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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1844

1,052 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 53

City Council

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 2
Also in Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser, The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature

Alderman Allen brought up the Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the claim for compensation, advanced by Andrew Daer, and recommending that £3 6s. 8d. be paid to him…

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The District Council

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 2

ON Wednesday last the Parramatta District Council met at the Council Chamber in the Lumber Yard, at the usual hour of noon. There were present G. Eliott, Esq., Warden, Dr. Anderson, and Messrs. Pye…

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Sydney District Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 198

The Warden read a report from the deputation appointed on the 5th of October to wait on his Excellency the Governor with an address stating the opinion of counsel that…

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Legislative Council. Friday, October 11

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 1
Also in Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser

Mr. Wentworth presented petitions from Sydney, Parramatta, Windsor, and Richmond, in favor of the Bank of Australia Share Bill. An Address to his Excellency, with the resolutions…

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Literary Register. the "Association" in Council. a Parody

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 19 October 1844 · page 200

The big Squatter stood up, like a jack in the box, And his chummies were kindling with thoughts of their flocks; And the show of their souls was like sheep in the sun,…

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Legislative Council. Compensation Por Offices Abolisiied or Reduced, and Police and Gaols

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 October 1844 · page 4

REPORT from the Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 6th September, 1844, "to prepare an Address to Her Majesty, to remove any…

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The Municipal Franchise

The Australian · Tuesday 22 October 1844 · page 3

AMONG the Orders of the Dat for the next meeting of tho Legislative Council, we find the Sydney Incorporation Act Amendment Bill, to be further considered in Committee…

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The Municipal Franchise. No. II

The Australian · Wednesday 23 October 1844 · page 3

In our last we opened up the question of Municipal Franchise, with reference to the proposed amendment of the Sydney Incorporation Act. As a preliminary step to…

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Ireland and O'connell. to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. the Humble Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin

The Australian · Friday 25 October 1844 · page 2

"We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin, approach your Majesty's throne, assuring your Majesty that we continue to cherish feelings of…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 October 1844 · page 2

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

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The Municipal Franchise. No. III

The Australian · Friday 25 October 1844 · page 3

IN entering upon this subject, we intimated our intention of treating it in its duplicate relation,—first, as regards the elective suffrage, for privilege of voting; and…

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District Council

The Australian · Saturday 26 October 1844 · page 4

An adjourned meeting of the District Council was held on Monday, the 21st instant.—Present, the Warden, W. Cox, Esq., with Councillors Thompson, Hale…

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City Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 26 October 1844 · page 214

THE City Council wilt hold a Meeting at the Town Hall, on Monday next, at three o'clock in the afternoon. ORDERS OF THE DAY…

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The City Council

The Australian · Saturday 26 October 1844 · page 2

WE find, by reference to the business paper of the City Council, that they intend, on Monday next, to take into consideration the expediency of petitioning the Legislative…

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The Council and the Working Classes

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 26 October 1844 · page 1

THE Council having closed its labours, we betook ourselves earnestly to look over and digest the ponderous annals of its proceedings, contained in the daily journals, to endeavour to find some one atom of good that…

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Municipal Corporations.--the Mayoralty

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 26 October 1844 · page 206

IT may not be uninteresting to mark the progress of the chief office in a British Corporation from the comparative insignificance to which it was reduced by the Norman…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 October 1844 · page 3

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

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