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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1844

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1844 · page 2

A MEETING of the City Council will be holden at the Town Hall, at three o'clock this aternoon: ORDERS OF THE DAY…

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City Council

The Australian · Saturday 13 January 1844 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Record, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature

At a Meeting of the Council yesterday at three o'clock p. m., the Right Worshipful the Mayor in the Chair, Alderman Allan stated that he would…

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District Council

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1844 · page 1

ON Wednesday last the Council met pursuant to adjournment. Present--The Warden, Doctors Hill, Anderson, and Foster, and Messrs. Murray, Byrnes, Lawson, and Bettington…

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Domestic Record. City Council

The Sydney Record · Saturday 13 January 1844 · page 115

The Council met for the dispatch of business on Friday last. Mr. Driver presented a petition from Christopher Crane, of Castlereagh-street, praying that he might…

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News From the Interior. (From our various correspondents.) Parramatta District Council. Wednesday, January 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1844 · page 2

PRESENT: The Warden, and all the Councillors excepting Mr. Suttor. The minutes of the last meeting were read. The WARDEN read a letter from the…

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Maitland District Council. (From the Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1844 · page 2

A MEETING of the District Council was held on Tuesday last, at which were present-E. C. Close, Esq., Warden, and Messrs. Wyndham, Innes, Lang, and Gordon…

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District Council

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1844 · page 1

THERE is no institution, connected with the district, in which we feel more deeply interested than the District Council of Parramatta, for we are confident that if it were once fairly launched and in active operation,…

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Parramatta District Council

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1844 · page 1

Present--GILBERT ELIOTT, Esq., P. M., WARDEN, DOCTORS HILL, FOSTER, ANDERSON, and Messrs. BYRNES, BETTINGTON, LAWSON and SUTTOR. The minutes of the proceedings of the last meeting…

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News From the Interior. (From our various correspondents.) Parramatta District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1844 · page 2

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17.— Present: The Warden and all the Councillors, except Mr. Murray. The Minutes of the last Meeting having…

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City Council

The Australian · Tuesday 23 January 1844 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At a Meeting of the Council, yesterday, Alderman Flood presented a Petition from John White, late Superintendent of the Water Works at Soldiers Point, praying…

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Acts of Council. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1844 · page 2

COLONIAL Secretary s Office, Sydney, 19th January, 1844. His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified, that the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies…

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Original Correspondence. the City Council. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1844 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—In reading your report of the proceedings of the City Council, on Monday last, in your paper of to-day, I was truly astonished at the precipitancy, irregularity, and…

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City Council

The Dispatch · Saturday 27 January 1844 · page 2
Also in The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature

On Monday last the City Council met, when the Mayor, Aldermen Macdermott, Flood, Allen, and Broughton and 14 Councillors were present. A petition from John White, late overseer of…

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Acts of Council

The Australian · Saturday 27 January 1844 · page 3

His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has intimated in two several Despatches under…

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Sydney District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1844 · page 2

THE Council met on Saturday, the 27th ins[?] in their Chambers, at half-past three o'clock. Present: The Warden, Messrs. George Allen, F. Kemble, D. Jones, R. Bourne, W. Carr,…

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