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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1844

1,052 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 53

Legislative Council. Friday, 26Th July

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 July 1844 · page 2

THE House proceeded to business shortly after half-past three. COURT OF REQUESTS—£30 JURISDICTION…

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Legislative Council. Friday, July 19

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1844 · page 3

The House went into committee for the further consideration of the Report of the Privilege Committee. Mr. Windeyer moved the adoption of the concluding three lines, or last paragraph, of the recommendatory…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 24

The Guardian · Saturday 27 July 1844 · page 155

A communication was read from his Excellency, announcing the resignation of Hastings Elwin Esq., as a non-elected member of the Legislative Council, and the appointment of J. B. Darvall, Esq,…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 24. The council met at the usual hour. APPOINTMENT

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1844 · page 2

Mr. DARVAL, who had been appointed by His Excellency the Governor, to a seat in the council in place of Hastings Elwin, Esq., resigned, was introduced by the Colonial Secretary and the Attorney…

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Legislative Council. Friday. Courts of Request

The Guardian · Saturday 27 July 1844 · page 156

Mr. LORD presented a petition from the inhabitants of the town and district of Bathurst, praying for an extension of Courts of Request to that district, for the recovery of debts under £10, and for the trial of…

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Local Intelligence. Legislative Council. Friday, July 19

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 27 July 1844 · page 2

The House went into committee for the further consideration of the Report of the Privilege Committee. Mr. Windeyer moved the adoption of the concluding three lines, or last paragraph of the recommendatory…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, July 25. Governors Commissions

The Australian · Saturday 27 July 1844 · page 4

The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table No. 2. of the Returns enumerated the Address adopted on the motion of Mr. Wentworth, on the 30th May last, being a copy of the several…

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THURSDAY. The Council met at the usual hour. RETURNS

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1844 · page 2

The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the return moved for, on the 30th May last, by the hon. member for Sydney, Mr. Wentworth, being a return of copies of the commissions of various…

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FINANCE. Message from His Excellency the Governor, to the Legislative Council, accompanying the Estimates for the year 1845

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1844 · page 4

GENTLEMEN,—In the Financial Minute which I had laid before the Council on the 23rd August, 1843. I remarked that the Revenue had, in the then current year, greatly fallen of; and that I…

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Municipal Local Self-government in New South Wales.—the Late Debate on the District Councils Bill. "

The Australian · Saturday 27 July 1844 · page 3

When Lord Durham declared, in 1039, that the establishment of a good system of Municipal Institutions, throughout the Canadian provinces, was of vital…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 July 1844 · page 2

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

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Legislative Council. Friday, July 26

The Australian · Monday 29 July 1844 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'clock. COURT OF REQUESTS—BATHURST. Mr. LORD presented a Petition from certain…

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Original Correspondence. the Mayor's Ball. To the Editor of The Australian Daily Journal

The Australian · Monday 29 July 1844 · page 3

SIR,—In answer to your correspondent's enquiry, which appeared in this morning's paper, whether he, being an insolvent, and having received an invitation to the Mayor's Fancy Ball, should or…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

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

PRESENT— The Major; Aldermen Allen, Broughton, Flood, and Macdermott, Councillors, Cowlishaw, Agurs, Coyle, Thurlow, Smidmore, Jones, Driver, Jenkins, Brown, and Little…

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Van Diemen's Land. Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 July 1844 · page 3

His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor opened the Council for the Session, this day. He was received at the entry to the Council Chamber by a Captain's Guard of Honor, of the…

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The [?] Morning Herald. Tuesday, July 30, 1844. "Sworn to no master, of no sect am I." Rejection of the District Council Bill

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

To prevent any misapprehension as to the nature of the District Council Bill, of the effects of its rejection by the Legislative Council, we beg to offer to our renders a…

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Legislative Council and District Councils

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 31 July 1844 · page 3

THAT His Excellency the Governor will meet the almost incredible and unparalleled conduct of the Legislative Council in throwing overboard sans ceremonie his District…

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City Council. Monday, July 20

The Australian · Wednesday 31 July 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 seals after the business had commenced: A…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Thursday 1 August 1844 · page 2

The Colonial Secretary yesterday laid on the table the usual quarterly Returns of the Assets and Liabilities of die Banks of the Colony to the 30th of June last…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 August 1844 · page 2

THE Speaker took his seat shortly after halfpast three. THE PROSECUTION. The SPEAKER addressed the Council on…

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