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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1849

364 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 19

Parramatta. District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 September 1849 · page 3

THIS body held its quarterly meeting, in accordance with a clause in the Charter of Incorporation, on the 4th September, at their hall in Macquarie-street. The…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 September 1849 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past three. CASE OF J. MORING. Mr. COWPER gave notice of his intention…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 September 1849 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. PUBLICANS' BILL. Mr. NICHOLS presented a petition (se[?]…

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The Legislative Council V. the City Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 8 September 1849 · page 2

EVERY person, we have no doubt, will be surprised at the result of the debate in the Legislative Council last night, on the motion of Mr. Lowe for the abolition of the City Council. There is not, we are sure, out of…

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Legislative Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 8 September 1849 · page 3

Mr. M'Kinnon took his seat as member for Port Phillip. REPORTS.--The Reports of the Committees on the Aborigines, Catarrh in Sheep, and Dry Dock at Cockatoo Island, were brought up and ordered to be printed…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 September 1849 · page 2

A MEETING of the City Council was held on Thursday, pursuant to notice, the Right Worshipful the Mayor in the Chair. REPORTS RECEIVED…

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City Council. Monday, September 3

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 8 September 1849 · page 5

Present--The Mayor, Aldermen Brown, Egan, Thurlow, and Allen; Councillors Board, May, Moore, Jenkins, Hyndes, Smidmore, Driver, Josephson, Titterton, Hill, and Wilshire. REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE CORPORATION…

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Paul Pry's Summary of the Evidence Given Before the Self-judging Committee of the City Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 8 September 1849 · page 6

MR. SAMUEL LYONS bore testimony to the educational attainments of the City Council. MR. JOHN DALLEY certified especially as to their extraordinary proficiency in the English language…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 September 1849 · page 2

THE SPEARKER took the chair at twenty-seven minutes pa[?]t thre[?]. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS. Mr. NICHOLS gave notice of his intention…

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Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land. Monday, August 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 September 1849 · page 6

ALL the members present except Mr. Kerr. Mr. Dry brought forward his motion that the Estimates framed by a majority of the Conncil in the year 1847 for the year 1848 be…

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Council Paper. Insolvent Estates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 September 1849 · page 2

A[?]TRACT of the Returns in Insolvency Proceedings, ordered to be laid before the Legislative Council of New South Wales, and dated September 4, 1849…

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THE [?] Morning Herald. Tuesday, September 11, 1849. "Swo[?] to no Master, of no Sect am I." Legislative Council. Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day. Tuesday, September 11. Notices of Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 September 1849 · page 2

Contingent.—MR. MACKINNON to move, after Mr. Lowe's resolution (2)—The extension of the Elective Franchise to tenant farmers and the occupants of the public lands, on…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1849 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS. The following messages were brought in…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 September 1849 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twentyfive minutes past three. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY, as…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 September 1849 · page 2

AT will be recollected that on the 15th ultimo, a special committee, consisting of the Mayor and the Aldermen of the several wards, was appointed by the City Council, to take…

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Original Correspondence. To the Honorable the Legislative Council of New South Wales. (Per favour of Sydney Morning Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 September 1849 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—Referring to the alteration proposed to be made in the constitution of the City Corporation, I would beg to offer a few suggestions to your notice, viz.:—…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 September 1849 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twentyfive minutes past three. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Mr. WENTWORTH gave notice of his…

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Legislative Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 15 September 1849 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

MESSAGES.--Three messages were received from the Governor, one enclosing a Bill to amend the Quarantine Act, another a Bill for establishing a fund to he called the police reward fund, and the third submitting certain additions to the Estimates for 1849-50…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 15 September 1849 · page 3

Present--The Right Worshipful the Mayor Aldermen Thurlow, Brown, Fisher, Broughton, and Egan. Councillors Moore, Little, Hyndes, Jenkins, Paton, Ryan, Josephson, Board, and Lingard. Alderman Thurlow laid upon the table the report of the Select…

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