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- ↑ "The Hutt Election". New Zealand Times. 5 July 1889 – via Papers Past.
- ↑ "The Hutt Election". Wairarapa Daily Times. 4 July 1889 – via Papers Past.
- ↑ "Hutt By-election". Evening Post. 3 July 1889 – via Papers Past.
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