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- 1 2 "Local Intelligence". Hawke's Bay Herald. 4 (198). 6 July 1861. p. 5. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ↑ "To the Editor of the Hawke's Bay Herald". Hawke's Bay Herald . 4 (201). 27 July 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ↑ "Notice". Hawke's Bay Herald . 4 (188). 27 April 1861. p. 6. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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- 1 2 "Local Intelligence". Hawke's Bay Herald . 4 (197). 29 June 1861. p. 4. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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