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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1844

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Country News. Penrith District Council

The Australian · Friday 10 May 1844 · page 3

Pursuant to advertisement, the Warden William Gibbes, Esq., J. P., attended by a considerable number of electors, took the Chair at tho Court House, Penrith, at 12…

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The S[?] Morning Herald. Friday, May 10, 1844. "Sworn to no master, of no sect am I." Sydney District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 May 1844 · page 2

WE would remind the Electors for the district of Sydney, that the election of Councillors to sit for three years, takes place to-day, and it behoves those who do…

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City Council

The Dispatch · Saturday 11 May 1844 · page 1
Also in The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature

On Monday last, the Council met at their Chambers, the Mayor in the chair. Present- Aldermen Allen, Broughton, Macdermott, and Flood. Councillors Agars, Browne, Driver,…

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Sydney District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1844 · page 2

BARELY one-half of the enrolled electors for the district of Sydney voted yesterday at the election of District Councillors, and the consequence, as might have been…

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The City Council

The Guardian · Saturday 11 May 1844 · page 68

THE business which came before the City Council at its quarterly meeting on Thursday last was of highly a important character. The whole of the topics brought under…

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Domestic Intelligence Sydney District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1844 · page 2

YESTERDAY being the polling day for the voters for the various candidates proposed for seats in the District Council, the Warden and Clerk were in attendance, at nine o'clock, at the New Court…

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City Council. Thursday, May 9

The Australian · Saturday 11 May 1844 · page 4

The members to whose names P is prefixed, were present at the opening of the Council; a denotes those members who took their seats after the business had commenced; A…

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City Council. Monday, April 6Th, 1844

The Guardian · Saturday 11 May 1844 · page 66

PRESENT: the Mayor; Aldermen Macdermott, Allen, Broughton, and Flood; Councillors Driver, Agars, Brown, Cowlishaw, Neale, Coyle, Thurlow, Holden, Jenkins, and Taylor…

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Windsor District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1844 · page 4

FRIDAY 10.—The polling for the election of four, Councillors, to fill the vacancies in the District Council, took place at the Court House, Windsor, this day, commencing at 9 o'clock,…

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Sydney District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1844 · page 2

THE Warden of the district pronounced his decision, on Saturday, as to the disputed sent, and declared that, having gone carefully through the voting papers, he found that there were…

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Domestic Intelligence: City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1844 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor Aldermen Allen, Broughton, Flood; and Councillors Cowlishaw, Coyle, Agars, Holden, Ryan, Jenkins, Neale, and Thurlow…

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Police Office. Monday, May 13. (Before the Mayor and Alderman Flood) Assault. Dillon V. BRENAN

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 15 May 1844 · page 3

In this case, Mr. John Dillon, attorney, was plaintiff, and Mr. J. R. Brenan, Coroner of Sydney, defendant. The charge brought by Ms. Dillon against Mr. Brenan was for an assault, the…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Wednesday 15 May 1844 · page 3

The GOVERNMENT GAZETTE of yesterday, repeats the notice calling the Council together on the 28th instant, on which day, therefore, the Members will assemble for the dispatch of public business…

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City Council. Monday, May 13

The Australian · Wednesday 15 May 1844 · page 4

The members to whose names P. is prefixed, were present at the opening of the Council; a denotes those members who took their seats after the business had commenced; A…

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Mudgee. District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1844 · page 2

ON Tuesday, May 7th, a meeting of the above Council was held, agreeable to the advertisement which appeared in the Government Gazette of April 2nd…

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City Council

The Dispatch · Saturday 18 May 1844 · page 2
Also in The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature

On Monday last, the City Council met in the City Hall, York-stret, when there were present, the Mayor, Aldermen Allen, Broughton, and Flood; Councillors Cowlishaw, Coyle, Agars,…

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Local Intelligence. City Council.--MONDAY

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 18 May 1844 · page 2

IN pursuance of the recommendation of the By-law Committee, the Town Clerk was directed to write to the Commissioner of Police, calling his attention to the nuisance created by carts, &c., which congregate…

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Sydney News. City Council.--MONDAY

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1844 · page 3

IN pursuance of the recommendation of the By-law Committee, the Town Clerk was directed to write to the Commissioner of Police, calling his attention to the nuisance created by carts, &c., which congregate…

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