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Council & local affairs, 1844

1,052 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 53

City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1844 · page 2

YESTERDAY, at noon, pursuant to notice, a special meeting of the City Council took plate in the Town Hall, York-street. Present—The Mayor; Aldermen Allen"…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 24

The Australian · Wednesday 25 September 1844 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty minutes before four o'clock, and, there begins only eleven Members present, adjourned the Council till to-morrow (this day), at the usual hour…

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City Council. Tuesday. Sept 24

The Australian · Wednesday 25 September 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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The First Provincial Council and Synod of Australasia

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 25 September 1844 · page 3

JOHAN BROR by the Grace of God and of the Holy Apostolical See—Archbishop of Sydney, to the Clergy and Laity of the Archdiocese. Health and Blessing in our Lord…

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Answers to the Queries proposed by the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on Education

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1844 · page 4

I. "What is your opinion of the state of Education among the humbler classes in this colony?"—Answer: The state of education among the humbler classes may be best…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, September 19. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. Disputed Elections

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 25 September 1844 · page 4

The SPEAKER read the following letter from Hastings Elwin, Esq.:— Sydney, 19th September, 1844. SIR,—Conceiving that the resignation of the seat…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 25

The Australian · Thursday 26 September 1844 · page 3

The Speaker took the Chair at the usual hour. EDUCATION. Major WENTWORTH presented a Petition from…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 18, 1844

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 26 September 1844 · page 197

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. The Colonial Secretary gave notice, that he should move, in Committee on the Estimates…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 26. THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. EDUCATION

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 September 1844 · page 2

Major WENTWORTH presented a petition from certain of the inhabitants of the district of Maitland, in favour of the introduction of the General System of Education recommended by…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, September 26, 1844. "S[?] to no master, of no seet am I." Candidates for the City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 September 1844 · page 2

ALTHOUGH more than a month has yet to elapse before the day arrives for the annual election of City Councillors, the hum of preparation already waxes pretty loud, and…

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Police Incidents. WEDNESDAY.—Before the Mayor

The Australian · Friday 27 September 1844 · page 4

SMASHING CROCKERY.—A man, named Robert Hunter, was given in charge on the previous evening by Hannah More to Serjeant Michael Fannon, for smashing…

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Sydney District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 September 1844 · page 4

ON Wednesday, pursuant to adjournment of the 18th instant, a meeting of the Sydney District Council was held in their chambers, George-street. Present — Thomas Barker,…

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Legislative Council Wednesday, September 25. (Continued from yesterday's Australian.) Dredging Machine for the Hunter

The Australian · Friday 27 September 1844 · page 3

Mr. WINDEVER postponed his motion, which stood in his name on the paper, in reference to this subject, for a fortnight from yesterday. SECURITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, September 26. the Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. Bedlam Ferry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 September 1844 · page 2

Mr. COWPER presented a petition from the inhabitants of the district of the Field of Mars, calling the attention of the Council to the heavy charges to which the growers of fruit and other…

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City Council

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 28 September 1844 · page 1
Also in The Guardian, The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature

Alderman Allen, chairman of the committee appointed to prepare a petition to the Legislative Council, praying to be heard at the bar of the House, in support of the constitutional rights of the Corporation…

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Legislative Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 28 September 1844 · page 162

Major Wentworth presented a petition from certain of the inhabitants of the district of Maitland, in favour of the general system of education recommended by the…

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Sydney District Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 28 September 1844 · page 162

The Warden stated that the by-law which had been before the Council at last meeting, had been forwarded to Mr. Unwin, who had placed the same in the hands of Mr. Michie,…

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