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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1849

364 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 19

Council Papers. Defences of Port Jackson. No. 1. (No, 166.) Government House, Sydney, 20th August, 1847

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 June 1849 · page 3

My Lord,—I have, on several occasions since my arrival in this colony, been urged by many persons of influence and respectability, and particularly by gentlemen connected with the…

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Council Paper. Report From Law Commission. Message No. 25. CHAS. A. Fitz Roy, Governor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 June 1849 · page 2

The Governor places before the Legislative Council the Report of the Law Commission appointed on the 16th September last, to enquire into and report upon the several matters…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 June 1849 · page 3

A MEETING of the City Council will be holden at the Town Hall, on Thursday next, at three o'clock in the afternoon. NOTICES OF MOTION…

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Council Paper. Report on Immigration for the Year 1848. by Francis L. S Merewether. Esq, Agent for Immigration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 June 1849 · page 2

THE Agent for Immigration, to His Excellency Governor Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy. Government Immigration Office, Sydney. 31st May, 1849…

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Legislative Council. [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1849 · page 2

THE [?] took the [?] at twenty minutes past three. NEW MEMBER. J.F.L.Foster, Esq., member for Port…

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Council Pape[?] Liens on Wool and [?]Rtgages on Stock Act. Message No. 30 CHS. A. FITZ Roy, Governor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1849 · page 2

THE Governor transmits to he Legislative Council a copy of a Despatch rom the Right Honorable the Secretary of [?]te for the Colonies, in which His Lordship mews the…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 June 1849 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. MEDICAL PROFESSION. Dr. DICKSON gave notice of his intention…

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Council Papers. Royal Assent to Reserved Bill. Message No. 26. CHS, A. Fitz Roy, Governor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 June 1849 · page 2

THE Governor transmits to the Legislative Council the copy of a Despatch from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, conveying an Order of Her Majesty in…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1849 · page 3

PRESENT:—The Mayor; Aldermen Fisher Egan, Thurlow, Allen, and Broughton; Councillors Driver, Moore, Thornton. Moir, Josephson, Board, Macdonald, Little,…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday. Aboriginal Natives Evidence Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1849 · page 2

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in moving the second reading of the above Bill, said, that he was quite alive to the great importance of the subject, and was sure that the House…

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REPLY. Mr. Mayor, and Gantlemen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 June 1849 · page 4

I am mach gratified, at receiving at your hands in Address bearing the signatures of so many respectable and influencial inhabitants of this colony,, expressive of their confidence in my administration of its…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 30 June 1849 · page 2

Present: The Right Worshipful the Mayor; Aldermen Fisher, Egan, Thurlow, Allen, and Broughton; Councillors Driver, Moore, Thornton, Moir, Josephson, Board, Macdonald, Little, Lingard, Iredale, Jenkins, Wilshire, and Ryan…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 26

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 30 June 1849 · page 2

The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. Mr. Foster, member for Port Phillip, took the usual declaration and his seat. Mr. Bowman gave notice that he would, on Wednesday, move an…

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Legislative Council. Friday. the Speaker took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. New Member

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 June 1849 · page 4

Stuart Alexander Donaldson, Esq., member for the county of Durham, took the oath and his seat. PAWNBROKERS…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 July 1849 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. THE ABORIGINES. Mr. FOSTER rose to move, that a Select…

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Council Papers. Punishment in Substitution for Transportation. C[?]. A. Fits Rot, Governor. Message No. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1849 · page 2

The Governor transmits to the Legislative Council an extract from a despatch from the Right Honoroble the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in which, whilst signifying Her…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1849 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past three. NEW MEMBER. Daniel Cooper, jun., Esq., the new member…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 July 1849 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past three. FRAUDULENT DEBTORS. Mr. FITZGERALD brought up the Bill for…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 July 1849 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past three. SUPPLY OF WATER TO PARRAMATTA. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 July 1849 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. HOSPITALS. Mr. FOSTER gave notice of his intention on…

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