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Council & local affairs, 1842

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Sydney Municipal Bill

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 2 June 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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Legislative Council. TUESDAY, 31st MAY, 1842, (Conclid d d from our last.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1842 · page 2

The Governor said, it was a matter of very little consequence, however he would call it the petition of Mr. Hustler and the gen[?]me who thought [?] him; but he must tell these gentle…

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Original Correspondence. to the Editor of the Free Press. the Corporation Act of Council

Sydney Free Press · Saturday 4 June 1842 · page 2

SIR -- I beg leave to remark, that in the peculiar circumstances of this colony, dependent as it is for an intelligent and respectable population on immigration, a…

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Colonial Politics. Municipal Corporation Bill

Sydney Free Press · Saturday 4 June 1842 · page 2

IN offering a few remarks in reply to His Excellency's very clever speech in Council on Tuesday last, we are compelled to be brief, and will, therefore, confine ourselves…

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Sydney Municipal Bill

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 4 June 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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Original Correspondence. the Municipal Bill. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Monday 6 June 1842 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—As the Bill for conferring a Corporate Government upon the good town of Sydney, is a matter that I may say personally affects every individual connected with it,…

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Legislative Council. Orders of the Day, Tuesday June 7

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1842 · page 2

1. MELBOURNE Corporation Bill, secondreading. 2. Directors of Police and Public Works Bill; second reading. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8…

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Legislative Council. OnDEns OP tub IIay.—7W.«//»i/. Jutml

The Australian · Tuesday 7 June 1842 · page 3

1. Melbourne Corporation Bill; second reading. 2. Directors of Police and Public* Works Bill; second reading. Wednesday. June 8…

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Municipal Corporation. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1842 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—In common with most other persons connected with "Our Town of Sydney," my attention has been drawn to the consideration of the objections urged, both in…

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Domestic Intelligence. Public Meeting—municipal Corporation

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1842 · page 2

YESTERDAY, at 11 o'clock A.M., a meeting assembled at the School of Arts, pursuant to advertisement, to take into consideration a petition to be addressed to His Excellency the…

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Colonial Politics. the Municipal Corporation Bill

Sydney Free Press · Tuesday 7 June 1842 · page 2

IN our last we met His Excellency's objection to the claim preferred by the people of Sydney for an adequate endowment of and to the proposed Corporation; and as…

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Municipal Corporation Bill. To His Excellency Sir George Gipps

Sydney Free Press · Tuesday 7 June 1842 · page 2

SIR, -- With regard to the Corporation Bill, you are not then, it appears, the mere puppet, which I imagined. You say you have some considerable discretion in the matter, and that…

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Municipal Corporation.—public Meeting

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 7 June 1842 · page 2

Yesterday morning a public meeting of the in habitants of Sydney was held in the Mechanics' School of Arts, which was crowded on the occasion, for the purpose of petitioning the Governor and the…

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Council Papers. Report on Immigration for the Year 1841, BY F. L. S. Merewether Esq., Agent for Immigration. Government Immigration Office, Sydney, May I4th, 1842

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1842 · page 4

SIR.—I do myself the honour to transmit to your Excellency my Report on Immigration to this Colony for the year 1841, together with a series of Returns illustrative of the…

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! To hia Excellency Sir George Gipps,' Knight; Governor of New South Pfrulea, and to the Honor­able the Legislative Council of tho Colony. ' The humble Petition or the undersigned inhnbitants of the town of Sydney, " Sheweth

The Australian · Tuesday 7 June 1842 · page 2

" That your Pctitlonershnve had their attention directed to a Hill to. incorporate the town of Syd­ney, now under the consideration of your Excel-i»..n.» „.-..! ttnnv 1-lnnmirnhlo Council, as also to the…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, 7Th June

The New South Wales Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1842 · page 3

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

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Colonial Politics. Canadian Municipalities

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 8 June 1842 · page 281

IT is generally known to the public of this Colony that Sir George Gipps, at a former period of his career, was a member of a commission of inquiry into the municipal…

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Public Meeting -- Municipal Corporation

The New South Wales Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1842 · page 3

On Monday, at 11 o'clock A.M., a meeting assembled at the School of Arts, pursuant to advertisement, to take into consideration a petition to be addressed to His Excellency the…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 8

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 9 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, June 7, 1841

The Australian · Thursday 9 June 1842 · page 2

Present—The Governor, the Chief Justice, the Lord Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretory, the Attorney-General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor-General, Mr…

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