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Politics & elections, 1842

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Original Correspondence. the Election

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 27 December 1842 · page 2

MR. EDITOR—In your remarks upon the qualifications of Mr. W. C. Wentworth as a candidate for the representation of the city, you omitted to inform the public that that gentleman is one of the…

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Election. Mr. W. C Wentworth and Dr. Bland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon, a meeting of the friends of Mr. Wentworth and Dr. Bland, was called, at the Royal Hotel, for four o'clock. It appeared, however, that sufficient…

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Colonial Politics. the Candidates for the City

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 705

WE are happy to find that Mr. Councillor Macdermott has exhibited the good sense for which we have uniformly given him credit, notwithstanding all the gibes and…

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The Chronicle and the General Election. to the Editor of the Observer

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 705

SIR--The Editor of the Chronicle having commenced his electioneering campaign, it may be as well that some notice should be taken of the arguments and opinions which he has put forth on that…

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The Approaching Elections

The Australian · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 2

WE beg to refer our readers to the report of proceedings which took place at a meeting of the friends and supporters of Captain held on Saturday last, and also…

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Election Meeting

The Australian · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 2

MESSRS. WENTWOUTH AND BLAND. Yesterday, a Meeting of the friends of W. C. Wentworth, Esq., and Dr. Bland, was held for the purpose of considering the best…

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Representative Assembly. the Coming Election

The Australian · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 2

Pursuant to advertisement, a meeting of the Friends of Captain O'Connell took place on Monday last, at the Royal Hotel, at three o'clock, p. m. At the hour specified a very considerable…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, December 29, 1842. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Election Preliminaries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 December 1842 · page 2

ALTHOUGH we arc of opinion, with the Colonists generally, that, as the population of Sydney is nearly one-fourlh of the entire population of the territory, two…

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Original Poetry. the Mayor's Dinner and the Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 December 1842 · page 2

A WEEK eventful to Australia's fame, Has given the closing year a deathless name, And furnish[?]d pledge that this henceforth shall be—…

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Captain O'connell. a Government Candidate. to the Editor of the Observer

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 31 December 1842 · page 718

SIR--Since my former letter was in type, a meeting of Captain O'Connell's friends has taken place, and the question has been put to him, whether, "in the event of his being promoted and…

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The "Chronicle" and the Approaching Election

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 31 December 1842 · page 714

WE were told on the evening before the last publication of the Chronicle, that neither Messrs, Wentworth and Bland, nor the Colonial Observer would survive the tremendous broadside that was in…

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Colonial Politics. the Candidates for the City. (Continued.)

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 31 December 1842 · page 713

Having stated at length in our last number the reasons why we cannot vote either for Mr. Hustler or for Captain O'Connell, we are now to now why we have…

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Electioneering Intelligence

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 31 December 1842 · page 713

It will be seen by an advertisement for our eighth page, that Mr. Lang, of Dunmore, has come forward for the representation of the Lower Hunter's River district…

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The Election

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 31 December 1842 · page 2

MR. EDITOR—I perceive by your paper of the 22nd instant, that you have promised your support to Captain O'Connell at the ensuing election. You are always on the sight side, and powerful as your…

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