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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1844

1,052 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 53

Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 December 1844 · page 2

THE Speaker took the chair at usual hour. CALL OF THE HOUSE. Mr. WINDEYER moved, pursuant to notice, that the House be counted; and, Dr…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, December 3

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1844 · page 2
Also in The Star and Working Man's Guardian, Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser

The SPEAKER took. the chair at, half-past three o'clock. LOCK UP AT YASS. Dr. NICHOLSON presented a petition from the Warden and District Council, and many of the…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, December 5

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1844 · page 3

Petitions from Port Macquarie, Berrima, and Penrith were presented against the Bank of Australia Bill. Mr. Wentworth brought in an Act for giving relief to Insolvent persons, which was read a first time and…

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United States. Letter from the Bishop of New York to the Honourable James Harper, Mayor of New York

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1844 · page 4

Sir—I am in receipt of a letter from a young "Native American," signed with his proper name, in which he advises me that he has provided himself with a "poignard," by which I am" to bite…

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Council Papers. Report of Committee on Grievances Not Connected with the Lands of the Colony

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 December 1844 · page 3

THE Select Committee appointed to enquire into and report upon the grievances not connected with the lands of the colony, with an instruction to distinguish between those which can be remedied in the colony and those…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, December 7, 1844. "Sworn to no master, of no sect am I." the Collision Between the Council and the Government

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 December 1844 · page 2

The collision between the Legislative Council and the Executive Government, which may he said lo have reached its climax on Wednesday, was explained and…

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Legislative Council. Friday, December 6, 1844

The Australian · Monday 9 December 1844 · page 3

The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'clock. CALL OF THE HOUSE. Mr. WINDEYER moved that the House be…

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Council Paper. Report of Committee on Grievances Not Connected with the Lands of Tue Colony

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 December 1844 · page 4

The Select Committee appointed to enquire into and report upon the grievances not connected with the lands of the colony, with an instruction to distinguish between those which can be remedled in the colony and those…

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Council Papers. Report of Committee on Grievances Not Connected with the Lands of the Colony

The Australian · Monday 9 December 1844 · page 4

The Select Committee appointed to enquire into and report upon the grievances not connected With the lands of the colony, with an instruction to distinguish…

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The Following Are the Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day on the Council Paper For:— Tuesday, Dec. 10

The Australian · Monday 9 December 1844 · page 4

NOTICES OF MOTION:— 1. Dr. LANG to move, that the Petition presented by him on the 27th November, from certain Journeymen Bakers of Sydney, praying the…

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Legislative Council. the Following Are, the Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day on the Council Paper For:— Tuesday, Dec. 10. Notices of Motion:—

The Australian · Tuesday 10 December 1844 · page 4

1. Dr. LANG to move, that the Petition presented by him on the 27th November, from certain Journeymen Bakers of Sydney, praying the enactment of a Law to prevent the obnoxious…

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Legislative Council. Notices of Motion, and Orders of the Day. Tuesday, December 1[?] Notices of Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 December 1844 · page 4

1. Dr. LANG to move, That the Petition presented by him on the 27th November, from certain Journeymen Bakers of Sydne[?] praying the enactment of a Law to prevent…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1844 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. INTEREST BILL. Mr. FOSTER said, that many honorable members being then absent who would…

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Council Papers. Report of Committee on Grievances not connected with the Lands of the Colony

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 11 December 1844 · page 4

The select committee appointed to enquire into end report upon the grievances not connected with the lands of the colony, with an instruction to distinguish between those which can be remedied in…

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District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 December 1844 · page 3

The District Council met on Wednesday, pursuant to adjournment Present: The Warden (G. Elliott, Esq.), Dr. Anderson, and Messrs. Pye and Howison…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 December 1844 · page 4

PURSUANT to adjournment, the Council met at three o'clock, in the Town Hall, York-street Present: The Mayor; Aldermen Broughton, Flood, Macdermott, Hill, and Wilshire,…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 December 1844 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Mr. WINDEYER brought up the Report of the Select Committee appointed to consider the…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, Dec. 10

The Australian · Thursday 12 December 1844 · page 4

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. PILOTS. Mr. MACARTHUR presented a Petition from the four licenced pilots of Port Jackson, praying…

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