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Southern Highlands · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1931

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Election Meetings

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

The following meetings are announced to take place in connection with the forthcoming Federal elections to be held on Dec. 19th :-…

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Wingecarribes Shire Elections

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

There were contests in "A" and "B" Ridings of the above Shire. In "A" Riding the poll resulted as follows: Ellsmore 248, Ross 209 (both…

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The Federal Election Postal Voting

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 4

Electors qualified to vote by post of Commonwealth Elections are those—(a) who on Polling Day, will not…

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Polling Places Reduced

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 3

The electoral officer advises that the usual polling places at Sheepwash Road, Manchester Square and Pheasant Ground have been extracted…

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Federal Election WERRIWA

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 3

In one respect the member for Werriwa, Mr. Lazzarina, finds this election to his liking. For years he has specialised on national finance…

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The Elections

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 1

THE Municipal and Shire elections are over and soon the new Councils will be in charge of our local government…

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The Federal Election

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 2

The Federal Election is being fought out on "The Party System" and there are three parties now in the field. The…

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Federal Election Mr. Perkins

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 3

Mr. Perkins had a splendid meeting at Bowral on Friday night and a vote of thanks was passed with great enthusiasm. It was one of the…

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Election of Mayor

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 3

Nominations for Mayor were then called for and eight nominations were handed in. Upon being opened they were all found to be in favor of Ald…

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The Elections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 2

There are some who will be out On Election Day, For they all deserved to be In this common fray…

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Electionisms

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 4

With Garden, the Communist, standing as a Labor candidate, and McPherson, the ex I.W.W. man organising for Theodore,…

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Polling on

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 4

Polling for the Federal election will take place between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday. As the preferential system of voting will be used…

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Polling Official's Long Journey

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 4

Owing to the road being closed, the polling official for No. 6 Construction Camp on the Port Kembla railway will have a long and picturesque…

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Federal Election

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 4

At Bowral, the last word in the Federal election will be in favor of Mr. J. A. Perkins, in whose support Mr. Joseph Hamlet will apeak tonight…

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Election of Mayor. The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 22 December 1931 · page 2

Sir, In The Mail of 8th December I was delighted to see that Aid. Mowle was second on the poll with 728 votes in spite of the consorted action of…

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Comment on the Situation of the Elections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 December 1931 · page 2

We notice that an extra-ordinary state of affairs has now arisen in the result of e late election. We can see…

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The Federal Election

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 December 1931 · page 2

Following the defeat of the Federal Government at the polls on Saturday, the Prime Minister (Mr Scullin) tendered his resignation to the Governor…

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Election of Mayor. The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 December 1931 · page 3

Sir, I do not agree with " A Mit tagong Elector" either as to the impropriety of electing the lowest candidate on the poll as Mayor or as…

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The Elections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 2

The elections are now over, It seems to be a farce The way they all have Parties And they are rather sparse…

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Comment on the situation of the Elections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 2

The State Election is getting very close, and there are many things to do to prepare for that great event. We wonder…

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