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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1845

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Sydney District Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 14 June 1845 · page 281

The Warden expressed a wish to explain the manner in which the charter came to be altered; but several of the members present expressed a strong opinion that such an…

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The City Council

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1845 · page 4
Also in The Star and Working Man's Guardian

THIS Body met on Monday, and in comparison with the quantity of business usually talked about by them--performed a most astonishingly large quantity of work. The meeting having resolved itself into a Committee…

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Police Office.—thursday, June, 12. Before his Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Saturday 14 June 1845 · page 4

There were twelve drunkards on the list this morning, four of whom wore discharged, and eight dealt with under the Police Act. Francis Bourke was committed to take his…

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City Council. Wednesday, June 11

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 14 June 1845 · page 2

Present: the Right Worshipful the Mayor; Aldermen Macdermot,t Worshipful, Broughton, Flood, and Hill; Councillors Cowlishaw, Henderson, Little, Iredale, Browne, Fisher, Driver, Sillitoe,…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 June 1845 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Broughton and Macdermott; Councillore Cowlishaw, Josephson, Iredale, Jenkins, Henderson, Fisher, Holden, Agars, Thurlow, Ryan, Little, Coyle,…

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Local Intelligence. Police Office.—saturday, June 14. Before His Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Tuesday 17 June 1845 · page 3

There were seven drunkards on the list this morning, two of whom were discharged, one sent to the stocks, three to the cells, and one to the mill…

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Legislative Council

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 18 June 1845 · page 2

WE perceive by the Government Gazette of yesterday, that His Excellency the Governor has at length determined upon calling together the Members of the Legislative…

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Legislative Council. Proclamation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 June 1845 · page 3

Whereas the Legislative Council of New South Wales now stands prorogued to Tuesday, the eighth day of July next. Now, I, Sir George Gipps, in pursuance of the power and…

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City Council. Friday, June 13

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 18 June 1845 · page 2

Present:—The Right Worshipful the Mayor; Aldermen Wilshire, Macdermott, and Broughton; Councillors Fisher, Agars, Driver, Coyle, Headerson, Iredale, Wilkie, Josephson, Brown, Jenkins,…

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Police Office. Saturday, June 14, 1845. (Before His Worship the Mayor.)

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1845 · page 3

There were seven drunkards on the list this morning, one of whom was sentenced to pay a fine of 5s., or to sit for two hours in the stocks; three were sent to the tread-mill; one to the cells; and…

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Further Prorogation of the Legislative Council

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1845 · page 2

THE day for the re-assembling of the Legislature is, at length, appointed. Yesterday's Government Gazette notifies the further prorogation of the Council to the…

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The Legislative Council

The Australian · Thursday 19 June 1845 · page 2

The GOVERNMENT GAZETTE has announced tho meeting of the Council, for despatch of business, on the 29th of July. The question of a dissolution is therefore now…

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Police Office.—tuesday, June 17. Before His Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Thursday 19 June 1845 · page 4

There were five drunkards on the list this morning, one of whom was discharged, one paid a fine of 11s., two went to the cells, and one to the mill…

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News From the Interior. (From our various Correspondents) Parramatta. the District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 June 1845 · page 3

THE District Council met on Wednesday. The Members present were—Gilbert Eliott, Esq., Warden; and Messrs. Pye, Harrison, Payten, and Oakes, Councillors…

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The Mayor's Tee-total Festival

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1845 · page 2

THIS agreeable affair went off last evening with much éclat. His Excellency the Governor and Lady Gipps, and a host of fashionables, honored the Mayor with their…

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District Council

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1845 · page 2

THIS body met on Wednesday the members present were the Warden (Gilbert Eliott, Esq.); and Messrs. Pye, Houison, Oakes, and Payten, Councillors. The minutes of the last meeting having been read…

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The Council

The Australian · Saturday 21 June 1845 · page 3

WE are glad there is to be no dissolution. The advantage to the Governor of the present sot is, that the present Council has a bad character; that is to say. "Her…

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City Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 21 June 1845 · page 291

Alderman Broughton moved for, and obtained leave of absence, on the part of Alderman Hill, for six weeks. The Council then adjourned itself into…

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Thursday, June 19. (Before His Worship the Mayor.)

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1845 · page 3

The drunkards' list contained but three names. One was sent to the treadmill for twelve hours; one was discharged; and one sentenced to be confined for twenty-four hours in the cells…

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