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Politics & elections, 1848

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The Coming Elections. the Representation of Sydney

The Australian · Thursday 13 July 1848 · page 4

[We have been requested by many of our friends, who were disappointed in their applications for copies of our last week's issue, to re-publish our review of the…

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The Sydney Election

The Australian · Thursday 13 July 1848 · page 2

WHAT we, last week, described as an unnatural coalition,' has ended as every other alliance has ended in which Mr. Lowe has been a party. It has 'dissolved into this…

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Electioneering Movements in the Country Districts

The Australian · Thursday 13 July 1848 · page 3

There are several causes which have produced an unusual degree of apathy throughout the Electoral districts beyond the metropolitan county. The serious difficulties and embarrassments into…

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Polling Places

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 July 1848 · page 2

THE following is a list of the polling places in tim various electoral districts:- County of CUMBERLAND.—City of Sydney, to win of Parramatta, Windsor, Campbelltown,…

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Sydney Election,--mr. Lowe. To the Editors of the Sydney Daily Advertiser

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1848 · page 2

BECAUSE of the illiberal feeling of Mr. Lowe towards Roman Catholics, as detailed by Mr. Gannon, I shall not vote for this gentleman, as promised, and I am in possession of several others of my faith who will set…

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The Chronicle Sydney: Saturday, July 15, 1848. Magna Est Veritas, Et Prevalebit. the Approaching Elections. Ii

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 15 July 1848 · page 6

SINCE we last referred to the approaching Elections, the excitement of the constituencies and the activity of the candidates have much increased. In Sydney especially, there has been within the last few days a most…

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The Election. To the Electors of New South Wales per favour of the Sydney Chronicle

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 15 July 1848 · page 5

GENTLEMEN.—For whom shall I vote? This question is answered, either by the dictates of caprice, or by the Influence of interest, for even patriotism is but the expression of our interest in the country…

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The City Election

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 15 July 1848 · page 2

A meeting of Mr. Lowe's supporters was held on Thursday evening, at Bluck's public house. Strawberry Hill, and a similar meeting was held last night, at Mr. Finn's. South Head Road, at both of which resolutions were unanimously passed, "That Mr…

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The City Candidates

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 15 July 1848 · page 1

THE ungracious assent wrung from Mr. LOWE by the undignified pertinacity of a portion of the constituency, will, we trust, be thrown back in his teeth by such of…

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Country News. (From our own Correspondents.) Windsor. Electioneering News

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 15 July 1848 · page 3

The forthcoming elections is a subject which forms the principal topic of conversation in every circle in our little community, particularly as far as regards the Boroughs and County of…

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News From the Interior. (From our Correspondents.) Bathurst. Electionbering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 July 1848 · page 3

NO Wednesday, the 12th instant, a meeting was held at the Coach [?] Horses, Kelso, convened by public notice, to [?]ord Mr. Suttor an opportunity of facing his…

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Ought the Colonies to Be Represented in Parliament, (From the Daily News.) To the Right Hon. Lord John Russell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 July 1848 · page 3

MY LORD,—Having recently observed in one of the London papers, a copy of a letter addressed to your lordship by Joseph Howe, Esq., an able and eminent memberot the…

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The Election.--goulburn

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1848 · page 2

Actuated by what we hope will be considered a laudable zeal for the interests of this district, we attempted, however feebly, in our leading article of last week, to arouse…

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Electioneering Pledges

The Sentinel · Thursday 20 July 1848 · page 2

Although we are decidedly opposed to the policy of eliciting pledges from candidates, in the heat of electioneering excitement, and thus binding them down to particular views and…

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The Approaching Election for the City

The Australian · Thursday 20 July 1848 · page 2

HAVING in former numbers of this journal nearly exhausted every. topic in reference to the merits or demerits of the several candidates for Sydney, we shall to-day offer…

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The Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 July 1848 · page 2

THE following abstract shows the dates on which the different elections ore to take place:- TUESDAY, July 25.—Nomination of…

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The City Election—cross Purposes

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1848 · page 7

WE are very much pained and surprised to see the friends of the two liberal candidates acting in oppostion to each other, instead of making common cause against the united efforts of those who support the pretensions of the…

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The Approaching Elections. Iii

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1848 · page 6

DURING the past week a third candidate has come forward for the county of Cumberland—Mr. N. Lawson; and from what he have heard, it is intended by the friends of this gentleman to put him forward as a substitute for…

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The City Election

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1848 · page 2

A meeting of the magistracy was held yesterday for the purpose of adopting measures to prevent rioting and outrage during the ensuing election. Thirty-eight out of the fifty-three city magistrates attended, but after squabbling and quarrelling a good deal…

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Sydney Election. To the Catholic Electors of the City of Sydney. (Per favor of the 'Sydney Chronicle.')

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1848 · page 6

BROTHER ELECTORS,—Attempts have been made through the public Press and by other means, to work upon your grateful feelings, and to induce you, at the coming Election, to record your votes in favour of Messrs. Wentworth and Bland. on the ground of the services…

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