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Politics & elections, 1853

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Bell's Life in Sydney. Saturday, March 5, 1853. The Election for the City

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 5 March 1853 · page 2

To the late secession of so many useful members of the Legislature, may possibly be in some degree attributed the morbid ambition which has influenced our…

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City of Sydney Election

Empire · Monday 7 March 1853 · page 2

A meeting of the citizens of Gipps Ward was held on Friday evening, at the Hero of Waterloo, to hear Mr. Parkes'[?] political opinions. Alderman Wilshire occupied the chair…

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Election for the City

Empire · Tuesday 8 March 1853 · page 2

Yesterday evening, a meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. Henry Parkes was held at the Saracen's Head, in King and Sussex streets. As Mr. Parkes arrived at a later hour than that…

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City of Sydney Election

Empire · Tuesday 8 March 1853 · page 2

A meeting of the supporters of Mr. Thurlow was held last night in the Olympic Circus, Castlereagh-street. The theatre was well filled. The chair was taken by Mr. Driver…

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Election for the City of Sydney

Empire · Tuesday 8 March 1853 · page 2

Yesterday evening a meeting of the electors favourable to the election of Thomas Holt, Jr. Esq., for the representation of this City, was held at Toogood's (late Entwisle's) Hotel, in York-street…

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The City Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1853 · page 2

YESTERDAY being the day appointed for the nomination of candidates for the representation of the city, in the room of John Lamb, Esq., resigned, in pursuance of a writ duly…

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City of Sydney Election. the Nomination

Empire · Thursday 10 March 1853 · page 2

Yesterday being the day appointed for the nomination of candidates for the seat in the Legislative Council rendered vacant by the resignation of John Lamb, Esq., a large…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, March 11, 1853. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Election and the Electors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1853 · page 2

THE indifference manifested of late years by the people of Sydney about the election of men to serve in the City Council has been attributed, not to their lack of…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1853 · page 2

THE election of a representative for the City of Sydney in the place of Mr. Lamb; who has left the colony, took place yesterday. The polling commenced at the usual places…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Election. Declaration of the Poll

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1853 · page 4

AT twelve o'clock yesterday, the Right Worshipful the Mayor declared the result of the poll from the hustings in Macquarie-place. A large number of citizens had assembled to hear…

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The Election

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 12 March 1853 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon a large number of the citizens assembled in front of the Town Hall, to hear the declaration of the state of the Poll. By about half-past four o'clock, nearly three thousand persons were assembled…

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The City Election

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 12 March 1853 · page 2

WEDNESDAY being the day appointed for the nomination of candidates for the representation of the city, in the room of John Lamb, Esq, resigned, in pursuance of a writ duly issued, the citizens were convened by the Right Worshipful the Mayor to…

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Bell's Life in Sydney. Saturday, March 12, 1853. The Election of a City Member

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 12 March 1853 · page 2

OUR prophecy of a significant majority in favor of WILLIAM THURLOW has been significantly fulfilled. Mr. Thurlow has been returned at the head of the poll by…

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City of Sydney Election. Declaration of the Poll[?]

Empire · Saturday 12 March 1853 · page 2

Yesterday, at noon, the Mayor attended on the hustings erected in Macquarie place, to declare the number of votes recorded on the previous day for each of the three candidates for the sent in…

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The Empire. Monday, March 14, 1853. the Electoral List and the Election

Empire · Monday 14 March 1853 · page 2

IN our article of Wednesday last we showed the defective character of the tenpound Franchise in regard to its application to Sydney. We do not know whether…

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City Election

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 17 March 1853 · page 9

On Thursday last, the election for the City passed off with an appearance of much apathy, which was more strikingly' manifest in the small number of citizens who recorded their votes upon the occasion…

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Have the Jews a Right to Sit in Parliament. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 18 March 1853 · page 2

SIR—The above is a question of all-absorbing interest to the Jews of England, because it involves the civil and religious liberty of the Hebrew nation, and proves that the demon…

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Domestic Intelligence Writs of Election. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1853 · page 4

LEGISLATIVE Council Office, Sydney, March 16.—Sir Charles Nicholson, Knight, the honorable the Speaker of the Legislative Council, directs it to be notified for general…

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Writ of Election. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette)

Empire · Saturday 19 March 1853 · page 2

Sir Charles Nicholson, Knight, the Honourable the Speaker of the Legislative Council, directs it to be notified for general information that, it being established to his satisfaction that the seat…

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Writ of Election. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette.)

Empire · Saturday 19 March 1853 · page 2

Sir Charles Nicholson, Knight, the Honourable the Speaker of the Legislative Council, directs it to be notified for general information that, it being established to his satisfaction that the seat…

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