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- ↑ "Suburban Election". Nelson Evening Mail . Vol. VIII, no. 111. 9 May 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ↑ "Suburbs election". Nelson Evening Mail . Vol. VIII, no. 115. 14 May 1863. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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