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Southern Highlands · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1931

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Election Coming Is Your Name on Roll?

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 3

It is proposed to have the Commonwealth electoral rolls reprinted at an early date in preparation for the Commonwealth general elections,…

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Werriwa Two Labor Candidates

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 2

The new Labor daily, The World, intimates that there will be two Labor candidates; for Werriwa at next election,…

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Council Elections Thirteen Candidates at Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 November 1931 · page 3

Ald A. A. South who had intimated his intention to retire from the Moss Vale Council, has yielded to the request of a number of…

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Bowral Municipal Election. The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 2

Sir, With twenty candidates for our votes, how are we to decide who' will best represent us unless we hear their views. This good man business…

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Election Coming Be Prepared

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 4

Defeated on a motion moved by the Lang Corner and supported by the Opposition, Mr. Scullin will advise the Governor General to dissolve…

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Federal Election Polling Day: Saturday, 19th December. Eden Monaro

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 1 December 1931 · page 2

Eden Monaro it in the unhappy position of being the only electorate in the State in which the antiLabor forces will be divided at the coming…

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Visit to Council Candidates and Friends Watch Proceedings

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 1 December 1931 · page 3

The unusual interest taken in the' approaching municipal election at Bowral was manifested on Thursday last when over twenty electors were…

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Municipal Election

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 1 December 1931 · page 3

At the request of some of the candidates for municipal honors, the Mayor of Bowral has convened a public meeting for Wednesday next…

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Municipal Elections Candidates Addresses

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 December 1931 · page 2

The meeting held at Mack's Theatre on Monday night was fairly well attended, but was not marked by any degree of enthusiasm. The Mayor…

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Municipal Elections. The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 4

Sir, Having heard the candidates for Mittagong Council on Tuesday, I am wondering why there ia an election. All the new candidates seem…

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Bowral Hears 14 CANDIDATES Ald. Pickles the Only Optimist Amongst Them

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 4

There was a fair attendance at the meeting convened by the Mayor of Bowral to hear addresses from candidates for election to the Municipal…

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Municipal Excitement at Mittagong. Candidates Tell Electors How They Will Boost the Town

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 2

Mr. W. Hilton Mitchell has held a watch on many occasions, but never in quite the same circumstances as on Tuesday last when he presided…

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Bowral Municipal Elections

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 4

AT the request of several Bowral gentlemen I am contesting the forthcoming Municipal Election, and confidently look forward to the…

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The Federal Election

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 December 1931 · page 2

The Campaign is about to start To gets its members in, There will be some Parties, too, Now that is a great sin…

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Municipal Elections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 December 1931 · page 2

The Municipal Council is now about to be constituted again. The elections take place to-day. There are…

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Exciting Polling in the Three Towns Eight Aldermen and One Councillor Defeated Ald. Mowle Beats All the Bowral Aldermen

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 2

The elections in the Three Towns on Saturday excited more interest than for many a year and in each case changes were made in the…

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Municipal Elections

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 4

[Most letters relating to municipal affairs arc out of date. Others will be printed in next issued.—Ed.]…

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Municipal Elections New Candidates Success Result Not Unexpected

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 2

Saturday's poll in the Moss Vale Municipality was held at the Council Chambers and was a heavy one on this occasion, despite the fact…

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Municipal Elections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 2

The Municipal Council has been elected, and we find that the people have rejected two of its old members, viz:…

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Election Campaign Opens Mr. Christian at Moss Vale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 2

Mr Christian, Country Party candidate for Eden-Monaro, spoke in Mack's Theatre on Thursday night last. Considering the bad weather the…

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