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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1844

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Legislative Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 14 September 1844 · page 137
Also in The Guardian

Mr. Cowper presented a petition, signed by two hundred and nine stockholders, and others, resident in the town and district of Parramatta, praying the Council to take…

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Legislative Council. Friday, Sept. 13

The Australian · Saturday 14 September 1844 · page 3

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. EDUCATION. De. LANG presented a Petition from 185…

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Legislative Council. Friday, September 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 September 1844 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. EDUCATION. Mr. COWPER presented a petition from one hundred and eighty-five residents in the…

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Legislative Council. Friday, September 6

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1844 · page 3
Also in The Star and Working Man's Guardian

Mr. Robinson gave notice that on Friday; September 20th, he should move a series of resolutions adopting the opinions of the Education Committee. Dr. Nicholson gave notice that he should move an…

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City Council. Monday, September 9Th, 1844

The Guardian · Saturday 14 September 1844 · page 210

PRESENT: The Mayor; Aldermen Allen, Macdermott, Broughton, Hill, and Flood; Councillors Driver, Smidmore, Agars, Jenkins, Neale, Chapman, Brown, Ryan, Little, Cowlishaw, and Coyle…

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The Governor and the Legislative Council

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 14 September 1844 · page 1
Also in Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser

WE were never more pleased than on Thursday last, when, on reading the report of the previous day's Council proceedings, we found that the representatives of the people had made a firm and decided…

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Legislative Council. Monday, September 9, 1844

The Guardian · Saturday 14 September 1844 · page 210

Mr. COWPER presented a petition against the squatting regulations, from certain inhabitants of Parramatta. The petition was read and received. Mr. ROBINSON presented a petition against the…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 11. New Member

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 14 September 1844 · page 3

The SPEAKER took his seat at half-past three, and proceeded to, lay before, the council an official communication which had been made to him of the resignation by Robert Lowe, Esq., of, his seat as a…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, September 10. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour, Squatting Regulations

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 14 September 1844 · page 4

Mr. COWPER presented a petition, signed by 109 stockholders and other inhabitants of the town and district of Parramatta, praying against the squatting regulations of the 2nd of April last…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 September 1844 · page 2

On Friday, pursuant to notice, a meeting of this body "took place in the City Hall, Yorkstreet. Present: The Mayor; Aldermen Allen, Flood, Broughton, Macdermott, and Hill;…

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Legislative Council. Friday, Sept, 13. Debate on the Land Grievances. (Concluded from Saturday's "Australian.")

The Australian · Monday 16 September 1844 · page 3

Mr. HAMILTON said, that before he proceeding to discuss the important question before the House, he would advert to certain observation which had fallen in reference to the position…

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Legislative Council. the Following Are the Notice of Motion and Orders of the Day on the Paper, for Tuesday, September 17

The Australian · Tuesday 17 September 1844 · page 4

NOTICE OF MOTION:—1. Dr. LANG to move the following Resolutions:—(1) That it is the opinion of this Council, that no letter, posted in any City or Town for…

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Legislative Council

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 18 September 1844 · page 2

Mr. COWPER made a motion on Friday last, that the Report of "The Land Grievance Committee" be adopted, which gave rise to a long and eager debate, which was…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, September 17

The Australian · Wednesday 18 September 1844 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. MEDICAL WITNESSES BILL. The SPEAKER reported that His Excellency…

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Legislative Council. Friday, September 10. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. Land Grievance Committee

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 18 September 1844 · page 3

Mr. COWPER brought forward, pursuant to notice, his motion for the adoption of the report of the land grievance committee. The learned member prefaced his motion in a speech of great length, in…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, September l8, 1844. "Sworn to so master, of no sect am I." Legislative Council. Tuesday, September 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 September 1844 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. ASSENT AND DISSENT. The SPEAKER communicated to the House, that his Excellency the Governor had been…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 11, 1844

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 19 September 1844 · page 197

Mr. John Lamb having been appointed a member of the Council, in place of Mr. Lowe, resigned, took the oath and his seat. Mr. Bowman presented a petition from the…

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