A Gilpinian Account of the Mayor's Ball
James Wilshire was chief magistrate Of famous Sydney town : A currier by trade was he, Of credit and renown…
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Council & local affairs, 1844
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Legislative Council
Mr. Robinson presented petitions from Moreton Bay and Clarence River against the new pastoral regulations. Dr. Nicholson presented two petitions from…
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Alderman Flood brought up a report from the Board of Works, relative to the lighting of the city, by which it appeared that the Board having considered the matter, were…
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THE Right Worshipful the Mayor in the chair. Alderman Flood brought up the Report of the Board of Works Committee, which was read and received. Alderman Macdermott presented a petition from…
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The Right Worshipful the Mayor in the chair. Alderman Flood brought up the Report of the Board of Works Committee, which was read and received. Alderman Macdermott presented a petition from…
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Leave of absence was given to Messrs. Suttor, Murray and Young for a fortnight. Dr. Nicholson brought up the Report of the security of Life and Property Committee…
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The SPEAKER took the chair at the us[?]al hour. COURT OF REQUESTS.—£30 JURISDICTION. Mr. WINDEYER presented a petition from the inhabitants of Maitland in favour of the extension…
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Mr. Windeyer presented a petition from Maitland in favour of the extension of the £30 jurisdiction of the Courts of Requests. A message from his Excellency the Governor…
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The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. LAND GRIEVANCES. Mr. COWPER gave notice that on Thursday nextâwhen he moved that the Report of the…
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Present: The Worshipful the Mayor; Aldermen--Allen, Broughton, Flood, and Macdermott; Councillors--Cowlishaw, Coyle, Holt, Holden, Smidmore, Driver, Neale, Chapman, Agars,…
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Mr. ROBINSON presented petitions--one from sixty-nine stockholders and others resident in the neighbourhood of Moreton Bay, and another from sixty-six stockholders and others residing in the…
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Mr. Robinson's promised motion on this all-important subject was brought forward last evening, and, there being a call of the House, an unusually large attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 27. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hours Licensed Squatters
Mr. ROBINSON presented a petition signed by 69 stockholders and other inhabitants of Moreton Bay, praying the council to take such steps as to them may seem most, to guard against licensed occupiers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Literary Register. New Publication. a Second Letter to W. C. Wentworth, Esq., M. C., on the Subject of Police Administration, by J. R. WILSHIRE, Esq., Mayor. Sydney: 1844
IN this second publication the Mayor contends with considerable force that the control of the police, as a matter of constitutional right, belongs to the municipal corporations,…
Continued on Trove, page 110 →Colonial Politics. "Knowledge is Power," and "Union is Strength." the Municipal Franchise
WE had intended to have devoted an article to this important subject, previous to the consideration in committee of the bill, lately introduced into the council, for the…
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Agreeably to our promise, made in yesterday's Australian, we lay before the Citizens the following classification of the objects of Municipal Government as…
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The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty minutes after three o'clock. CROWN LAND GRIEVANCES. Mr. COWPER gave notice that, on Thursday…
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(In consequence of a vexatious transposition in the Report of the latter part of the Proceedings in Council last Friday, us published in yesterday's paper, we have been induced to…
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The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty minutes after three o'clock. CROWN LAND GRIEVANCES. Mr. COWPER gave notice that, on Thursday…
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