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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1843

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Legislative Council

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 5 August 1843 · page 1214

Pursuant to the resolution of the preceding day, that the council should meet for the purpose of proceeding to Government House, in order to obtain his Excellency's approval of the Speaker chosen…

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City Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 5 August 1843 · page 22
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the meeting of Council this day, the Mayor introduced the new Town Clerk, Mr. Rae, to the Council. The Town Clerk beeped to acknowledge…

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City Council. Friday, August 4

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1843 · page 3

Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Allen, Wilshire, Flood, and Broughton, Councillors Taylor, Chapman, Neale, Holden, Hunt, Macde[?]mott, Smidmore, D. Jones, and Hill…

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To the Worshipful the Town Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 August 1843 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—Fifteen or eighteen months ago, a declaration was publicly made by nearly twenty Sydney butchers, that it was not necessary to sell meat on the Sabbath…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 2, 1843

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1843 · page 2

In pursuance of the resolution arrived at on the previous day, a number of the members met this morning for the purpose of presenting their newly elected Speaker to his Excellency the Governor…

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Legislative Council. Friday. Address to His Excellency

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 August 1843 · page 2

THE SPEAKER staled, that the order of the day was to receive the Governor's answer with expect to the presentation of the address which had been adopted by the House upon…

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Colonial Politics. the City Council and Sabbath Desecration

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 5 August 1843 · page 1209

WE are sorry at being obliged to speak of any of the proceedings of the City Council in terms of reprobation. We trust, however, that the very favovrable terms in…

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The [?] Saturday, August [?] 1843. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Council's Maiden Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 August 1843 · page 2

WE have now the pleasing task of commenting upon the first week's proceedings of our new Legislature; and it is with no ordinary feelings of satisfaction that we…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, August 4

The Australian · Monday 7 August 1843 · page 2

The Chamber met pursuant to adjournment at twelve o'clock. The SPEAKER having read the Order of the Day…

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City Council.—reporting. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 August 1843 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—With reference to the remarks made by Mr. Councillor Macdermott on Friday, and reported by me in the Herald of this day, in which he imputed to you a desire…

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To the Honorable the Members of the Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 August 1843 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—Having recently arrived in Sydney, and being anxious for a comfortable situation, I beg leave to inform you that I intend to apply for the situation of Chaplain…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Wednesday 9 August 1843 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

THE Council did nothing in its Session of yesterday. The Members proceeded to Government House with the Address. The Governor's roply, as will be soon, was very…

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Western Australia. Perth Legislative Council

The Australian · Wednesday 9 August 1843 · page 3

Council Chamber, Perth, June 15, 1843. The Session was opened by His Excellency Governor Hutt delivering the following address: GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 8

The Australian · Wednesday 9 August 1843 · page 2

The Council met at twelve o'clock, pursuant to adjournment. The Attorney General, Mr. Plunkett, was introduced by the Colonial Secretary and…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 8, 1843

Australasian Chronicle · Wednesday 9 August 1843 · page 2

The SPEAKER having taken the chair, the Colonial Secretary, with the Colonial Treasurer, introduced the Attorney General, John Hubert Planke[?]. Esq, to the council. Alter the commission had been…

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The Meeting and Doings of the Legislative Council

The Teetotaller and General Newspaper · Wednesday 9 August 1843 · page 1

THIS body, as we intimated in our last, had commenced its Sessions, when we went to press. The Members assembled in the Council Chambers, Macquarie-street, at twelve o'clock;…

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Speech of His Excellency the Governor, at the Opening of the Legislative Council

The Teetotaller and General Newspaper · Wednesday 9 August 1843 · page 2

GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,-- "The time is at length arrived which has, for many years, been anxiously looked forward to by us all: and I have this day the pleasure to meet, for the…

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Legislative Council. Court for Trial of Disputed Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 August 1843 · page 2

This Court having been convened by His Excellency the Governor for eleven o'clock yesterday; the members appointed to hold the same assembled accordingly at that hour,…

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