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Council & local affairs, 1847

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 October 1847 · page 3

A MEETING of the Council of the City of Sydney will be holden at the Town Hall, on Tuesday next, the 19th instant, at three o'clock in the afternoon…

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Council Paper. Minimum Upset Price of Land

The Australian · Friday 15 October 1847 · page 3

THE Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 23rd July, 1847, "to inquire into, and report upon, what ought to be the Minimum Upset Price or Prices of Land in…

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Council Paper. the Old Military Barrack Square Allotments

The Australian · Friday 15 October 1847 · page 4

The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 31st day of August, 1847, "to consider and report upon the plan for laving out the Old…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 16 October 1847 · page 2

A meeting of the Council of the City of Sydney will be holden at the Town Hall, on Tuesday next, the 10th inst., at three o'clock in the afternoon. NOTICES OF MOTION…

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Council Papers. Minimum Upset Price of Land

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 16 October 1847 · page 2

The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 23rd July, 1847, "to inquire into and report upon, what ought to be the Minimum Upset Price or Prices of Land in the various…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 October 1847 · page 2

A MEETING of the Council of the City of Sydney will be holden at the Town Hall, this day, the 19th instant, at three o'clock in the afternoon…

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Council Paper. Minimum Upset Price of Land. (Concluded from our last.)

The Australian · Tuesday 19 October 1847 · page 3

On the second section your Committee remark that the rate imposed is extremely small, being three-fifths of a penny for every sheep. The runs allowed for 4,000 sheep, under the present…

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Council Papers. Minimum Upset Price of Land. (Cancluded from our last.)

Sydney Chronicle · Tuesday 19 October 1847 · page 4

Proceeding on to the second chapter of the Orders your Committee remark a conflict between the first and eleventh sections. The first empowers the Governor to grant leases of runs of land within the…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 October 1847 · page 2

PRESENT: The Right Worshipful the Mayor in the chair; Aldermen Thurlow, Little, Wilshire, and Fisher; Councillors Hill, May, Titterton, Brown, Moir, Driver, Henderson,…

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City Council. Tuesday, October 19, 1847

Sydney Chronicle · Thursday 21 October 1847 · page 2

Present: The Right Worshipful the Mayor, in the chair; Aldermen Thurlow, Little, Wilshire, and Fisher; Councillors Hill, May, Titterton, Brown, Moir, Driver, Henderson, Neale, Josephson, Ryan,…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 October 1847 · page 2
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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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1847 · page 2

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

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Bell's Life in Sydney. Sydney, October 23, 1847. the Municipal Elections

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 23 October 1847 · page 2

ONCE again are the good citizens of Sydney invited to select from the numerous aspirants for the honor of civic representation, those whom they deem most…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 October 1847 · page 2

PRESENT—The Right Worshipful the Mayor in the chair; Aldermen Allen, Wilshire, Thurlow, and Little; Councillors Sillitoe, Cowlishaw, Driver, Neale, Moir, Josephson, Jenkins,…

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Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee of the Library of the Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 October 1847 · page 2

THE Committee have deemed it their duty at the conclusion of this—probably the last Session of the present Council, to place on record a statement of their proceedings. The detail…

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Abstract of Acts of Council Passed in the Session of 1847

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 October 1847 · page 2

No. 1. GUNPOWDER EXPORTATION BILL.— An Act to continue the 9th Victoria, No. 6, being an Act to regulate, for a limited time, the Exportation of Gunpowder and Warlike Stores…

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City Council. Tuesday, October 26, 1847

Sydney Chronicle · Thursday 28 October 1847 · page 2

Present:—The Right Worshipful the Mayor; Aldermen Allen, Wilshire, Thurlow, and Little; Councillors Sillitoe, Cowlishaw, Driver, Neale, Moir, Josephson, Jenkins, Hyndes, Robey, Wilkie, May,…

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Abstract of the Acts of Council Passed in the Session of 1847

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 October 1847 · page 2

No. 4.—LIEN ON WOOL ACT.—An Act Torepeal an Act intituled "An Act to give a preferable lien on Wool from season to season, and to make mortgages of sheep, cattle, and horses…

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City Council

The Australian · Friday 29 October 1847 · page 3

A meeting of the Council of the City Sydney was held on Tuesday last, in the Town Hall, at the usual bour. Alderman Allen brought up three reports…

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