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Council & local affairs, 1840

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South Australia. Legislative Council, January 14

The Australian · Saturday 22 February 1840 · page 3

The Governor informed the Council that the public expenditure of the province during the year 1839, had so very much exceeded the sum…

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Lord Mayor of Sydney

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1840 · page 2

We are not to have a Lord Mayor, nor perhaps any Mayer at all No Downing-street, or rather Mr. Stephens, the Governor of Governor Sir George Gipps, won't like to give us a fine…

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A Municipal Corporation for Sydney

The Sydney Herald · Monday 23 March 1840 · page 1

It is now generally understood, that at the ensuing Session of Council, a Bill will be submitted, the effect of which is intended to be, to invest the inhabitants…

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Municipal Corporation for Sydney

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1840 · page 2

WE perfectly agree with our cotemporary the "Sydney Herald" in his view of the subject of a Municipal Corporation for Sydney, though we do not entirely…

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Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser Wednesday Morning, March 25, 1840. Nothing extenuate, nor aught set down in malice. SHAKESPEARE. Sydney Municipal Corporation

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1840 · page 2

We adivse the inhabitants of Sydney to resist to the utmost of their power, any Corporation wherein the corporation or aldermen, or Managers, (this is to say, those who will have charge of the…

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The Colonist. Saturday, March 28, 1840. Colonial Politics. the Approaching Session of Council

The Colonist · Saturday 28 March 1840 · page 2

DURING a recess of five months since the 1 close of the last session of the Legislative Council, the Press has contrived to keep itself at work by an alternation of mutual…

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Advance Australia Sydney Gazette. Saturday, March 28, 1840. Municipalities

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1840 · page 2

THE following is extracted from the Australian of Thursday, March 26th, 1840:— MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.—We understand that…

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Impounding Act. New South Wales. Anno Quarto, Gulielmi Iv. Regis No. III. An Act to repeal an Act of the Governor and Council of New South Wales, intituled "An Act to authorise the eraction of Pounds, and for regulating the impounding of Cattle," and to make further and other provisions in lieuthereof.—(12th July, 1833.)

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1840 · page 6

Preamble.—Repealnig former acts.—Exceptions WHEREAS, a certain act of the Governor and Council of New South Wales, was passed in the ninth year of the reign of His late Majesty,…

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The Colonist. Wednesday, April 8, 1840. Colonial Politics. the Sydney Municipal Corporation

The Colonist · Wednesday 8 April 1840 · page 2

IN a recent number we noticed the rumour that was abroad, of the intention of His Excellency the Governor to bring forward a Bill in the next session of Council, to…

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The Colonist. Saturday, April 11, 1840. Colonial Politics. Municipal Government. [Continued From Our Last.]

The Colonist · Saturday 11 April 1840 · page 2

IT is of the utmost consequence, we conceive, at this very crisis, that right views should be disseminated respecting the principles and constitution—the rights and…

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The Colonist. Wednesday, April 15, 1840. Colonial Politics. Municipal Government. [Continued From Our Last.]

The Colonist · Wednesday 15 April 1840 · page 2

In our last number we entered into an exposition of the fundamental principles of Municipal Government, as illustrated by the prominent example of the London…

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Municipal Corporation

The Sydney Herald · Monday 20 April 1840 · page 1

In our last article on the subject of the projected Municipal Corporations, we enforced their immediate adoption under proper limitations. The primary…

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Advance Australia Sydney Gazette. Tuesday, April 21, 1840. Municipal Corporations

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1840 · page 2

WE, as well as our contemporary of the Sydney Herald, have from the beginning been favorable to a Municipal Corporation for Sydney, provided that it…

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Municipal Government. [Continued.]

The Colonist · Saturday 25 April 1840 · page 2

IN our last article on this subject we undertook to direct the attention of our readers to the expediency and advantages of Municipal Corporations; and these we proposed…

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The Bishop of Exeter and the Legislative Council of New South Wales

The Sydney Herald · Monday 27 April 1840 · page 1

By the late arrivals we have received the Bishop of Exeter's Triennial Charge, to the Clergy of his Diocese in October last…

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T[?]e Council

The Sydney Herald · Monday 4 May 1840 · page 1

The meeting of the next Session of the Legislative Council approaches; and it is said that Sir George Gipps intends to introduce some important measures. The…

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Legislate Council

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 6 May 1840 · page 1

The Members of the Legislative Council are summoned to meet on Thursday, the 28th May. Mr. James Macarthur has been called to the Council in the room of…

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The Legislative Council

Australasian Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1840 · page 2

THE Legislative Council meets on the 28th instant, and we understand that Captain King. of whispering notoriety, bas resigned his seat, and that his place…

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Original Correspondence. Legislative Council. "The interest which, it is well known, Mr. James M'Arthur has taken in endeavouring to obtain for this colony a 'Constitutional House of Assembly, has rendered him deservedly popular, and his Excellency could not have made a more politic choice. —Vide Colonist, 9th May, 1840

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 12 May 1840 · page 2

MR. EDITOR—The author of my text appears to be a young hand in this colony, and totally ignorant of our political characters in these distant lands, as he is also in the legislative measures adopted by the…

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Council Proceedings.—march 28, 1810

The Australian · Tuesday 19 May 1840 · page 2

The Council met at eleven o'clock, Present, His Excellency the Governor, the Advocate General, the Surveyor General, the Assistant Commissioner. Robert Bernard, Esq., was appointed Acting Judge of…

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