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South Coast · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1951

24 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Polling Place Closed Mount Darragh Numbers Too Small

The Bega District News · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

Owing to the small number of electors concerned the Electoral Commissioner has announced that the Mount Darragh polling…

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Bill to Provide Payment for Death of Cattle Minister For Agriculture To Bring Proposal Before Parliament

The Bega District News · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said he would introduce a Bill into the next session of Parliament for the payment of compensation to owners of cattle which die or are destroyed as a result of certain infectious diseases…

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Wattamolla Polling Booth to Be Closed

The South Coast Register · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 2

“Owing to the small number of voters availing themselves of the Wattamolla polling place in the subdivision of Berry, I have…

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Dairy Produce Board Election

The Bega District News · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 1

Nominations of Candidates for election as members representing Butter and Cheese Factories on the Australian…

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The Election

The Bega District News · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

The declaration that the Governor ' General has granted a double dissolution will be welcomed by those…

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Labor Member Opens Election Campaign Fraser Charges Menzies Government With Failure While In Office

The Bega District News · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 1

Mr. Allan Fraser, M.H.R., Labor Member for Eden-Monaro, has opened his campaign with a speech in Goulburn. Mr. Fraser is making an intensive tour of the electorate, and is expected to address a street meeting in Bega, tomorrow at at 7.30 in the evening…

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Keys' Reply to Attack on Government by Fraser Liberal Man Says Labor Candidate Used Undignified Inaccuracies

The Bega District News · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 1

The liberal party candidate for elden-monaro (Mr. A. G. "bill" Keys) commenting, in Queanbeyan, this week, on the Labor candidate's campaign speech, which appeared in Tuesday's issue of the "News," took Mr. Fraser to task on many of the reported statements…

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No Election

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 1

As only the required number of candidates have been nominated for the committee of the Shoalhaven A. and H…

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Federal Elections Keys Replies on Snowy Scheme

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 3

Continuing his energetic campaign, the Liberal candidate for Keys, addressed a meeting at Nimmitabel and returned to…

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The Elections Official Advice to Voters

The Bega District News · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 2

To-morrow the polling booths will be open continuously from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting is compulsory, and failure to vote…

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Federal Elections Pass Quietly Keys Fighting Back Against Fraser

The Bega District News · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 2

Election day, on Saturday, passed very quietly in Bega, and was free of any incident as the voters passed in and out of the Bega Court House between the polling hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m…

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Federal Elections Jeff Bate Returns to Macarthur Allen Fraser for Eden-monaro

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 1

There does not appear to have been any material change in the Federal Parliament as a result of the elections on Saturday last…

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Aust. Dairy Board Election Ballot Papers Distributed

The Bega District News · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 7

Ballot papers for the Australian Dairy Produce Board been posted to suppliers co-operative factories, for…

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Aust. Dairy Produce Board Elections

The Bega District News · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 5

As the present N.S.W. Co-operative Butter and Cheese Factories' Representative on the Australian Dairy produce Board and member…

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Milk Zone Black-outs Questions in Parliament by State Members

The South Coast Register · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 2

Protests were made by State Members, Mr. Blake Pelly, MLA, (Wollondilly), and Mr. Jack Beale, MLA (South Coast), when…

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Dairy Produce Board Election

The Bega District News · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 2

J. K. Donaldson was elected by the suppliers of co-operative butter and cheese factories as their representative to the Australian…

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Election of Officers

The Bega District News · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 4

The following officers were elected: Hon. treasurer, Mr. E. V. Single; committee: Messrs. D. Beck, D. A. Gowing, E. Koellner,…

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Of Officers A.p.p.u. Election

The Bega District News · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 6

At the Divisional State Conference of the Australian Primary Producers' Union, in Sydney, last week,…

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Cases for and Against in Federal Referendum Campaigns Becoming More Intense As Polling Day Approaches

The Bega District News · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 1

Both sides are intensifying their efforts to win friends to the respective arguments on the referendum, to be taken on Saturday, September 22, on the proposed alteration of the Australian Constitution to give power to the Commonwealth Government to deal with Communists and Communism…

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Foreign Veterinary Surgeons Dr Borys Mentioned in Parliament

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 3

The following debate, in regard to foreign veterinary surgeons practicing in NSW, occurred recently in the State Parliament,…

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