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Council & local affairs, 1838

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The Council

The Australian · Saturday 6 October 1838 · page 2

The Council was occupied till late on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, by the consideration of the bill for regulating the distillation of spirits in the Colony. There petitions were presented to the Council from…

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Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council. Friday, 28 September, 1838

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1838 · page 4

Council met pursuant to adjournment; His Excellency the Governor in the Chair. Mr. Jones presented a Memorial, addressed by "Certain inhabitants and Householders of…

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Government Gazette. Wednesday, October 3, 1838. the Legislative Council. Colonial Secretary's Office, October 1, 1838

The Colonist · Saturday 6 October 1838 · page 3

Colonial Secretary's Office, October 1, 1828. His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct than the general objects of the following Bill, now under the consideration of the Legislative Council, be…

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The Council

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1838 · page 2

ORDERS OF THE DAY.—Thursday, October, 11.—[?]. Colonel S[?]odgrass' application for remuneration for services; to be considered. 2. Building Act…

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The Council. Friday, October 5

The Australian · Tuesday 9 October 1838 · page 2

The Building Act amendment Hill was presented to His Excellency the Governor, in its amended form, by the Auditor General and Mr Campbell…

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Report of the progress of the Committee of the Honorable the Legislative Council on the bill to regulate the Practice of Medicine

The Australian · Thursday 11 October 1838 · page 2

Your committee have the honour to report to Your Excellency and the Honorable Council, that they have examined several witnesses belonging to the medical profession: but from…

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Legislative Council Thursday 11Th October

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1838 · page 2

Present the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Bishop, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, Mr. Lithgow, Colonel Gibbs, Mr. Campbell Mr. Jones, Mr. Berry, Mr. Blaxland, and Sir, John,…

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The Council—the Members—[?] Pensions—our Present State. To the Editor of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Friday 12 October 1838 · page 3

SIR,—The intention of "pensions" is to relieve the indigent: to secure to public servants unequal from infirmity or years to the trials of office, or to the widows and children of such, the means of…

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Adjournment of Council

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1838 · page 2

The Council met yesterday to read for the third time, the three following Bills, viz:--the Building Act Amendment Bill; the Distillation Bill; and the Medical…

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The Proceedings of the Legislative Council

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1838 · page 2

ACCORDING to the announcement of the proceedings of the Legislative Council, Thursday and yesterday were to be se- apart for the final reading and debating…

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The Council. Thursday, October 11, 1838

The Australian · Saturday 13 October 1838 · page 2

On the motion for the third rending of the Distillation Bill, the Colonial Secretary moved its recommitment for the purpose of making two or three verbal amendments which had been…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Herald · Monday 15 October 1838 · page 2

At the opening of the Council on Friday, the Bishop as Chairman, brought up the reports of the Committees on Emigration and the Aborigines. Mr Jones said he had a petition to present from…

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Legislative Council. Friday, October 12

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 15 October 1838 · page 2

Present, the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Lord Bishop, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, Colonel Gibbs, Messrs Lithgow, Campbell, Berry, Jones, Macarthur, and Sir John…

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The Council

The Australian · Tuesday 16 October 1838 · page 2

At the opening of the Council on Friday, the Bishop, as Chairman, brought up the reports of the Committees on limitation mid the Aborigines…

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Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council. Wednesday, 3 October, 1838

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 17 October 1838 · page 4

[?] Council met pursuant to adjournment; His Excellency the Governor in the Chair. Distillation Regulation Bill; further considered in Committee, and amended…

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COUNCIL. Colonial Secretary's Office, October 16, 1838

The Colonist · Saturday 20 October 1838 · page 3

HIS Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct that the general objects of the following Bill about in be brought under the consideration of the Legislative Council, be published for general information…

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The Legislative Council. To the Editor of the Australian. "If there's a hole in a' your coasts, I rede ye, tent it; A chief's amang ye takin' notes, An faith! he'll prent it."

The Australian · Saturday 20 October 1838 · page 2

SIR—The labours of our Legislative Council having now closed for this session, the result of their deliberations may be considered matter for history. Thanks to the British feelings of our Ruler, the materials afforded…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 24 October 1838 · page 2

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23.—The GOVERNOR said that the Members of course recollected that they had met pursuant to adjournment, in consequence of a letter that he had received from the Judges…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, 23Rd October

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 24 October 1838 · page 2

On the meeting of the council, pursuant to adjournment, His Excellency the Governor remarked, that it must be in the recollection of the members that the Council had been adjourned to that day in…

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Legislative Council. TUESDAY, 23rd OCTOBER

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1838 · page 2

The Council met at twelve o'clock pursuant to adjournment Present—the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Commander of the Forcess, the Attorney General, the Colonial Secietary, the Collector of…

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