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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1844

1,052 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 53

Local Intelligence. Legislative Council. Friday, June 14

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 22 June 1844 · page 1

Dr. Lang moved for leave to bring in "A Bill to remove doubts as to the validity of certain marriages to be had a solemnized within the colony of New South Wales, by Ministers of the Australian Methodist…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 19Th 1844. Vacant Seat

The Guardian · Saturday 22 June 1844 · page 115

The SPEAKER read a commission under the hand of his Excellency appointing the Attorney-General to the seat in council declared vacant by the vote of house on Friday last, after which the learned gentleman…

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The Municipal Franchise

The Guardian · Saturday 22 June 1844 · page 113

WE perceive with much pleasure that the City Council have followed out the resolution come to by them some weeks ago, and have prepared a petition to the Legislative…

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Legislative Council. Friday, June 21. 1844

The Australian · Monday 24 June 1844 · page 3

The Speaker took the Chair at the usual hour. GENERAL, GRIEVANCES. Mr. WENTWORTH rose to move, "That a Select Committee to consist of ton members, be…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 June 1844 · page 2

PRESENT:—The Mayor; Aldermen Allen Broughton, and Macdermott; Councillors Driver, Smidmore, Jenkins, Brown, Holden, Cowlishaw, Agars, Little, Ryan, Thurlow,…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Wednesday 26 June 1844 · page 2

THE late hour to which the Debates on the "Grievance" and "Compensation" Questions were extended on Friday evening, prevented any discussion on the important…

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City Council. Monday, June 24

The Australian · Wednesday 26 June 1844 · page 3

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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Legislative Council. Friday, June 21

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 26 June 1844 · page 4

Mr. WENTWORTH brought forward his motion for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into and report upon all grievances not connected with the lands of the territory; and that it be an…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Thursday 27 June 1844 · page 2

THE Colonial Secretary, yesterday, laid on the table the remainder of the Returns, requested in the Address moved for by Mr. Robinson, on the subject of the depositors…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 June 1844 · page 2

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. SAYINGS' BANK. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the concluding portion of the answer…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, June 20, 1844. PETITIONS

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 27 June 1844 · page 101

Major Wentworth presented a petition from Maitland against the Squatting Regulations. Dr. LANG presented a petition from…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Friday 28 June 1844 · page 3

Mr. Robinson, yesterday, presented to the Council a petition from tho stockholders of Yass, praying that stops might be taken to procure the abrogation of the proposed…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 June 1844 · page 4

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

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 26

The Australian · Friday 28 June 1844 · page 3

THE SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. SAVINGS BANKS. THE COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the remainder of the Return to the Address…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, June 27. THE Speaker took the Chair at the usual hour. Pastoral Regulations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 June 1844 · page 2

Mr. ROBINSON presented a petition signed by four hundred and fifteen stockholders and others, resident in the district of Yass, against the Pastoral Regulations recently promulgated…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Saturday 29 June 1844 · page 2
Also in The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature, The Guardian

THE Colonial Secretary, yesterday, laid upon the table the Annual Blue Book of Statistics for 1843. He also laid on the table the further Returns to an Address…

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Sydney District Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 29 June 1844 · page 663

An adjourned meeting of this body was held on Wednesday. The Warden reported the result of a conference he had had with the government relative to the alterations and…

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City Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 29 June 1844 · page 662

Alderman Broughton brought up a Report from the Police Committee, which, after stating that no inconvenience had been found to arise from the reductions heretofore made…

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