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Politics & elections, 1944

1,435 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 72

Local Government Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 December 1944 · page 2

To-morrow's local government elections impose a responsibility upon the public to see to it that the management of municipal affairs…

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Municipal Elections

The St George Call · Friday 1 December 1944 · page 2

Although the Ward system operates, for the first time, on this occasion, in effect there are two groups of 12, one representing the Progress Associations of…

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Bedside, River Electioneering

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 December 1944 · page 5

WOMAN CANDIDATE, Mrs. M. L. McCarthy (left), who will stand for Victoria Ward (North Sydney) in the municipal elections tomorrow, conducts her campaign from a bed in Mater Misericordiae Hospital. She is shown attending to election mail, aided by a…

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Bitterness in Council Elections

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 December 1944 · page 3

The State's most interesting municipal poll will be held tomorrow with a record number of candidates and a record…

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Bitterness in Council Elections

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 December 1944 · page 6

The State's most interesting municipal poll will be held tomorrow with a record number of candidates and a record…

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Bitterness in Council Elections

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 December 1944 · page 6

The State's most interesting municipal poll win be held tomorrow with a record number of candidates and a record…

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Bitterness in Council Elections

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 December 1944 · page 3

The State's most interesting municipal poll will be held tomorrow with a record number of candidates and a record…

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Bitterness in Council Elections

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 December 1944 · page 6

The State's most interesting municipal poll will be held tomorrow with a record number of candidates and a record…

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Bitterness in Council Elections

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 December 1944 · page 6

The State's most interesting municipal poll will be held tomorrow with a record number of candidates and a record…

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Questions In Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 December 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.—Questions asked in Parliament to-day included:— Parliamentary Medal…

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Shire, Municipal Polling Today All Persons On Rolls Entitled To Cast Votes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 December 1944 · page 6

Local Government elections will be held today in all shires and municipalities in New South Wales. In all elections, except that for the City Council, persons whose names appear in either the Local Government roll or Parliamentary…

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C.p. Wins By-election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 December 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.-Mr. L. L. Webster (U.C.P.) won the Bulla-Dalhousie by-election. After preferences had been allocated…

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Candidates Last Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 December 1944 · page 3

When Mr. N. C. Jackson, Independent candidate for Fitzroy Ward, City Council, spoke from the back of a motor lorry in Springfield Avenue, King's Cross, last night, two youthful members of his audience determined to make themselves…

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Local Government Elections To-day Fight For City Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 December 1944 · page 4

Greatest interest in the Local Government elections to be held throughout New South Wales to-day is centred in the contest for control of the Sydney City Council and with it the right to secure…

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Two Candidates

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 December 1944 · page 18

WITH two well-known members of the AJC contesting the vacancy on the committee created by resignation of Mr…

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Camera Check On Double Voting At Civic Election

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 December 1944 · page 6

Street photographers will be engaged to "snap" suspect voters at today's City Council election. A number of Civic Reform candidates decided last night…

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Bathers Disgust Woman Candidate

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 December 1944 · page 6

Bathers should be made to wear something over their costumes when walking in the street, a woman candidate in the Manly municipal elections said last night…

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Final Bids in L. Govt. Elections

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 December 1944 · page 2

Strong last-minute bids for local government representation are being made throughout the city, shires and…

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Final Bids in L. Govt.: Elections

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 December 1944 · page 2

Strong last-minute bids for local government representation are being made throughout the city, shires and…

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Final Bids in L. Govt. Elections

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 December 1944 · page 3

Strong last-minute bids for local government representation are being made throughout the city, shires and…

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