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Politics & elections, 1844

6 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

The Maitland Meecury[?] Saturday, April 13, 1844. Maitland District Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1844 · page 2

IN nominating the Councillors for this district his Excellency the Governor selected them entirely from the country gentlemen. The inhabitants of the towns…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, April 27, 1844. Maitland District Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1844 · page 2

AT the meeting on Wednesday last three more gentlemen were introduced to public notice as candidates for the vacancies in the District Council, namely, Mr. Healy, Mr…

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Maitland District Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1844 · page 2

Yesterday being the day appointed for the election of two members of the District Council of Maitland, at an early hour all was bustle and activity on the part of the friends of the various…

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Hunter River District News. [From Our Correspondents.] Newcastle. District Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1844 · page 2

On Tuesday last, at twelve o'clock, a numerous meeting assembled at the court house, for the purpose of nominating two councillors to serve in the room of Simon Kemp and H. Boyce,…

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Literary Notice. The Acts of Council and Parliament for the colony of New South Wales, with Notes and an Index. By Thomas Callaghan, Esq., Barrister-at-law. Vol. I. Sydney: W. Baker, 1844

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1844 · page 4

This work will contain an alphabetical arrangement, according to subject, of all the Acts of Council and Parliament passed for this colony, from its first foundation to the close of the…

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Original Correspondence. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury. "It is but too common, my countrymen, to observe the material difference between the behaviour of those who stand candidates for places of honour and trust BEFORE and AFTER obtaining them. They solicit them in one manner, and execute them in another. They set out with a great appearance of activity, humility, and moderation; and they quickly fall into sloth, pride, and avarice."— SALLUST

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1844 · page 3

GENTLEMEN—Has it ever been your happy lot to travel—not from Dan to Beersheba—but from Maitland to Newcastle? Were you amongst the number of your fellow citizens who…

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