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Council & local affairs, 1845

819 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 41

The City Council

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 21 June 1845 · page 2

A report was received from the Finance Committee recommending the acceptance of the Gas Company, for lighting the City, (saving the nights the moon shines, see correspondence with the Gas Company),…

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Parramatta District Council

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

The Warden stated, that in reference to the letter which he had addressed to his Excellency, at the request of the Council, soliciting the opinion of the Crown Law Officers,…

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The Sydney District Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 21 June 1845 · page 289

"Those who are unacquainted with municipal institutions are the only persons who pass censure on them."--De Tocqueville. WE are sorry to see the Sydney District…

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What Will the Council Do?

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

THIS is a question easier to propound than to solve. They will, of course, be asked to vote the Estimates and pass the Appropriation Act, but, instead of doing this, we…

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Sydney. The City Council

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

A report was received from the Finance Committee, recommending the acceptance of the offer of the Gas Company, for lighting the City, (saving the nights the moon shines, see correspondence with the Gas Company),…

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Police Office. Wednesday, June 18, 1845. (Before His Worship the Mayor.)

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

The drunkards' list contained eleven names.--Three paid the fine of 11s.; three were discharged, it being their first appearance; two were sent to the treadmill for twelve hours; and one sentenced to…

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Working of the District Council System

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

IT will soon be asked in terms not to be mistaken, What are the faults of the District Council system?--a laborious system of evil.--Who reaps them? What single…

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The Mayor's Party

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 June 1845 · page 2

WE hardly know what to term the "gathering" at the Victoria Theatre on Friday night. In the programme of the proceedings it was termed "the Right Worshipful the Mayor's…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 June 1845 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Macdermott, Flood, and Broughton; Councillors Driver, Henderson, Fawley, Cowlishaw, Iredale, Neale, Fisher, Wilkie, Jenkins, Ryan, Brown,…

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District Council of Camden

The Australian · Tuesday 24 June 1845 · page 3

IN our number of the 10th Instant, we published the proceedings of the Quarterly Meeting of the District Council of Camden, with which, therefore, we shall presume our…

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Police Office.—saturday, June 21. Before His Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Tuesday 24 June 1845 · page 3

There were four drunkards on the list this day, there of whom were punished under the Police Act, and one was discharged. John Porsel, a Malay, was committed to take…

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The Mayor's Tea Party

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 25 June 1845 · page 2
Also in The Sentinel

The Mayor's Grand Tea Party was held in the Victoria theatre, on Friday evening last, when upwards of two thousand persons were present, amongst whom were his Excellency the Governor,…

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The Mayor's Tee-total Festival

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1845 · page 2

THAT remarkably twaddling print, the Southern Queen, has thought proper to allude, in terms of animadversion, to the party which was got up under the auspices…

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Police Office. Monday, June 23. (Before His Worship the Mayor.)

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1845 · page 3

The drunkard's list this day contained rather a goodly array of fifteen names. Three paid the fine of eleven shillings, three were sentenced to twelve hours recreation on the treadmill, one was sentenced…

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Correspondence. the Mayor's Festival. to the Editor of the Sentinel

The Sentinel · Wednesday 25 June 1845 · page 2

SIR.--I think it will be admitted by every one, who is at all regardful of passing events, that we live in an age, not less wonderful for its vast discoveries in the arts and sciences, than it is prolific of inconsistencies in the…

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City Council, Saturday, June 21

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 25 June 1845 · page 2

Present, the Right worshipful the Mayor; Aldermen Wilshire, Macdermott, Flood, and Broughton; Councillo a Driver, Henderson, Pawley, Cowlishaw, Iredale, Neale, Fisher, Wilkie, Jenkins, Ryan,…

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Sydney District Council

The Australian · Thursday 26 June 1845 · page 3

THE Sydney District Council has found a mare's nest, and the newly elected members are quite delighted at the opportunity of making their maiden speeches, and…

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Police Office.—tuesday, June, 24. Before His Worship the Mayor

The Australian · Thursday 26 June 1845 · page 3

There were nine drunkards on the list, two of whom were discharged, it being their first offence, one paid the fine, three were sent to the mill, and three to the cells…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 June 1845 · page 3

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

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