conflicting problems that Mr. Leslie Haylen M.H.R. would not say in Junee…

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Mr. A. R. C. Brown to Seek Endorsement at Federal Election

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 8

Mr. A. R. C. Brown, of North Junee, has decided to contest the pre-selection ballot seeking Labor Party…

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Dedman's Libel Suit Over Election Opens

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday: The libel case brought by the former Minister for Post-War Reconstruction, Mr. John Johnstone…

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Junee Reefs A.C.P. Endorses Candidate Supports Mr. D. Dickson For State Election

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

The Junee Reefs branch of the Country Party has nominated Mr. S. D. Dickson M.L.A. to contest the Temora electorate in the next…

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Selection Ballots for Labor Candidates

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

The Australian Labor Party will conduct selection ballots on March 31 to select the candidate for the next Federal Election…

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British By-Election

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: A Labor candidate who contested the West Bristol by-election as a pacifist and failed to gain Prime…

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Sodality Elections

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

Annual elections of the Sodality of the Children of Mary were held on Sunday, February 18 at the meeting in St…

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Correspondence Compulsory Voting at Shire Elections (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

Six, It appears from a report in last Tuesday's "Irrigator" that the Leeton, Shire Council has decided to bully these who failed to vote at the…

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Music Exams at St. Joseph's List of Successful Convent Candidates

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 7

The results of the examinations conducted by the Trinity College of theory of music in November, 1950, are now available. All…

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Important Bills Await Parliament

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: A special bill to ensure the power of the Arbitration .Court to enforce awards and decisions of…

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Tumut Branch A.L.P. Annual Meeting MR. H. A. Gaul Elected President 1951 Could and Should Be an Election Year

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Tumut Branch A.L.P. was held la the supper room of the Oddfellows' Hall on Sunday, 18th…

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Important Bills Await Parliament

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 2

A special bill to ensure the power of the Arbitration Court to enforce awards and decisions of industrial…

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