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Illawarra · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1861

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Court of Petit Sessions. Thursday, February 28, 1861. (Before the Mayor and J. W. Wilshire, Esqs., J.P's.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 March 1861 · page 2

Jane Harpur complained of Richard Neville, that he was the father of her male child, and that he refused to contribute towards its support. Mr. Owen conducted the complainant's case; Mr,…

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Municipal Council. Wednesday, 27Th February. (Present—The Mayor and full Council.)

Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1861 · page 2

The minutes of last meeting were read and signed. FINANCE. The Chairman brought up a report…

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Wollongong Municipal Council

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1861 · page 2

The Council met on Friday last, when the Mayor and Aldermen Hewlett, Elliott, Osborne, Robson, Colo, and Beatson were present. The minutes of the previous meeting having been…

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District News. Kiama. Municipal Council

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1861 · page 3

Present—The full Council. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. The Financial report was brought by the Chairman…

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Parliamentary. Legislative Council

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1861 · page 2

Mr. Deas Thomson presented a petition from a large number of members of the Church of England, in the district of Illawarra, in favor of the Synods Bill…

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Parliamentary Intelligence. Legislative Council. Friday February 27

Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1861 · page 3

The Council met to-day. Captain Towns gave notice of a motion for a committee of enquiry into the present working of the pilot establishment…

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Court of Requests. (Before the Mayor, C. T. Smith, and C. Fairs, Esqs., J.P's.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1861 · page 2

This Court sat yesterday, but the causes heard and determined were devoid of public interest. The following cases were disposed of the remaining having been either settled out of Court or…

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Central Illawarra Municipality. Friday, March 1St, 1861

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 March 1861 · page 2

Present.—The Chairman ; Councillors Irving, Brown, Ritchie, Graham, Lindsay and Gerard. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed…

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Wollongong Municipal Council

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1861 · page 2

The Council met on Friday last. The Mayor and Aldermen Hewlett, Beatson, Robson, Elliott, and Osborne being present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read;…

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Parliamentary. Legislative Council

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1861 · page 2

Mr. Docker asked the Attorney-General for an explanation of the reasons of the Government for sending Mr. Cowper to the Burrangong gold-fields, and what was the nature of his mission?…

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Parliamentary Intelligence. Legislative Council. Thursday, March [?]

Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1861 · page 3

The Council sat a very short time, and the business done was of a purely formal character The only new business on the paper was postponed in consequence of the unavoidable absence…

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Parliamentary Intelligence. Legislative Council. Thursday, February 29

Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1861 · page 4

The Council met at a quarter to four o'clock The House resolved itself into committee of the whole, on the Church of England Synods Bill…

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Court of Requests, Nowra. Wednesday, March 6, 1861. (Before a full Bench and the Mayor)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1861 · page 3

Before the commencement of the business of this Court Mr. Henry Moss, Mayor of the Municipality, rose and said he claimed the privilege of the chair, which was objected to by the Magistrates present,…

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Shoalhaven Municipality V. Alexander Berry

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1861 · page 4

The following is a copy of the petition of the Shoalhaven Municipal Council, in reference to the allegations contained in Mr. Berry's petition, which is now being enquired into by a select…

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District News. Shellharbor. Municipal Council

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 March 1861 · page 2

The Municipal Council met on Saturday last. Present—The Chairman, Councillors McGill, Russell Martin Collins, Reddall, Wilson, and James. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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Shoalhaven. Municipal Council. Saturday, March 9

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 March 1861 · page 2

The Council met, pursuant to adjournment, at[?] o'clock p.m. Present—The Worshipful the Mayor in the chair, and Aldermen Bice, McGrath, M'Pherson, M'Gvice,…

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Shoalhaven Municipality v. Alexander Berry. (Continued.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 March 1861 · page 4

"Mr. Berry also states in said letter, that many of the names attached to the petition in favor of the municipality will be found to be Apocryphal, as appears from a memorandum…

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Municipal Council

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1861 · page 3

The Municipal Council met on Wednesday the 13th instant. The full Council was present. The minutes were read and confirmed. A letter was received from Mr. Surveyor Mann,…

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Municipal Council. Wednesday, 13Th March

Examiner · Tuesday 19 March 1861 · page 2

Present:—The Mayor and full Council. Minutes of last meeting were read and approved. LETTER. A letter was read from Mr. Surveyor Mann, in…

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Parliamentary. Legislative Council

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 March 1861 · page 2

Mr. Prince presented a petition from the New South Wales Trade Protection Society, with reference to the proposed alteration in the Insolvent Act. Mr. Merewether presented a petition from a…

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