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Council & local affairs, 1846

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Legislative Council. Friday, May 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 May 1846 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at a quarterpast, two o'clock, and stated that the first duty they were called on to perform was, to proceed to Government House to present to His…

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The Opening of the Legislative Council

The Spectator · Saturday 16 May 1846 · page 195

PURSUANT to Proclamation the Legislative Council o New South Wales assembled, for the fourth session on Tuesday, the 12th instant. A deputation from the City Council, headed by the Right Worshipful the…

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Proceedings of the Legislative Council. Tuesday, 12th May

The Spectator · Saturday 16 May 1846 · page 195

The Council met for the despatch of business, according to proclamation. The Speaker took the chair about half-past twelve o'clock. The following newly elected Members took the oath and their…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1846 · page 2

A MEETING of the City Council will be holden at the Town Hall, on Wednesday next, at three o'clock in the afternoon. ORDERS OF THE DAY…

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Council Papers. Notices of Motion and Orders the Day. Tuesday, May 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1846 · page 2

MEMO.—Before proceeding to any other business, the Council will receive the resignation of the Speaker, and proceed to the election of his Successor…

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Legislative Council. Notices of Motion and Orders the Day. Tuesday, May 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1846 · page 2

MEMO.—Before proceeding lo any other business, the Council will receive the resignation of the Speaker, and proceed to the election of his Successor…

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Maitland District Council Election

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 20 May 1846 · page 2

We have penned a few remarks relative to this subject, but want of space precludes it from appearing in this publication. As the topics it embraces are, however, of general…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, May 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1846 · page 2

AT a quarter past three, the SPEAKER having taken the chair, rose and addressed the House. He had to return them his sincere and grateful thanks for the kind and partial expression of…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, May 19. the Speakership

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 20 May 1846 · page 2

As this was the day appointed for the Council to receive the resignation of the Speaker, and to proceed to the election of his successor, there was a very full attendance of members…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Thursday 21 May 1846 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

On Tuesday the Speaker took the Chair shortly after three o'clock, and rose to address the Council previously to his tendering his resignation of tho office of Speaker. He thanked…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 13

The Sentinel · Thursday 21 May 1846 · page 2

The Council met at three o'clock. Mr. Robinson presented a petition from the Mayor and Council of Melbourne, praying that the laws against cruelty to animals might be brought into operation in…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 May 1846 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty minutes past three o'clock. NEW MEMBER The SPEAKER announced that he had…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 May 1846 · page 3
Also in The Australian

A MEETING of the City Council will be holden at the Town Hall, on Tuesday next, at three o'clock in the afternoon ORDERS OF THE DAY…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Saturday 23 May 1846 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

On Thursday, Edward Jones Brewster, Esq., took the oaths and his seat as Member for Port Phillip. On the motion of Mr. Cowper, the Library…

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The City Council

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 23 May 1846 · page 3

It will be in the recollection of the reading portion of the public, that Mr. Lowe, the member for St. Vincent, upon a very recent instance, in his seat in the Legislative Council, took occasion to indulge…

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Maitland District Council Election

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 23 May 1846 · page 2

OF all the farces which have yet been played relative to the District Councils, the recent election at Maitland is the crowning one…

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New Mirror of Council

The Spectator · Saturday 23 May 1846 · page 207

Mr. SPECTATOR,--I am sorry you should have been misled by your Council Reporter, who has made a singular travesty of the first day's proceedings of our Collective Wisdom. It is nothing but a pleasant fiction. I will assist you to repair the mistake…

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