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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1847

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, August 5, 1847. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 August 1847 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. CROWN LANDS. Mr. COWPER on the part of the honorable…

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Van Diemen's Land. Hobart Town Speech of His Excellency the Governor, on the Opening of the Legislative Council on the 20th of June, 1847. (From the Hobart Town Advertiser.) GENTLEMEN

The Australian · Thursday 5 August 1847 · page 4

The occasion on which we are now assembled is, to myself at least, one of great interest; and I address you for the first time with feelings of no ordinary anxiety. Entrusted as I have been…

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City Council

Sydney Journal and Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1847 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Pursuant to adjournment, a Meeting of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon, in the Town Hall, York-street. There were present, the Mayor and Aldermen Macdermott, Thurlow. Fisher:…

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Legislative Council

Sydney Journal and Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1847 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The Council met pursuant to adjournment, at the usual hour, when the Speaker took the chair. Joint-stock Companies' Bill. The Attorney General presented a petition from…

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Council Paper. the Land Orders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 August 1847 · page 2

COPY of a Despatch from Earl Grey to Governor Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy:— Downing-street, 30th March, 1847. SIR,—In my Despatch, No. 68, of the 29th…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Saturday 7 August 1847 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Journal and Daily Advertiser

ON Thursday, the Speaker having taken the Chair, Captain O'Connell postponed till Tuesday next the motion which stood in his name…

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Punch's Legislative Council Reports

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 7 August 1847 · page 2

The Speaker took the chair, and a nap, simultaneously, at the usual hour. PUBLICANS' LICENSE BILL. Mr. WENYWORTH moved that a " Call of the…

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Local Intelligence. City Council

The Australian · Saturday 7 August 1847 · page 4

A meeting of the Council of the City of Sydney, was held on Monday last, at the Town Hall. Alderman Allen brought up a report…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, August 6

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 7 August 1847 · page 2

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. Captain O'CONNELL obtained leave to postpone until Tuesday next, his motion relative to the…

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City Council. Thursday, August 6

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 7 August 1847 · page 2

Present: the Right Worshipful the Mayor; Aldermen Macdermott, Fisher, and Th[?]low; Councillors Hill, Owen, Smidmore, Neale, May, Henderson, Hyndes. Moir, Egan, Agars, Josephson,…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 4

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 7 August 1847 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. CROWN LANDS. Mr. COWPER, on the part of the hon. and learned member for Auckland, gave notice that he…

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Legislative Council. Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day. Tuesday, August 10. Notices of Motion

Sydney Journal and Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 August 1847 · page 2

1. Captain O'Connell to move, That an Address be presented to his Excellency the Governor, praying he will be pleased as speedily as possible, to bring under the notice of the Right…

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City Council

Sydney Journal and Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1847 · page 2
Also in The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald

The Quarterly Meeting of the City Council took place in the Town Hall yesterday at noon. The only members absent were Messrs. Wilkie, Sillitoe, and Little…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Tuesday 10 August 1847 · page 3

The Speaker having taken the Chair on Friday. Mr. Grant gave notice of moving on Tuesday (this day) for a copy of any correspondence…

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