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Council & local affairs, 1840

408 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 21

The Chronicle. Thursday, August 13, 1840. the Council

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 13 August 1840 · page 2

THE land proprietors of the colony are certainly indebted to Mr. James Macarthur, for his disinterested services in endeavouring to shift the burden and expense of making and repairing roads from…

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The Colonist. Thursday, August 13, 1840. Colonial Politics. Legislative Council

The Colonist · Thursday 13 August 1840 · page 2

As will be seen by our Council reports for the week, but little business of importance has been done. The Municipal Corporations Bill was postponed on Tuesday for a week, in order to…

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Advance Australia. Sydney Gazette. Thursday, August 13[?] 1840. Municipal Bill

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1840 · page 2

UP to the present moment we have abstained from making any observations touching the course political likely to be steered by Mr. JAMES M'ARTHUR upon his elevation to a seat…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Herald · Friday 14 August 1840 · page 2

WEDNESDAY.—Present: the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 12, 1840

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1840 · page 2

Council met to-day, pursuant to adjournment, present His Excellency the Governor, the Bishop, the Chief Justice, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Auditor General, the…

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The Sydney Harald. Friday, August 14, 1840. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Municipal Corporations

The Sydney Herald · Friday 14 August 1840 · page 2

A Petition is in course of preparation to the Legislative Council, for permission to be heard by Counsel upon the 30th clause of the Municipal Bill, which will have the…

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Council Papers. Ecclesiastical Establishments. Despatches and Correspondence on the appointment of Clergymen to the Establishments of the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. (No. 183.) Nov.9,1838

The Sydney Herald · Friday 14 August 1840 · page 2

My Lord,—I have the honour to report to your Lordship, that, at the very earnest request of the Lord Bishop of Australia, I have appointed the Rev. Hart Spalding to the exclusive duty of affording…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 11

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1840 · page 2

Council met pursuant to adjournment, His Excellency the Governor in the Chair. Aboriginal Natives use of fire-arms Bill read a third time and passed…

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The Chronicle. Saturday, August 15, 1840. the Municipal Corporations Bill. "By the Lord, our plot is a good plot as ever was laid; our friends true and constant: a good plot, good friends, and full of expectation; an excellent plot, very good friends." Shakspeare

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 15 August 1840 · page 2

WE do hope that the eyes of his Excellency, and of every honest man in the community, are now opened to the manœuvring of the detestable clique who wish to enslave this country. No scheme is too…

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The Sydney Herald. Monday, August 17, 1840. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Municipal Bill

The Sydney Herald · Monday 17 August 1840 · page 2

To-morrow it is expected that the remaining clauses of the Municipal Bill will be discussed in the Legislative Council, when some debating will probably take…

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COPY of the Tory Petition Against the Municipal Corporations Bill. "To his Excellency Sir George Gipps, Knight, Captain General and Governor of the territory of New South Wales and its dependencies, and the honorable the Legislative Council of New South Wales, in council assembled

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1840 · page 2

"The Humble Petition of the undersigned, "Sheweth—That your petitioners have heard that a bill, entitled, 'A bill to provide for the establishment and regulation of Municipal Corporations…

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The Colonist. Tuesday, August 18, 1840. Colonial Politics. the Municipal Corporations Bill

The Colonist · Tuesday 18 August 1840 · page 2

IN our last we published the petition which is to be presented to His Excellency and the Legislative Council to-day, respecting the Municipal Corporations Bill; and we offered a few hurried…

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The Chronicle. Tuesday, August 18, 1840. the Municipal Corporations Bill

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1840 · page 2

OUR little great men, and our great little men, have been active—exceedingly active, within the last few days, endeavouring to get up a show of opposition to the claims of the emancipists to equal civil…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 19 August 1840 · page 1

TUESDAY.—Present, the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor General, Mr. Berry, Mr…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 18, 1840

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 19 August 1840 · page 2

Council met this day pursuant to adjournment, His Excellency the Governor in the chair, and all the honourable members resent with the exception of Mr. Camp who w s prevented…

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Municipal Bill

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 19 August 1840 · page 2

Yesterday a Petition, signed by 455 free persons of respectability, among whom were nearly all the magistrates in town, whose names were obtained in three days, was presented to the…

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The Municipal Bill -- "Our Error."

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 19 August 1840 · page 2

In our last, quite having been misled, we recommended the Emancipists and their friends to affix their signatures to a petition then in course of preparation for…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Thursday 20 August 1840 · page 2

TUESDAY.—Present—the Governor the Chief Justice, the Bishop of Australia, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor-General, Mr. Berry, Mr…

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Legislative Council. WEDNESDAY, 12 AUGUST, 1840. Council met pursuant to adjourument

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1840 · page 2

Present, His Excellency the Governor, the Bishop, the Chief Justice, the Attorney General, the Colonial Secretary, the Commander of the Forces, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 18, 1840

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 20 August 1840 · page 2

Present—The Governor, the Chief Justice, the Commander in Chief of the Forces, the Colonial Secretory, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor General, Messrs. Berry,…

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