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OnFriday, 28th March, a number of the electors, amounting to between five and six hundrod persons, assembled in front of the hustings, erected at the Commercial Hotel, to choose a fit and proper person to represent the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE fourth member for Sydney, Mr. James Robert Wilshire, is also, like Mr. Campbell, a native of the city he now represents in the Parliament of the colony. He was born on the spot known as Wilsbire-place, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SATURDAY, the 29th ultimo, being the day appointed for the nomination of a member of the Australian Parliament for the Southern Boroughs, about two hundred of the electors assembled on and around the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Friday, March 28th, the electors of the county of Murray met pursuant to announcement at the court-house, Queanbeyan, for the purpose of nominating a member. About fifty persons, principally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE polling took place this day (Monday) at Goulburn, Marulan, Bungonia, and Collector. In Goulburn no disturbance took place, and good feeling was evinced on both side. A few minutes after 4 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. T. A. Murray has been returned, without opposition, as the representative of the Southern Boroughs, in the Legislative Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In consequence of the early hour on Monday morning appointed by the Returning Officer for the official declaration of the poll, at Newcastle, there were very few persons present; and as this period (9 o'clock) was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THIS has been the first contested election for the County of Argyle. A week since but slight hopes were indulged of an opposition to the return of Mr. Chisholm. A few electors, however, saw no reason…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY HAMLETS (2).—Daniel Cooper, S. A. Donaldson. CITY OF SYDNEY (4).—Charles Cowper, Henry Parkes, Rober Campbell, J. R. Wilshire. WEST CAMDEN (2).—James Macarthur, J. N. Oxley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. JOHN NORTON OXLEY, the colleague of Mr. James Macarthur in the representation of West Camden, is the oldest son of the late John Oxley, Esq., R.N., for many years Surveyor-General of New South Wales, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IT might have been hoped that we had arrived at a political stage too high for some of the old abuses to reach us, but we have been undeceived. Not in one or two places only has religious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—I am induced to offer a few remarks upon the result of of the late election, which will prove to all who witnessed the great amount of intimidation practised by some of the wealthy upon the humble voters to whom…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY HAMLETS. -- Daniel Cooper, Stuart Alexander Donaldson. CITY OF SYDNEY. -- Charles Cowper, Henry Parkes, Robert Campbell, James Robert Wilshire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HEAD OF THE POLL! of thee what can we say? But little to thy credit. Hence! away! Reduce the tea end coffee—bring a bill in— A like bi[?]l you reduced of Robert Willen;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scene -- The Police Court, George-street, Dowling and Ross holding the Scales of Justice. William Palmer Moffatt opens the ball. W. P. M. -- I, William Palmer Moffatt do allege,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHEREAS, to insure, as fair as it is possible by human forethought and wisdom, the just government of the people, it is necessary to subject those who have the power of making the laws to a wholesome and strict responsibility to those whose…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →IF the world is not really improving in honesty and honor, it is certainly becoming externally more modest and decent. The evil days' of notorious political jobbery and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THIS election took place yesterday and resulted in the return of Mr. Darvall, at the head of the poll, and of Mr. James Pye. Originally there were six candidates for this division of the county; but Mr. Beit and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Western Mail yesterday morning brought the gratifying intelligence that Mr. Plunkett had been triumphantly returned to the new Parliament for the above county. Mr. Plunkett was not present. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The election for the borough of — was close at hand; there were two candidates in the field whose influence was so nearly balanced that a neck and neck contest was expected…
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