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Politics & elections, 1951

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

How Britain’s Parliament Grew

The Bega District News · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 2

White British M.P.S. are on holiday, Londoners and Festival visitors are thronging the Houses of Parliament to see an exhibition featuring “Parliament Past and Present.” Constructed like a shell or box, the exhibition can tour the country or go abroad, and consists of…

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Three Candidates for Queen Competition

The Bega District News · Tuesday 30 October 1951 · page 4

Thes[?] three young ladies, Miss Nita Mead, Miss Judith Hart and Miss Kitty Hetherington are the three candidates in the Queen Competition which will be finalised at the Commercial Travellers' Cot Fund-Bega District Ambulance Carnival to be held in Bega on Thursday next Miss - Mead is the crowning of the successful candidate will take place at the show ground on Thursday night…

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M.l.c. Election

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

AId. P. R. (Dick) Hollis, Liberal President of Eden-Monaro, announced at a meeting of Liberal Executive on Friday night that…

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Cr. Sims Again Head Of Mumbulla Shire Election Held In Sick President’s Absence

The Bega District News · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 2

There was something of a situation at yesterday’s meeting of Mumbulla Shire Council when the election of president came up for a decision. The retiring president (Or. F. primary votes, he was declared…

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