Help deciphering crossed writing

[Wiggy]

I think you could be right about the second word of second line being a place name, and maybe it starts with an 'L'?     

Go with HD on the Gov Mm!

[gemmanoon]

Gemmanoon, was he a Parish Union officer from Manchester?  I am looking at an old newspapaer article and curious if it was him.
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I don't think so? I'm not entirely sure what a Parish Union officer is, though. He was definitely a plumber and glazier, and seems to have come from a family of skilled tradesman.

[horselydown86]

It's also possibly Governor's Memorandum.  Eardley-Wilmot (a Lieutenant-Governor) appears to have been in charge at the time.

The first word may end -sed, with a long-s.

ALTERED:

Not Eardley-Wilmot in NSW of course.  Pardon my error.

ADDED:

Sir George Gipps in NSW to 11 July 1846.

[horselydown86]

Gemmanoon, because you have the reference numbers for the Petition and other documents associated with your man, it may be possible to find them in the appropriate Archives.

[bbart]

Flipping through the images on Anc.  others with that added note definitely say either Altered
or Cancelled.   I can make out Altered to Sydney, and Altered to Pe(a)rth on another.

[gemmanoon]

bbart - I think I'm going to go with altered, it seems to fit.

horsely - that's the hope!

Thank you all for your help with this; I am terrible at reading cursive and much appreciate your help. As I said, John seems to have been a character, and tracing his movements is certainly bringing him to life for me.

[horselydown86]

bbart - I think I'm going to go with altered, it seems to fit.

It's your choice, of course, but I would point out that while the second and third notes are Altered to..., and bbart has found other records which are Altered to..., the first note isn't to anything.

[bbart]

Now I'm confused! 

the first note isn't to anything.

I thought that was the first part was Allowed, and the second and third part were Altered. 

[gemmanoon]

HI Horsely,

sorry I was referring to the cross-written piece, which I originally thought said "alleged".