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Politics & elections, 1946

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Five After Eden-monaro Service Party Candidate

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 7

A fifth candidate has entered the field for the Eden1Monaro seat at the forthcoming Federal elections. He is Mr. V. K. O. Brown, farmer,…

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Candidates Busy Electioneering

The South Coast Register · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 2

With Federal election day only about six weeks away, the candidates are busy electioneering, and on the 14th instant Berry…

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Country Party Candidate Studies Local Industry

The Bega District News · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 4

Mr Pat Osborne, an endorsed Country Party candidate for Eden-Monaro, has been making a study of the various primary industries of the…

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Liberal Party the Senate Candidates

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 2

Two Liberal Party candidates, Messrs. Alex. Mair, M.L.A., and M. A. Ferguson. have been selected for the Senate team in N.S.W…

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The Pressure is on Country Party Candidates on Tour

The Bega District News · Monday 9 September 1946 · page 6

The Australian Country Party candidates for Eden-Monaro, Pat Osborne and Allan Backhouse, left Goulburn headquarters on a thousand mile campaign…

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Postal Voting at Forthcoming Elections

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 18 September 1946 · page 7

Electors entitled to vote by post at the forthcoming elections and referendums are those who on polling day will be outside the State…

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Ex-Servicemen And Elections

The Bega District News · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 3

“Under the provisions of the Commonwealth Electoral War-time-Act, a discharged member of the Australian Forces, including an ex-serviceman or…

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Elections of the Past

The Bega District News · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 3

With a Federal election close at hand, one cannot help contrasting the apparent apathy of the people with the hectic campaigns of other times. One cannot help feeling that if only a small part of the…

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The Parties Put Their Cases Elections Approach

The Bega District News · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 6

With only a little over a week left in which to convince the voters of the effectiveness of the various and varying policies, the parties are now swinging well in their work…

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Denzil Macarthur-Onslow Your Liberal Candidate

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 5

SAYS: Women of Eden-Monaro: You have shouldered many inksome burdens over the past few years. The LIBERAL…

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Denzil Macarthur-Onslow Your Liberal Candidate

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 4

SAYS: LIBERAL policy is to increase endowment to include the first child. Social services, pen-ions, etc., will not be…

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Federal Elections

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 4

Under the provisions of the Commonwealth Electoral Wartime Act a discharged member of the Australian Forces, including…

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Denzil Macarthur-Onslow Your Liberal Candidate

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 2

SAYS: LIBERAL policy will bring to the dairy farmers a fair stabilised price for their produce, based on the cost of…

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Denzil Macarthur- Onslow Your Liberal Candidate

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 2

SAYS: The LIBERAL policy is to reduce taxation by at least 20 per cent , as from the 1st January next, and not less than…

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Denzil Macarthur-Onslow Your Liberal Candidate

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 2

SAYS: The time has arrived for Educational action. The country Educational facilities need great Improvement. The…

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Federal Elections Abolition of the Means Test

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 6

In a statement at Bateman’s, Bay, Mr. Denzil Macarthur- Onslow said that after a study of the situation in Eden-Monaro…

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Denzil Macarthur-onslow Your Liberal Candidate

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 25 September 1946 · page 7

SAYS: Labour is concerned with spending over two hundred million pounds in unifying the Australian Railway Gauge, and it is…

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Denzil Macarthur-onslow Your Liberal Candidate

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 25 September 1946 · page 18

SAYS: Eden-Monaro’s amenities and improved living conditions will be my first care. I stand for the fulfilment of the Shoalhaven…

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The Elections Advice to Voters

The Bega District News · Thursday 26 September 1946 · page 1

On polling day, Saturday next, 28th September, 1946, the polling booths will be open continuously from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m…

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Parties’s Final Messages Before Elections People’s Day

The Bega District News · Thursday 26 September 1946 · page 4

After a remarkably clean and calm campaign electioneering time is drawing to a close, and Saturday will see the country at the polls. Eden-Monaro, with its five candidates, presents an interesting…

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