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- ↑ "District of Wallace". Southland Times. 3 May 1869.
- ↑ "Lawrence". Bruce Herald. 22 September 1869.
- ↑ "Otago Daily Times (page down)". Otago Daily Times . 30 September 1869.
- ↑ "Wellington". Hawkes Bay Herald. 1 October 1869.
- ↑ "Local and General". Tuapeka Times. 2 October 1869.
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