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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1848

415 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 21

Dissolution of the Legislative Council

The Sentinel · Thursday 22 June 1848 · page 2

The business of the Session has now arrived at that Stage which enables me to release you from further attendance on your arduous and important duties. A Copy of the Address which you have presented…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

The Sentinel · Thursday 22 June 1848 · page 3

PRESENT-- The Right Worshipful the Mayor in the chair; Alderman Allen, Broughton, Fisher, Little, Thurlow, and Wilshire ; Councillors Moir, Neale, May, Jenkins, Moore, Board, Paton, Ryan,…

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News of the Day. City Council

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 June 1848 · page 2

On account of the great press of English matter, we are compelled to condense our account of the proceedings of this body on Tuesday last…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Friday 23 June 1848 · page 3

The SPEAKER took the Chair of Friday last at the usual hour, and announced that His Excellency had been pleased to give the Royal Accept to the Appropriation Bill…

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City Council

The Australian · Friday 23 June 1848 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A Meeting of the Council of the City, of Sydney was held on Thursday, the 15th Instant. Councillor Jenkins called the attention of the Council to a dangerous spot on the…

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Dissolution of the Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 20

The Australian · Friday 23 June 1848 · page 3

Very different from the brilliant appearance of the House on the opening of its first session in 1843, was the sombre aspect which it presented to-day. Upon the Speaker taking the…

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News of the Day. City Council. Thursday, 22Nd June

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1848 · page 2

Present:--The Mayor, Aldermen Little, Thurlow, Broughton, Wilshire, and Allen. Councillors—Hy[?]des, Neale, Moore, May, Paton, Board, Ryan, Egan, Jenkins, Brown,…

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Dissolution of Council

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 24 June 1848 · page 2

On Tuesday His Excellency the GOVERNOR dissolved the Legislative Council, by the following message, which was read by the Speaker; immediately after which, the Members separated…

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The Late Legislative Council

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 24 June 1848 · page 7

THE first Representative Legislature of this colony has at length ceased to exist, and the individuals of whom this body was composed have become as ordinary men. Such of these gentlemen as may again aspire to the…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 20, 1848

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 24 June 1848 · page 1

The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock. LIBRARY COMMITTEE. Mr. PARKER laid on the table of the House the report of the above committee.—Ordered to be printed…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council. Monday, June 19

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 24 June 1848 · page 1

Present:—The Mayor; Aldermen Broughton, Allen, Little, and Wilshire; Councillors Hill, Ryan, Board, Jenkins, Henderson, Neal, Driver, May, Moir, and Moore. ADJOURNMENT…

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Proceedings of TnE Legislative Council of South Australia. (From the South Australian, with occasional abridgements.) Friday, June 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 June 1848 · page 3

PRESENT—His Excellency the LieutenantGovernor, the Colonial Secretary, the Advocate-General, the Registrar-General, Major O'Hulloran, Captain Bagot, and Mr. Hagen…

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South Australia. Legislative Council. (Abridged from the South Australian.) Tuesday, June 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 June 1848 · page 3

PRESENT—the Governor and all the members, except Mr. Morphett. ESTIMATES. His Excellency laid on the table a statement…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1848 · page 2

PRESENT:—The Right Worshipful the Mayor in the chair: Aldermen Broughton, Little, Wilshire, Allon, and Fisher; Councillors Driver, Neale, Henderson, Hyndes, Moore,…

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City Council. Monday, June 26

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1848 · page 2

Present: the Mayor; Aldermen Little, Broughton, Wilshire, Thurlow, and Fisher; Councillors Henderson, Neale, May, Moore, Hyndes Driver, Ryan, Board, Wilkie,…

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Council Paper. Foreign Immigrants. Copy of a Despatch from his Excellency Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy, to the Right Honorable the Secretary of State. (No. 94.) Government House, 20th April, 1847

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1848 · page 3

My Lord,—I have the honour to enclose herewith a copy of a letter from Mr. John N. Beit to the Colonial Secretary of this Government, forwarding a paper containing…

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Council Papers. Registrar General's Office

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1848 · page 2

LETTER from the Registrar-General, to the Colonial Secretary. Registrar General's Office, Sydney, 3rd June, 1818…

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Report From the Library Committee of the Legislative Council. Appointed by a Resolution of the Council on the 22nd March, 1848

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1848 · page 2

THE report which the Select Committee of the Library presented to your honorable Council on the conclusion of the last session, and which was laid upon the table of the house on the…

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Abstract of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee of the Legislative Council, (Session 1848), on Steam Communication with England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1848 · page 2

COMMITTEE:—The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Chairman. S. A. Donaldson, Esq.; Thomas Icely, Esq.; John Lamb, Esq.; W. C. Wentworth, Esq.; and Charles Cowper, Esq…

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