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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1847

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Thursday 15 July 1847 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

On Tuesday, the Speaker having taken the chair, Mr. Windeyer presented a petition from certain special jurors, setting forth that jurors resident in Sydney received no allowance for…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 July 1847 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the City Council will be held in the Town Hall, on Monday next, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose mentioned below:—…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 July 1847 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for…

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The Mayor's Fancy Ball

The Australian · Saturday 17 July 1847 · page 2

Verily, fair Sydney, a marvel art thou and the cities of the Earth! Hewn, in little men than half a century, from out the sterile rock whereon thou art founded—struggling, during…

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Loral Entelligence. the Mayor's Fancy Ball

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 17 July 1847 · page 2

THIS grand ewent, as Councillor Jenkins calls it went [?] Ton Wednesday evening last, much to the satisfaction of the worthy members of the body corporate, their progeny, and proteges,…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Saturday 17 July 1847 · page 2

The Speaker having taken the Chair on Thursday, The Attorney General moved for and obtained leave to brine in "a Bill to amend an Act…

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City Council

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 17 July 1847 · page 3

A special meeting of the City Council will be held in the Town Hall, on Monday next, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose mentioned below:—To the Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City…

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Legislative Council. Friday, July 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 July 1847 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. INTESTATE ESTATES. Mr. DARVALL gave notice that he should…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 14. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. Government House

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 17 July 1847 · page 2

Mr. COWPER gave notice that on Tuesday next, he would move that an Address be presented to his Excellency the Governor, requesting that his Excellency will be pleased to cause to be laid on the…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 20. Notices of Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 July 1847 · page 2

1. MR. WINDEYER to move for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the Naturalization of Foreigners in New South Wales. 2. Mr. COWPER to move, That an Address be…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Tuesday 20 July 1847 · page 3

The Speaker having taken the Chair on Friday, Mr. Darvall gave notice of his intention of moving, on Tuesday (this day) that an Address…

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City Council

The Australian · Tuesday 20 July 1847 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A meeting of this body took place at the Town Hall yesterday, at 12 o'clock, in virtue of the following requisition:— To the Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City…

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Council Papers. Commissariat Disbursement on Account of Convicts. Letter from the Ordnance Storekeeper to the Colonial Secretary. Office of Ordnance, Sydney, 29th October, 1846

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 July 1847 · page 2

Sir,—In obedience to the order of His Excellency the Governor, convenyed by your letter of yesterday's date, No. 46-114, I do myself the honour to inform you that a Return of the…

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City Council

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 21 July 1847 · page 2

a special meeting of the City Councill was held in the Town Hall on Monday last, at twelve o'clock, in compliance with requisition to the Mayor, "for the purpose of preparing and adopting an address…

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Odds and Ends in Rhyme, About the Mayor's Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 July 1847 · page 3

WHO were seen at the Ball? Why the great and the small, And the youthful and fair, And the manly were there,…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 July 1847 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took tho chair at half-past three o'clock. COAL MONOPOLY. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 20. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. Coal Monopoly

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 21 July 1847 · page 2

The COL. SECRETARY laid upon the table a return to an address adopted some time since, upon the motion of the hon. member for Murray, and comprising copies of all correspondence relative to…

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To the Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors—The Corporation of the City of Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 July 1847 · page 3

MESSIEURS,—I take permission to address you collectively and publicly on the subject of a sanatory duty which is beginning to be much required in the City of Sydney, particularly…

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