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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1842

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Sydney Municipal Bill

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 28 May 1842 · page 2

The Editor of the Chronicle submits to his fellow townsmen the following propositions, with reference to the highly important measure now before the legislature:— 1. The inhabitants of Sydney are entitled to enjoy the same…

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The Sydney Herald. Monday, May 30, 1842. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Municipal Corporation

The Sydney Herald · Monday 30 May 1842 · page 2

WE are requested to correct an error which appeared in the requisition calling a public meeting relative to the Corporation Bill, as published in Saturday's papers…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1842 · page 2

The Council will resume its si[?]ings to-day according to adjournment from Thursday last. The business to be brought before them will be the second reading of the Sydney and Melbourne…

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Domestic Intelligence. the Municipal Corporation Bill

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1842 · page 2

YESTERDAY, at one o'clock, a number of persons assembled pursuant to requisition, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Governor and the Legislative…

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Colonial Polities Municipal Corporation Bill. to His Excellency Sir George Gipps

Sydney Free Press · Tuesday 31 May 1842 · page 2

SIR,-- I am about to address to you a few observations, which though perhaps a little out of date, will not, I trust, prove the less instrumental in promoting the object which I…

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Public Meeting. The Municipal Corporation Bill

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1842 · page 2

In pursuance of a Requisition addressed to the High Sheriff of New South Wales, a public meeting of the citizens of Sydney was held yesterday evening in the hall of the Mechanics'…

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Sydney Municipal Bill

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 31 May 1842 · page 2

The Editor of the Chronicle submits to his fellow townsman the following propositions, with reference to the highly important measure now before the legislature:—1. The inhabitants of Sydney are entitled to enjoy the same…

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Municipal Corporation Bill. Public Meeting

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 31 May 1842 · page 2

Yesterday, at one o'clock, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Sydney was held in the Mechanics' School of Arts, for the purpose of petitioning the Governor and legislative council relative to the…

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Public Meeting with Regard to the Municipal Bill

The Australian · Tuesday 31 May 1842 · page 2

A Public Meeting was held yesterday at the School of Arts, Pitt-street, for the purpose of petitioning the Governor and Legislative Council against the Municipal Corporation Bill. The…

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Legislative Council

The New South Wales Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1842 · page 3

OUR remarks upon yesterday's proceedings in Council, are deferred until Saturday next…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, May 31

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 1 June 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…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, 31st MAY

The New South Wales Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1842 · page 3

The Council met pursuant to adjournment. -- Present -- The Governor, the Chief Justice : the Commander of the Forces, the Attorney General, the Colonial Secretary, the Collector of…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, 26Th May, 1842

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 1 June 1842 · page 276

Council met pursuant to adjournment. Present --The Governor and Ten Members. Absent-- The Chief Justice, the Bishop of Australia; the Collector of Customs; and Mr. James Macarthur…

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Municipal Corporation Bill

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 1 June 1842 · page 274

A public meeting was held on Monday, at the School of Arts, called by the Sheriff, on the requisition of a number of respectable colonists, to consider the propriety of…

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Public Meeting Against the Municipal Corporation Bill

The New South Wales Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1842 · page 3

THE result of this Meeting is already before the public in the Journals of yesterday. After a lengthy discussion, the Petition proposed by Mr. WENTWORTH, and seconded…

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Legislative Council. TUESDAY, 31st MAY, 1842

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 2 June 1842 · page 2

PRESENT—The Governor; Sir James Dowling, Chief Justice; Sir Maurice O'Connell, Commander of the Forces; Roger Therry, Esq., Attorney General; William Lithgow, Esq.,…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, May 31, 1841

The Australian · Thursday 2 June 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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Legislative Council. Tuesday, May 31, 1842

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 2 June 1842 · page 2
Also in Sydney Free Press

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, Mr…

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The Sydney Herald. Thursday, June 2, 1842. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Tuesday's Debate in Council

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 2 June 1842 · page 2

THE discussion in Council on Tuesday, on the Sydney Corporation Bill, and on the "silly" petition against that measure, must have brushed away many of the…

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