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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1869

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Local and General. Yass Plains Election

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 December 1869 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon, at about four o'clock, a number of influential electors mot at Mr. Hassett's Globe Hotel for the purpose of presenting a requisition to Mr. M. Fitzpatrick, inviting him…

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The Lachlan Election. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 December 1869 · page 3

SIR,--I observe by your journal that the electors of Yass Plains have to go bogging for a man to represent them in Parliament, while we Youngites, on the contrary, can find any number…

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Song of the Election Loafer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 8 December 1869 · page 4

I Do not ask thy politics—I seek not to inquire; To know if thou 'rt for Jack or Parkes, I've not the least desire; Thou would'st upon cross-benches sit—well (if…

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The General Election

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 December 1869 · page 2

OUR renders will observe that Mr. Fitzpatrick delivered an excellent and straightforward address to the electors of Yass Plains last evening. There was but one feeling existing amongst those…

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Election Meeting at Burrowa

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 December 1869 · page 2

A MEETING was held in the Court-house on Weddesday last, at five o'clock p.m., for the purpose of taking steps necessary to secure the election of the most eligible person to represent, the…

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The General Election

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 14 December 1869 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning Mr. M. Fitzpatrick, the candidate for Yass Plains, left town for Gunning, at which place a meeting was to be held at four p.m. To-day a meeting will be held at Dalton;…

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The Lachlan Election. Meeting at Murrumburrah

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 14 December 1869 · page 2

DECEMBER 11.-- On Friday evening a public meeting was held in the large room of Mr. J. Dillon's Commercial Hotel, for the purpose of forming a committee to assist in securing the…

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Election for Argyle

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 15 December 1869 · page 2

THE nomination for the electoral district of Argyle took place at noon on Monday in the hull of the mechanics' institute. There were about a hundred and fifty persons present at the commencement of…

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Election for Goulburn

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 15 December 1869 · page 2

ON Monday, at noon, a meeting was held in the court-house for the purpose of nominating a candidate to serve in the Legislative Assembly for the city of Goulburn, There were about a hundred…

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The General Election

The Yass Courier · Friday 17 December 1869 · page 2

MR. FITZPATRICK addressed a numerous mooting of electors at Gunning on Monday last at four p.m. His remarks were principally confined to those topics on which he had already most fully…

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Local and General. Nomination and Election for Yass Plains

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 December 1869 · page 2

YESTERDAY, at noon, the nomination of a member to represent the Yass Plains electorate in the Legislative Assembly took place at the Courthouse, Yass. On the Returning Officer (Dr…

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The General Election

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 December 1869 · page 2

THE poll for St. Leonard's took place on Monday last. For Mr. Tanks, 741; for Mr. W. Forster, 567. For the Hawkesbury electorate the polling was…

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Election for Yass Plains

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 25 December 1869 · page 2

ON Monday, at noon, the nomination of a member to represent the Yass Plains electorate in the Legislative Assembly took place at the court-house, Yass. On the…

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The General Election

The Yass Courier · Friday 31 December 1869 · page 3

IN his address of thanks to the electors, Mr. Cowper thus expresses himself with reference to his defeat at East Sydney:--"Defeat lost all its bitterness when I considered how degrading it…

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The General Election. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 31 December 1869 · page 3

SIR,--The declarations by candidates for seats in the Assembly, and the adherence of a very large number of clergymen of the Episcopalian and Roman Catholic Churches to those declarations…

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