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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1847

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 July 1847 · page 3

A MEETING of the City Council will be held at the Town Hall, on Monday next, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Notice of motion by Councillor SILLITOE—…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 July 1847 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. LAND ORDERS. Captain O'CONNELL begged to ask the Colonial Secretary whether it was intended…

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Council Paper. Grants of Land for Railway Purposes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 July 1847 · page 3

COPY of Despatch from the Secretary of State, to His Excellency Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy. Downing-street, 26th February, 1847…

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News From the Interior. (From our Correspondent.) Parramatta. the District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 July 1847 · page 3

THIS body met yesterday (Wednesday) pursuant to adjournment. The members present were, the Warden (Dr. Hill), and Councillors Dr. Anderson, J.P., Messrs. James Byrnes,…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Saturday 31 July 1847 · page 3

On Thursday, the Speaker having taken the Chair, The Colonial Secretary, in answer to a question from Captain O'Connell relative to the…

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Punch's Legislative Council Reports

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 31 July 1847 · page 2

THE proceedings of the Assembly this week exhibited more than their usual quantum of dulness; the best joke was perpetrated by Jonathan Wild, Esq., who proposed the following…

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Local Intelligence. City Council

The Australian · Saturday 31 July 1847 · page 4

A Meeting of the Council of the City of Sydney was held on Monday last, at the Town Hall. Before the business v & proceeded with,…

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Legislative Council. Friday, July 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 July 1847 · page 2

THE.SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. CUSTOMS. Mr. COWPER moved, "That an Address…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, July 28. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. Assent to Bills

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 31 July 1847 · page 2

The SPEAKER announced that his Excellency the Governor had been pleased to assent to the following bills on behalf of her Majesty;—Leases of Tenement Bill, Steam Navigation Bill, and Lien on…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, August 2, 1847. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 3. Orders of the Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 August 1847 · page 2

1. NATURALIZATION of Foreigners Facilitation Bill; second reading. 2. Benefit Building Societies' Regulation Bill; third reading…

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City Council

Sydney Journal and Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1847 · page 3

YESTERDAY, pursuant to notice, a meeting of the City Council took place in the Town Hall. There were present the Mayor and Aldermen Thurlow, Allen. Macdermott, Wilshire, and Fisher; also…

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Domestic Intelligence City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 August 1847 · page 2

PRESENT. — The Mayor; Aldermen Allen, Thurlow, Hill, Macdermott, Wilshire, and Fisher; Councillors Neale, Driver, Agars, Henderson, Hyndes, May, Egan, Brown,…

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Legislative Council

Sydney Journal and Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1847 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The Council met, pursuant to adjournment, at half-past three, when the Speaker took the chair. Foreigners' Naturalization Bill. Mr. Wentworth, in the absence of Mr…

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The City Council

Sydney Journal and Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1847 · page 2

For many years previous to the arrival of Municipal Act, the inhabitants of Sydney were most anxious, as individuals, and as a body to obtain a civic Council, in which…

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City Council. Monday, August 2

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 4 August 1847 · page 2

Present: the Right Worshipful the Mayor; Aldermen Allen. Thurlow, Macdermott, Wilshire, and Fisher; Councillors Neale, Agars, Henderson, Hill, Hyndes, May. Egan, Brown, Jenkins, Sillitoe, Moir,…

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Van Diemen S Land. Opening of the Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1847 · page 3

His Excellency Sir W.T. Denison opened the Council yesterday, at two o'clock, after an interregnum of nine months; probably the longest period between the prorogation of one…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 3. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three Colonial Officials

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 4 August 1847 · page 2

Mr. ROBINSON gave notice of his intention, on Friday next, to move, "That an Address be presented to his Exellency the Governor, requesting that his Excellency will be pleased to cause to be laid…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Thursday 5 August 1847 · page 3

The Speaker having taken the Chair, on Tuesday, Mr. Robinson gave notice of moving, on Friday. That an Address be presented to his Excellency the Governor requesting that his…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council-monday

The Sentinel · Thursday 5 August 1847 · page 2

Alderman Allen presented a report of the Water Committee, recommending that a tender for the supply of water-piping required for O'Connell street off Jamieson street, at £23 per ton be accepted. The…

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