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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1844

1,052 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 53

Legislative Council., Thursday, June 13

The Australian · Saturday 15 June 1844 · page 3

The Speaker took the Chair at a quar before three o'clock. CROWN LANDS. Tho Colonial SECRETARY laid on tho table…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 12Th 1844. PETITIONS

The Guardian · Saturday 15 June 1844 · page 106

Mr. COWPER presented a petition from a number of stockholders and others in the district of Kissing Point, in opposition to the squatting regulations, printed in the Government Gazette of April the 2nd…

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Local Intelligence. Legislative Council Friday, June 7

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 15 June 1844 · page 1

Mr. Windeyer presented a petition from a number of Presbyterians, residing in the district of Paterson, praying the Council to repeal the Church Act of 1836. Mr. Windeyer moved an Address to the Governor,…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 June 1844 · page 2

A MEETING of the City Council will be holden at the Town Hall, this day, at three o'clock in the afternoon. ORDERS OF THE DAY…

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Legislative Council. Friday, June 14. Light House Dues and Pilotage

The Australian · Monday 17 June 1844 · page 3

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table, the Return to an Address adopted on the motion of Dr. Nicholson on 5th instant, relative to Light House dues and pilotage…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 June 1844 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor; Aldermen Macdermott, Flood, and Broughton; Councillors Drive, Agars, Thurlow, Coyle, Chapman, Brown, Little, Jenkins, Hill, Smidmore,…

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Legislative Council. Friday, June 14

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 19 June 1844 · page 2

The Council met at the usual hour. RETURNS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table returns, moved for by Dr. Nicholson, of the expenses…

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City Council. Monday, JUNE 17

The Australian · Wednesday 19 June 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 Revenue. To the Honorable the Legislative Council of New South Wales

The Australian · Wednesday 19 June 1844 · page 3

The humble Petition of the Council of the City of Sydney, showeth, That since the Incorporation of the inhabitants of the said City by the Act of…

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Legislative Council. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 June 1844 · page 2

COLONIAL S Secretary's Office, June 18, 1844.— His Excellency the Governor has direected it to noticed, that by addional instrucitons under the Royal Signel, and Sign Manual, bearing…

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Legislative Council. Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day. Wednesday, June 19. Notice of Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 June 1844 · page 2

1. Mr. ROHINSON to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law of Libel. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Circular Quay wharfage Bill; second…

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Legislative Council. the Following Are the Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day on the Paper. Wednesday, June 19

The Australian · Wednesday 19 June 1844 · page 3

NOTICE OF MOTION:— Mr. ROBINSON to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Law of Libel. ORDERS OF THE DAY:—…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Thursday 20 June 1844 · page 3

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NOTICES OF MOTION AND ORDERS OF THE DAY ON THE PAPER. THURSDAY, JUNE 20. Law of Evidence Bill; second reading…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Thursday 20 June 1844 · page 2

UPON the Meeting of the Council, yesterday, Letters Patent, appointing tho Attorney-General to the seat vacant by the resignation of the Colonial Engineer, were read by…

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Sydney District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 June 1844 · page 2
Also in The Australian

THIS body met, pursuant to adjournment, in its chambers yesterday, at half-past three. There were present, the Warden, Messrs. F. Wilson, R. Bourne, R. Johnstone, J. Kettle,…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 June 1844 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S SEAT. The SPEAKER read to the House a Commission appointing the Attorney-General a…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, June 13, 1844. Law of Evidence

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 20 June 1844 · page 93

After the formal business had been transacted, Mr. YOUNG moved for leave to bring in a bill to improve the law of evidence. The question had already been fully considered at home…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Friday 21 June 1844 · page 2

A PETITION from the Stockholders of Maitland was presented yesterday by Mr. Windeyer, praying for the abrogation of the Squatting Regulations of the 2nd of April…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 June 1844 · page 4

A MEETING of the City Council will be holden at the Town Hall, on Monday next, at three o'clock in the afternoon. ORDERS OF THE DAY…

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