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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1842

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City Council. Monday, December 19, 1842

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 21 December 1842 · page 690

Present:--The Right Worshipful the Mayor, the Aldermen, and all the Councillors, except Messrs. J. Jones, Holden, and Holt…

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The Corporation and the Legislative Council

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 21 December 1842 · page 692

Who is to act as returning officer at the election of members for Sydney of the future Legislative Council of New South Wales? The mode of election is not defined in the…

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The Mayor's Dinner

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 22 December 1842 · page 2

BELOW we give a report of the principal speeches delivered at this dinner, which was decidedly the most numerous and distinguished assemblage ever held in this hemisphere. Everything went off in a…

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The Mayor's Dinner

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 22 December 1842 · page 2

Yesterday evening the Right Worshipful the Mayor, John Hosking, Esq., gave a splendid dinner in the saloon of the Royal Hotel, which was tastefully fitted up for the occasion with bouquets of…

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The Mayor's Feast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 December 1842 · page 2

YESTERDAY, Evening the Right Worshipful John Hosking, the first Mayor of the City of Sydney, gave a dinner to the Members of the Corporation and the [?]e of the citizens,…

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The Mayor's Banquet

The Australian · Friday 23 December 1842 · page 2

On Wednesday last, The Right Worshipful the Mayor gave his first Civic Banquet to the Citizens of Sydney. The feast was held at the Royal Hotel, and three hundred…

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The Mayor's Dinner

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 24 December 1842 · page 703

On Wednesday evening the Right Worshipful the Mayor, John Hosking, Esq., gave a splendid dinner in the saloon of the Royal Hotel, which was tastefully fitted up for the occasion with bouquets of…

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The Mayor's Dinner

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 24 December 1842 · page 698

In another part of to-day's publication will be found an ample report of the proceedings at the first grand civic banquet in the annals of the Australasian metropolis…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 December 1842 · page 2

A MEETING of the City Council will be held this day, at one o'clock, at the Royal Hotel, 1. To proceed with the business of which notice has already been given, and standing…

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Mayor's Barge. To the Editor of the Australian

The Australian · Monday 26 December 1842 · page 2

SIR,—As if will be necessary the Mayor should appear at the Regatta in a proper manner, and uphold his dignity, I would suggest the propriety of his having a Bargo…

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Dom[?]stic Intelligence. City Council. Saturday, December 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 December 1842 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor and a full Council, with the exception of Aldermen Owen and Mitchell, and Messrs. D. Jones, Hill, and Hollingshed…

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City Council. Saturday, December 24th, 1842. The minutes of the previous Mooting were road by the Town Clerk. Security for the Clerk of the Hay Market

The Australian · Monday 26 December 1842 · page 2

The Right Worshipful the Mayor said, that before going into the regular business of the day, there were one or two subjects that required their attention, the first of…

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Swearing in the Mayor

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 27 December 1842 · page 4

His Worship the Mayor, accompanied by the aldermen god councillors, a number of Inhabitants, and of the masonic fraternity, (to which the Mayor belongs) went in procession to the court-house, for…

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City Council Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 December 1842 · page 2

A MEETING of the City Council will be held on Friday next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, at the Royal Hotel. 1. To proceed with the business of which…

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City Council. Saturday, December 24, 1842

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 27 December 1842 · page 2

Present: The Right Worshipful the Mayor, all the Alderman except Alderman Owen, and all the Councillors except Messrs. Hill, D. Jones, and Hollinshed…

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Swearing in of the Mayor of Melbourne

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 710

On Wednesday, December 13, his Worship the Mayor of Melbourne, accompanied by the Aldermen and Councillors, and a a number of the inhabitants, particularly of…

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City Council Meeting

The Teetotaller and General Newspaper · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 1
Also in The Australian

A meeting or the City Council will be held on Friday next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, at the Royal Hotel. I. To proceed with the business of which notice has…

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City Council Papers. Proposed Standing Regulations

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 711

1.That the Council shall sit within half an hour after that expressed in the summons and notice, and if there be not members enough to make a Court, viz., eight members for ordinary…

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City Council. Saturday, December 24Th, 1842

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 28 December 1842 · page 706

The minutes of last meeting were read. The Mayor said, that before going into the regular business of the day, there were one or two subjects that required their…

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