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Politics & elections, 1948

1,544 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 78

Compulsory Voting at Local Govt. Election

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 3

Voting is compulsory at the Greater City of Sydney and the County of Cumberland Local Government elections on Saturday, December 4. THE elections were postponed…

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British Election 1950 Earliest Date Labor Party Hopes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 11

LONDON, Thursday.-- There will be no British general election before 1950, according…

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Highlights of World's News "Forgotten Man"... Spanish Elections... Hitler "Good Soldier"... Kashmir Crisis... Gilt For Royal Baby... Katyn Massacre England

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 12

LONDON.--Britain's Foreign Minister (Mr. Bevin) will go to Washington early next year for a seven-nation…

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Highlights of World's News "Forgotten Man"... Spanish Elections... Hitler "Good Soldier" ... Kashmir Crisis... Gift For Royal Baby... Katyn Massacre England

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 12

LONDON.--Britain's Foreign Minister (Mr. Bevin) will go to Washington early next year for a seven-nation…

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Highlights of World's News "Forgotten Man"... Spanish Elections... Hitler "Good Soldier" ... Kashmir Crisis... Gilt For Royal Baby... Katyn Massacre England

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 12

LONDON.--Britain's Foreign Minister (Mr. Bevin) will go to Washington early next year for a seven-nation…

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Highlights of World's News "Forgotten Man"... Spanish Elections... Hitler "Good Soldier" ... Kashmir Crisis... Gift For Royal Baby... Katyn Massacre England

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 12

LONDON.--Britain's' Foreign Minister (Mr. Bevin) will go to Washington early next year for a seven-nation…

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Compulsory Voting at Local Govt. Election

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 3

Voting is compulsory at the Greater City of Sydney and the County of Cumberland Local Government elections on Saturday, December 4. THE elections were postponed…

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Highlights of World's News "Forgotten Man"... Spanish Elections.. .Hitler "Good Soldier" ... Kashmir Crisis... Gift For Royal Baby... Katyn Massacre England

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 12

LONDON.--Britain's Foreign Minister (Mr. Bevin) will go to Washington early next year for a seven-nation…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Highlights of World's News "Forgotten Man"... Spanish Elections... Hitler "Good Soldier" ... Kashmir Crisis... Gift For Royal Baby... Katyn Massacre England

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 12

LONDON.--Britain's Foreign Minister (Mr. Bevin) will go to Washington early next year for a seven-nation…

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British Election 1950 Earliest Date Labor Party Hopes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 11

LONDON, Thursday.-- There will be no British general election before 1950, according…

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State Council Defers Election Of Officers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 2

A MEETING of the Primary Produce' Council of N.S.W., held in Sydney last Friday, decided defer the election of officers because…

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Kogarah Municipal Elections Retired County Clerk Nominates For North Ward

The St George Call · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 12

Mr. R. C. (Roley) Rose, retired I County Clerk, who contributed so much to the success of the St. George County Council, will stand for election to…

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Council Elections in the County of Cumberland Compulsory Voting

The St George Call · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 10

Great interest is being shown throughout the City of Sydney and County of Cumberland in the forthcoming Local Government Elections to…

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N.c.j.w Candidate Won Queen Competition

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 1

The N.S.W. J.N.F. Queen Competition which ended with the coronation hall at the Paddington Town Hall on Tuesday night, raised…

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Anti-Semitism Absent from Propaganda in American Elections

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 8

NEW YORK, Nov. 3. (JTA). In connection with the recent Presidential election, it was reported by the Anti-Defamation League of the…

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Notes and Comments the Municipal Elections

The Methodist · Saturday 27 November 1948 · page 3

The municipal elections will take place this year on the fourth of next month, and are of more than ordinary importance. In the first place, municipalities now have larger responsibilities entrusted…

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Conservatives Win By-Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 November 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Nov. 26 (A.A.P.). —The Conservative Party at a by-election to-day retained the Hillhead division of Glasgow…

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Communist Candidates

Tribune · Saturday 27 November 1948 · page 1

MRS. TUOHY and MR. FRANK SMITH, Communist Party candidates for the West Ward, Canterbury. Both long resident in the district, Mrs. Tuohy and Mr. Smith have won wide respect for their local work on behalf of…

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Candidates Pledged To Save Homes

Tribune · Saturday 27 November 1948 · page 7

COMMUNIST candidates will fight demolition of homes to make way for factory extensions if they are elected to…

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Hava Chat Said a Mouthful to Villiers Candidates Result Big Shock To Stable, Public

Truth · Sunday 28 November 1948 · page 19

Fresh from a brief holiday, Hava Chat shocked everybody, including his connections when—starting at 33/1 — he won the Flying Handicap at Canterbury yesterday from a smart field of sprinters…

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