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Politics & elections, 1843

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Domestic Intelligence. Cumberland Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1843 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning, pursuant to public notice, Mr. J. Macarthur and Mr. Lawson, candidates for the representation of the county of Cumberland, attended at New Town, near…

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The Spring Morning Herald. Saturday, February l8, 18[?]3. "Sworn to no "Master, of no Sect am I.' Cumberland Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1843 · page 2

THERE is no part of the duty of a public writer which is more painful than that of being compelled to allude to the private character of public men; but there are…

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County Elections

The Satirist and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 18 February 1843 · page 1

MR. RYAN BRENAN--We have, usually, in our spirit of anti-humbug, omitted to apply the handle of civility adopted in every day life, but in this case, our candidate being such a great man,…

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Electioneering

The Satirist and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 18 February 1843 · page 1

SOME short time ago, we took occasion to make a few brief remarks on the qualifications and dis-qualifications of the City candidates; but we had not then the opportunity of fully analizing…

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Electioneering Movements,--intrigues, and Manoeuvres

The Sun and New South Wales Independent Press · Saturday 18 February 1843 · page 4

MR. W. H. SUTTOR has come forward as a candidate for the representation of Roxburg and Wellington. --There is a sharp contest going on in the Northumberland, boroughs between Major Wentworth and Mr…

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County of Cumberland Election

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 18 February 1843 · page 2

A public meeting of the electors of the county of Cumberland was held, pursuant to previous notice on Thursday evening last, at the Captain Cook Hotel, Balmain, but although the hour of seven…

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Cumberland Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1843 · page 2

A MEETING of the electors for the county of Cumberland, resident in and about Lane Cove, Kissing Point, &c., was called for Saturday, at noon; and a steamer was…

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Domestic Intelligence. Electioneering Movements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1843 · page 2

It is stated in the Port Phillip papers, that Mr. Stephen Henty, of Portland Bay, and Mr. Robert Campbell, of Sydney, had declined to become candidates for the…

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More Candidates

The Australian · Monday 20 February 1843 · page 3

To the surprise of the community, on Monday morning, an address to the "Independent Electors" of the District of Port Phillip was published, without a signature, but referring communications…

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Representative Candidates

The Australian · Monday 20 February 1843 · page 2

The following is a List of the Candidates for Representative honours who have already come into the field; namely, for 1. District of Port Phillip, (to return five…

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Electioneering News

The Australian · Monday 20 February 1843 · page 2

Electioneering goes on but dully throughout the Colony. In Sydney there are rumours of two, if not more of the Candidates retiring from tho contest. The fact is, that…

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To Our Readers. Country Election Meetings

The Australian · Monday 20 February 1843 · page 2

IN consequence of an unforeseen event over which we had no control, we have been unable to lay before our readers, as intended in a Supplement to this day's paper, the…

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Original Correspondence. Cumberland Election. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1843 · page 3

GENTLEMEN, — If you adhered to truth, in your leader of the 18th, respecting my claims to the suffrages of the electors of the county of Cumberland, and confined your…

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The City Election

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 21 February 1843 · page 2

MR. EDITOR—I perceive by an advertisement in last Thursday's Herald, that Messrs. Went worth and Bland have relinquished their canvass for this city, and pretend to think that their election is certain…

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Election Song

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1843 · page 2

THIS day we are met the wreath to entwine Of shamrock, and thistle, and rose so divine,— Blest emblem of nations renowned in the cause Of freedom, religion, our country, and laws…

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The Election: the Control-ling Power of the Press

The Australian · Wednesday 22 February 1843 · page 2

In treating on the groat doctrine of political morality, we have repeatedly seen it urged, that the rules of the ethics of polities are loss ascertained and agreed upon, than and…

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Representative Candidates

The Australian · Wednesday 22 February 1843 · page 2

The following is a List of the Candidate for Representative honours who have already come into the field; namely for 1. District of Port Phillip, (to return five…

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The Approaching Election

The Australian · Friday 24 February 1843 · page 2

NEW South Wales is now fairly engaged in that first great movement of a Nation's care the preparation for a general election. That the various constituencies should be…

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Representative Candidates

The Australian · Friday 24 February 1843 · page 3

The following is a List of the Candidates for Representative honours, who have already come into the field; namely, for 1. District of Port Phillip, (to return five…

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Polling Places

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 25 February 1843 · page 845

The following places have been appointed by authority of the Mayor, for holding the Poll in the various wards of the city, at the Election of Auditors and Assessors, on…

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