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Council & local affairs, 1845

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Opening the Council with Prayer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 July 1845 · page 2

MR. COWPER'S motion for opening the proceedings of the Council with prayer, comes before the Legislative Council today. The question, although a very…

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Legislative Council Tuesday, July. 29, 1845

The Australian · Thursday 31 July 1845 · page 4

This being the day appointed by the Proclamation of His Excellency, for the commencement of the Third Session of the Legislative Council, the gallery and body of the…

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Legislative Council. Notices of Motion. Thursday, July 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 July 1845 · page 2

1. Mr. COWPER to move, That Public Prayers to Almighty God, be offered up daily at the opening of this Council, so soon as the Speaker shall have taken the Chair; and…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 August 1845 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the Chair at a quarter-past three o'clock P.M. THE ADDRESS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY said, that…

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English Extracts. Admission of Jews to Municipal Offices. (From the Times, March 7.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 August 1845 · page 3

THE admission of Jews to municipal offices is one of those things which must be done, and there is an end of it. Argument can neither accelerate nor retard it. All that remains is to…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 3
Also in The Star and Working Man's Guardian, Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser, The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature

On Thursday, the proceedings of Council were limited to mere formal business, the notion of Mr. Cowper, for daily prayers, standing over till Tuesday next…

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The City Council

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 4

Met on Wednesday. The By-law Committee brought up a report on the proceedings to be adopted in the election of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporate officers, and also the…

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City Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 51

Alderman Wilshire presented a report from the By-laws Committee, together with a By-law for regulating the proceeding, and for conducting the election of Mayor,…

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Sydney. The City Council

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 3

Met on Wednesday. The By-law Committee brought up a report on the proceedings to be adopted in the election of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporate officers, and also the…

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Sydney District Council

The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 51
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

THE Report from the Special Committee appointed to consider the alteration in the Charter of the Council was brought up and read…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, July 31

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 3

The only business transacted was the lying on the table several statistical papers and the giving of notices of motions by Dr. Lang respecting Extension of Representation--Seaworthiness of ships--and Regulation…

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City Council, Wednesday, July 30

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 3

Present, the Right Worshipful the Mayor; Alderman Wilshire, Broughton Flood, and Macdermott; Councillors Ryan, Driver, Henderson, Pawley, Neale, Holden, Little, Agars, Smidmore, Sillito[?],…

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Legislative Council. THURSDAY, 31st JULY, 1845

Commercial Journal and General Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 2

The Speaker took the chair at a quarter past three o'clock. THE ADDRESS. The Colonial Secretary said, that he had the…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, July 31. the Address

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 2

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY announced that his Excellency the Governor had been pleased to appoint Friday, at twelve o'clock, as the time to receive the Address from the Council in reply to his Excellency's…

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Legislative Council. Friday. Presentation of the Address to the Governor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 2

THE Speaker, the Colonial Secretary, the Colonial Treasurer, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor-General, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Cowper, Mr. Darvall,…

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The Morning Chronicle. Saturday, August 2, 1845. the Legislative Council.—the Herald's Characteristics

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 2

THE reading of the Editorial remarks of the Herald of Thursday, on Mr. Wentworth, his opening speech, and his character, afforded us, if not information, certainly…

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