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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1846

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Who Is to Be the New Alderman?

The Spectator · Saturday 22 August 1846 · page 363

MR. SPECTATOR--Some few months since, the question in everybody's mouth was--" Who is to succeed Sir George Gipps?" Now that this enquiry has been satisfied, I trust to their hearts' content, a new and not…

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The New Alderman. To the Editor of the Australian Journal

The Australian · Saturday 22 August 1846 · page 3

SIR.—As the election is to take place to-morrow (Saturday), at 12 o'clock, at the City Council, for an Alderman, to fill the place of Mr. Holden, who vacated his seat in the Council on Monday…

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The City Council

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 22 August 1846 · page 2

The Council met on Monday. A[?]erman Wilshire and Councillor Titterton got a day's relief. Alderman Holden tendered his…

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Original Correspondence. "Who's to Be Alderman?" To the Editor of The Australian Journal

The Australian · Saturday 22 August 1846 · page 2

SIR,—A letter so entitled, from an anonymous correspondent, which appeared in your Journal of Thursday last, having for its plain object the intention of damaging me in the present canvass…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 August 1846 · 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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City Council. Saturday. Special Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 August 1846 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor, Aldermen Allen, Wilshire, and Broughton; Councillors Little, Thurlow, Driver, Hyndes, Neale, Fisher, Hill, Brown, Sillitoe, Agais, Jenkins, Ryan,…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 August 1846 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Allon, Broughton, and Thurlow; Councillors Sillitoe, Cowlishaw, Iredale, Little, Titterton, Ryan, Hyndes, Jenkins, Smidmore, Henderson,…

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Legislative Council, South Australia. Wednesday, July 1, 1846

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 August 1846 · page 2

His Excellency laid upon the table a Bill to amend an Act relative to native evidence. The Bill went to admit the evidence of natives, except in capital cases…

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City Council. Monday, August 24

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 26 August 1846 · page 2

Present.—The Right Worshipful the Mayor; Aldermen Allen, Thurlow, and Broughton; Councillors Little, Driver, Hyndes, Henderson, Sillitoe, Ryan, Josephson, Jenkins, Smidmore, Titterton,…

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Van Diemen's Land. Legislative Council, Hobart Town. Tuesday, August 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 August 1846 · page 3

PRESENT: His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, the Chief Justice, the Colonial Secretary, the Comptroller-General, the Collector of Customs, the Colonial Auditor, the Colonial…

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South Australia. Legislative Council, South Australia. (Continued from Yesterday's Herald.) Tuesday, August 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 August 1846 · page 3

MAJOR O'HALLOBAN presented a petition in favour of the Fencing Bill. Mr. Morphett presented a petition in favour of Church Endowment…

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City Council

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 29 August 1846 · page 2

A special meeting of the City Council took place yesterday, at 12 o'clock, in the Town Hall, York-street, for the purpose of preparing and adopting an Address to His Excellency Sir Charles Augustus…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council. Friday, 29Th August

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 August 1846 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor; Aldermen Wilshire, Broughton, and Thurlow; Councillors Hyndes, Sillitoe, Iredale, Henderson, Neale, Smidmore, Ryan, Hill, and Cowlishaw…

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Municipal Affairs

The Citizen · Saturday 29 August 1846 · page 2

On Saturday last a special meeting of the City Council was held in the Town Hall, York-street, for the purpose of proceeding to the election of an Alderman for Gipps' Ward, in the room of John…

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South Australia. Legislative Council, South Australia. Wednesday, 12Th August

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 September 1846 · page 3

MAJOR O'HALLORAN presented a petition from some stockhelders, near Willunga, complaining of the destruction of sheep and poultry from wild dogs, and stating that they even attacked…

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The Approachin Session of Council

The Sentinel · Thursday 3 September 1846 · page 2

ON Tuesday next, pursuant to proclamation, his Excellency will open the second session of the Legislative Council for the present year. Without in any degree wishing to kiss the feet of the great,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1846 · page 2

THIS body met on Tuesday, being one of the quarterly meetings appointed by the Charter of Incorporation. The members present were—The Warden…

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The City Council's Address to the Governor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 September 1846 · page 2

YESTERDAY, pursuant to previous arrangement, the Mayor, Aldermen, City Councillors, and Town Clerk, assembled at two o'clock in the Town Hall, York-street, in their official…

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Van Diemen's Land. Legislative Council. Thursday, August 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 September 1846 · page 3

THE Council went into committee on the Lighting, Paving, and Cleansing Bill. Several clauses that had been postponed were considered and passed, and the blanks in…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 September 1846 · page 2

MET yesterday (Thursday), pursuant to adjournment. The members present were the Warden, (Dr. Hill) and Messrs. Howson, Oakes,…

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