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Council & local affairs, 1842

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 28Th, 1842. (Continued from our last publication.) Incorporation of Sydney

The Australian · Friday 1 July 1842 · page 2

The Council resolved into Committee for the further consideration of the Bill for the Incorporation of Sydney. The GOVERNOR said, there were some clauses…

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Sydney Corporation Bill. Report From the Committee on the Sydney Boundaries and Municipal Franchise.--1842

The New South Wales Examiner · Friday 1 July 1842 · page 3

The Committee, of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 10th of June. 1842, to report their opinion lon the most suitable Boundaries for the Town and Wards of Sydney ; and…

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Public Meeting--municipal Corporation Bill

The New South Wales Examiner · Friday 1 July 1842 · page 2

On Wednesday, pursuant to notice given by advertisement, a public meeting was held at the Mechanics' School of Arts, Pitt-street, to petition His Excellency the Governor in Council,…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 29

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 2 July 1842 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser

Present: The Governor, the Chief Justice, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor General. Messrs. Campbell, Berry,…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, June30. 1842

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1842 · page 2

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

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Legislative Council. Thursday, June 30

The New South Wales Examiner · Monday 4 July 1842 · page 2

Present.--The Governor, the Chief Justice, the Commander if the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor-General, Mr. Campbell,…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1842 · page 2

The Council meet to-day for the dispatch of public business; the following are the orders of the day:- TUESDAY, July 5…

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The Sydney Corporation.—act of Council

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 5 July 1842 · page 2

MR. EDITOR—Many persons believe that the expense of the town surveyor's department has been defrayed bitherto by the commissary from the British treasury; I beg leave to inform them that during the…

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Legislative Council. Orders of the Day. Tuesday, July 5

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1842 · page 2

1. SUMS in aid of Sydney Police Appropriation Bill; second reading. 2. Directors of Police and Public Works Bill; second reading…

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Original Correspondence. a Few Hints to the Immigration Committee, and Members of Council. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1842 · page 3

GENTLEMEN.—In pursuing the subjects of my former letters which you have granted a space to in your valuable journal, a question now naturally obtrudes itself upon our…

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Original Correspondence. a Few Hints to the Immigration Committee, and Members of Council. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1842 · page 3

GENTLEMEN.—In pursuing the subjects of my former letters which you have granted [?] space to in your valuable journal, a question now naturally obtrudes itself upon our…

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Municipal Corporation.—landlords' Increase of Rent

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 5 July 1842 · page 2

MR. EDITOR—In the year 1837 I was the tenant of Mr. Iredale, for the last house but one in South Elizabeth—street, opposite the residence of Mr. Dixon, surveyor, for which I paid but £36 per annum; but,…

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The Chronicle. Tuesday, July 5, 1842. the Municipal Franchise

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 5 July 1842 · page 2

IN the heat of the discussion at, and growing out of, the late public meeting, we have allowed the important franchise clause to pass almost sub silentio. The council has fixed upon a £40 rental…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 5

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1842 · page 2

PRESENT the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Commander of the Forces, the ColonialSecretary, the Attorney-General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor-General, Mr…

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Council Paper. Sydney Corporation Bill

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 6 July 1842 · page 3

The Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 10th of June, 1842, to report their opinion on the most suitable Boundaries for the Town and Wards of Sydney; and also to…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 29

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 6 July 1842 · page 2

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

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, 5Th July, 1842

The New South Wales Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1842 · page 3

PRESENT--The Governor, the Chief Justice, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Collector of Customs, the Aud tor-General, Messrs…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 5th, 1842

The Australian · Wednesday 6 July 1842 · page 2

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

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The Municipal Bill

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1842 · page 2

A MEETING of "operatives" was held in the School of Arts, last evening, when a petition was agreed to, praying the Council to reconsider the franchise clause,…

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