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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1844

1,052 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 53

Legislative Council. Wednesday, March 6

The Australian · Friday 8 March 1844 · page 4

The Speaker took the Chair at twenty minutes past three o'clock. J. B. SMITHSON'S CASE. Mr. Foster presented a Petition from…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, March 7, 1844

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1844 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. THE AUSTRALIAN SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY…

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The Sydney [?]orning [?]erald. Friday, March 8, 1844. "Sworn to no master, of no sect am I." Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1844 · page 2

IT will be seen by the report of the proceedings in the Legislative Council yesterday, that the Bills which have been introduced during the present special…

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City Council

The Dispatch · Saturday 9 March 1844 · page 3
Also in The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature

On Monday March 4th, a meeting of the City Council was held, Alderman Allen in the chair. A petition from a Mr. Smith, of Kent-street,…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Saturday 9 March 1844 · page 2
Also in The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature

The Council closed its extraordinary Session yesterday. The Governor's assent to the Justices I'ndemnity Bill, the Distillation Laws Amendment Bill, and the…

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The District Council

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1844 · page 1

On Tuesday last, the Council held its quarterly meeting, but there was no business of any consequence transacted. The only members present, beside the Warden and officers, were--Messrs. Anderson, Forster,…

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The Legislative Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 9 March 1844 · page 467

THE proceedings of the session extraordinary of the Legislative Council, which has opened and terminated since our last publication, neither call, nor afford material for much…

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Legislative Council. Friday, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1844 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. THE AUSTRALIAN SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, March 7

The Australian · Saturday 9 March 1844 · page 4

The Speaker took the Chair at half-past three o'clock. AUSTRALIAN LIBRARY. Dr. LANG rose to propose a question to…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, March 6

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1844 · page 2

The Council met to-day at three o'clock. The SPEAKER having taken the chair PETITION. Mr. FOSTER presented a petition from J. Smithson,…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, March 5, 1844

The Sydney Record · Saturday 9 March 1844 · page 179
Also in The Dispatch

The Speaker took the chair. The members present were Mr. Cowper, Dr. Nicholson, Mr. Icely, Mr. Lowe, Captain Dumaresq, Mr. Lawson, the Colonial…

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Extraordinary Meeting of the Legislative Council

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1844 · page 3
Also in The Star and Working Man's Guardian

On Tuesday the 5th instant, the Legislative Council met, pursuant to the Governor's proclamation, calling them together for the purpose of laying before them "a project of a law to protect certain magistrates of the…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1844 · page 2

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

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Order in Council

The Australian · Monday 11 March 1844 · page 4

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct the republication, from the London Gazette of the 12th of September, 1843, ol the following order in Council…

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City Council

The Australian · Tuesday 12 March 1844 · page 3

At a meeting of the Council, yesterday, The Right Worshipful the Mayor in the Chair, Councillor Driver presented a Petition from persons in Elizabeth-street, South, who…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1844 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Allen, Flood, Ma[?]dermott, and Broughton, Councillors Driver, Ryan, Jenkins, Agars, Coyle, Thurlow, Smidmore, Neale, Brown, Cowlishaw, Little,…

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