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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1844

1,052 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 53

City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 November 1844 · page 2

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

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The New Mayor

The Dispatch · Saturday 16 November 1844 · page 1

We prognosticated in our last number that Mr. Alderman Allen would be elected Mayor for the ensuing year; and it seems that these prognostications have turned out correct…

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The District Council

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1844 · page 2

ON Wednesday last the district Council met in their Chambers at the usual hour. Present, the Warden (G. Elliot, Esq.), Messrs. Pye, Houison, Bettington, N. Lawson, and D. Forster…

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City Council. Saturday, November 9

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 16 November 1844 · page 242

Present, all the members except Mr. Agars. The Clerk having read the minutes of the meeting, Mr. Thurlow moved that Mr. Little…

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News From the Interior. Parramatta. Wednesday, District Council, November 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 November 1844 · page 2

PRESENT,—The Warden (G. Elliott, Esq.), Messrs. Pye, Houison, Bettington, N. Lawson, and Dr. Forster. The Report from the District Surveyor,…

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The [?]ydney [?]orning [?]erald. Saturday, November 16, 1844. "Sworn to no master, of no sect am I." the Mayor's Salary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 November 1844 · page 2

WE observe on the paper of business for the next Meeting of our City Council, a noti[?]e of motion, "that no salary be voted by this Council for the office of the…

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Our Legislators Civil and Municipal and Their Constituencies

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 16 November 1844 · page 241

'" Mr. Slick,' says hey 'dulce est pro patria mori.'-- " What in natur s that,' says I, ' gineral ? --Why,' says he, 'it's sweet to die for ones country.'--'Well, I don't know,' says I....'I kinder think it's a plaguy sight…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 November 1844 · page 2

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

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 November 1844 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Wilshire, Flood, Macdermott, Broughton, and Hill; Councillors Agars, Henderson, Smidmore, Chapman, Wilkie, Neale, Cowlishaw, Driver,…

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City Council. Monday, Nov, 18

The Australian · Tuesday 19 November 1844 · page 2

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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Legislative Council

The Australian · Wednesday 20 November 1844 · page 2

Next Wednesday, at the usual hour of three p. m. the Council will assemble, according, to adjournment on the 11th of Oct. last…

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City Council. Monday, November 18

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 20 November 1844 · page 2

The first meeting of the City Council under the new mayoralty took place on Monday last, when there were present, His Worship the Mayor, Aldermen Wilshire, Macdermott, Broughton, Hill, and…

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City Council. Monday, November 18

The Colonial Observer · Thursday 21 November 1844 · page 4

All the members present, with the exception of Councillor Brown, whom business had obliged to go to the Hunter River. REPORT…

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City Council

The Bee of Australia · Saturday 23 November 1844 · page 2
Also in The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature, The Sydney Morning Herald

On Monday last a meeting of the City Council took place at the Council Chambers, when, after the reception of a few petitions, the following Standing Committees were appointed for the…

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Sydney News. City Council

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1844 · page 3

AFTER some ordinary business had been transacted, Mr. Henderson moved that no salary be voted for the office of mayor for the ensuing year. Alderman Macdermott advocated a salary for the…

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City Council. Friday, Nov. 22

The Australian · Saturday 23 November 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 has commenced; A…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, November 23, 1844. "Sworn to no master, of no sect am I." the Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 November 1844 · page 2

ON Wednesday next, the Legislative Council, pursuant to adjournment on the 11th ultimo, will resume its sittings; and we should hope honorable members will…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 November 1844 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor; Aldermen Macdermott, Flood, and Broughton; Councillors Cowlishaw, Iredale, Sillitoc, Driver, Agars, Henderson, Smidmore, Wilkie, Holden, Thurlow,…

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